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Wahyunto et al.<br />

second layer of each representative profile were collected, and<br />

labeled. The number of soil samples collected were based on the<br />

variation of land units, soil and land use. Therefore, 206 soil samples<br />

and 13 water samples have been selected for laboratory analysis.<br />

The physiographic mapping unit descriptions contain a lot of<br />

parameters for land evaluation purposes, that can only be filled in at a<br />

later stage, after laboratory analyses of soil and water samples. Soil,<br />

climate and other physical environment data (slope, surface drainage<br />

etc) were used to assess land suitability levels of various agricultural<br />

commodities. Some parameters and ratings of land characteristics for<br />

evaluating certain crops suitability were modified based on field<br />

performance. Therefore, Physiographic Mapping Unit (PMU) is<br />

established in order to present the information of soil characteristic<br />

and its environment distribution that have similar potential<br />

development for agriculture. Soil mapping unit is based on the<br />

similarity of terrain, slope, soil surface texture, drainage, and organic<br />

layer thickness, and tidal or flood inundation.<br />

Land suitability evaluation for selected economic tree crops and other<br />

agricultural crops were conducted be by using Automated Land<br />

Evaluation System (ALES) software package. The crop requirements<br />

were based on “Guidelines for Land Evaluation” by ISRI (2003) and<br />

related references. Adaptation to the guidelines was made as<br />

necessary based on field and laboratory findings. The process of this<br />

evaluation is the matching of crop requirements against land qualities<br />

or characteristics. The law of minimum is applied to determine the<br />

limiting factors of land suitability classes. Selected land quality in this<br />

evaluation includes air temperature regimes, water availability, rooting<br />

condition, nutrient retention, availability of NPK nutrients, salinity and<br />

toxic elements. In this present study, four suitability classes are<br />

recognized including in the Order S Suitability, together with the<br />

following names and recommendations (class S1 highly suitable,<br />

class S2 Moderately suitable and class S3 Marginally suitable) and<br />

the Order N Not suitable.<br />

RESULTS AND DICUSSIONS<br />

General Physical Condition of Study Area<br />

Administratively Aceh Barat District consists of 11 sub-districts<br />

(kecamatan), 33 mukims and 314 villages with Meulaboh as the<br />

capital. There are coastal four sub-districts, Arongan Lambalek,<br />

Samatiga, Johan Pahlawan and Meurebo that contain approximately<br />

60% of the total population (Bappeda Kabupaten Aceh Barat, 2005).<br />

All the coastal sub-districts were affected by the tsunami, and the<br />

study focussed on these four districts.<br />

International Workshop on Post Tsunami Soil Management, 1-2 July 2008 in Bogor, Indonesia

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