MAPPING OF DEVELOPMENT OF LAND SUITABILITY FOR AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK IN GRESIK REGENCY

Abstract

Gresik Regency is a strategic area for the development of the national economic center in the industrial, trade and service, agriculture, fisheries and tourism sectors. Therefore, Gresik Regency will often face various obstacles and problems, one of which is urbanization.  The study conducted to determine the potential of basic commodities using the Location Quotient (LQ) method. LQ analysis was conducted on data obtained from secondary data (crop production data and livestock numbers) so that information on basic commodities in Gresik Regency was obtained.Result Basic commodities in the food crop sectorthere are several commodities that are the basis in Gresik Regency, namely rice, corn, peanuts, green beans, soybeans, and cassava. In basic commodities in the plantation sector  that there are several commodities that are the basis in Gresik Regency, namely coconut, kapok, castor oil, tobacco, and sugar cane.  That there are several livestock commodities that are the basis in Gresik Regency, namely dairy cattle, beef cattle, buffalo, horses, goats, sheep, laying hens, native chickens, broiler chickens and ducks.