Analysis of Agricultural Land Use Changes Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System in Kendari City

Along with its development, the area of agricultural land in Kendari City has declined. This study aims to determine the extent of agricultural land in 1997, 2007 and 2017 and the causes of the conversion, in addition to knowthe projected area of agricultural land in 2027. This research is based on remote sensing systems and geographic information systems by observating and interpretation the satellite images. These results indicate that the area of agricultural land in the past 10 years continues to decline. In 1997 the area of agricultural land amounted to 9,294.04 Ha, in 2007 was 4,797.81 Ha and in 2017 was 3,424.15 Ha. Factors that cause conversion are the population increase, urban growth, economic, socio-cultural and government policy. This study uses a geometric projection method and overlay analysis. Based on the calculation of geometric projections obtained by the agriculture area in Kendari City in 2027 amounted to 2443.78 Ha.The prediction of the largest agricultural land area in 2027 is in Puuwatu District with a land area of 851.46 Ha and the lowest is in Wua-wua District with an area of 0.02 Ha of agricultural land.