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14.78 for paddy fields; 103,443 ha 24.63 for uplands; 95,378 ha 22.71 for plant estate; 1,486 ha 0.35 for lakesponds; 135,004 ha 32.15 for forest;
and 3,762 ha 0.90 for others. This land use data may change from year to year as influenced by the local
development program. For example, the change in the total area of land use for paddy fields can be seen in the data presented in Table 2.2. Some parts of the paddy
fields may have been changed or converted to real estates, which currently becomes comment practice by the government especially in Java Island due to the demand of
land for settlement. Table 2.2. Change in area of paddy fields according to irrigation type used in
2003 – 2008 in ha
Year Technical
Irrigation Semi-technical
Irrigation Simple
Irrigation Non-PW
Irrigation Rainfed
Irrigation Others
Total 2003
5,790 7,621
5,276 24,196
20,092 596
63,571 2004
5,159 8,545
10,239 18,886
15,218 59
62,715 2005
5,159 8,545
10,239 18,886
15,218 59
62,715 2006
3,630 9,254
7,705 2,358
18,402 19
62,548 2007
3,746 9,171
9,623 21,092
19,225 39
62,896 2008
3,867 10.045
15,214 20.882
19,211 20
69,239 Source: BPS Kabupaten Sukabumi 2006-20009
2.3. Social Economic Condition
The population growth rate in this district varies from year to year 1.93 in 2005 with a population density 539 personskm
2
in 2005. Settlement with high population density is generally located in the town-like center of a sub-district and
along the major roads. The lowest population density occurred in Ciemas Sub-district 183 personskm
2
and the highest occurred in Sukabumi Sub-district 2,447 personskm
2
. Table 2.3 presents the population data of the District of Sukabumi from 1961 to 2005 for further information.
The local government of District of Sukabumi has a vision for 2006 -2010 in its development program: ‘the realization in change of the District of Sukabumi
towards decent, productive and prosperous society’. It has three major missions:
a Upgrading the quality of decent human resources, b Stabilizing the government performance and c Growing the local economy based on seeded
sector and populace economy.
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Table 2.3. Population of District of Sukabumi from 1961 to 2005 Year
Population persons
1961 1970
1980 1990
2000 2003
2004 2005
958,317 1,210,638
1,517,631 1,848,282
2,092,450 2,201,258
2,210,091 2,224,993
Source: BPSKS 2005
Economic or business sectors having the biggest contribution to the Gross Regional Domestic Product GRDP are agriculture sector 38.72, followed by
industrial sector 17.78, trades, hotel and restaurant 16.15. These average figures are for the condition in 2005 and expected to increase in the coming years.
The local development policy of the District of Sukabumi in 2006 – 2010 is
regional based poverty alleviation with the objective to reduce the number of poor people in each sub-district and interregional gap. The goals are less poor people,
acceleration of development in the less developed areas and the realization of local poverty alleviation system.
There are nine business sectors for the fulfillment of decent life that are divided into three groups, i.e., primary, secondary and tertiary. The primary group
consists of agriculture, mining and excavation; the secondary group consists of processing industry, utilities electricity, gas and clean water; and the tertiary
group consists of trades, hotel and restaurant, transportation communication, finance and services. The primary group dominates in the creation of value added
in this district. Among the nine sectors, several sectors have dominant influences on the
economy of District of Sukabumi, i.e., agriculture sector with the biggest contribution followed by the sectors of trades, hotel and restaurant, and processing
industry. The agriculture sector is the core business that has side impact on other sectors like trades and processing industry, which sector has several sub-sectors of
food crops, plantation estates, animals and their products, forestry and fishery. In order to push the economic development in this district, the agriculture sector
should smartly make priority in developing commodities that have prospect and
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high economic value. The policy conducted by the local government in pushing the agriculture sector among others are strengthening the farmer group institutional,
dissemination of technology and development of agribusiness in the villages or rural areas.
The potential of the agricultural resources is spread mainly in the northern part of the r. Cimandiri. Good water management and climate causes relatively
more fertile agricultural land area compared to that of the southern part. Most of the paddy fields are located in this area. Horticultural products, animals and fresh water
fishery are also well undertaken. Besides, this area is also recognized with plantation commodities such as rubber and tea which are very important to the
economy of this district. Other potential agricultural resource is forestry. The potential coastal and marine resources are spread particularly in seven
sub-district areas that have direct borders with the Indian Ocean, i.e., ± 117 km long from the sub-districts of Cisolok, Palabuhanratu, Ciemas, Ciracap, Surade,
Cibitung and Tegalbuleud. The potential products of the areas are fishery, marine biota, seaweeds, mangrove, turtles, mineral and mining materials, as well as
tourism. Beside for beach tourism, so far the coastal area of this district has been utilized for fisherman ports.
District of Sukabumi has big market opportunity that has not been optimally utilized. This becomes the challenge for the local government to make strong
efforts in increasing the prosperity of its society. The potential of the natural resources needs wise, sustainable and environmentally friendly utilization. From
the regional aspect, it needs the improvement in regional accessibility. From the human resources aspect, adequate improvement in quality is needed. Therefore,
optimization of the potential utilization is expected to be able to increase the prosperity of the society characterized by its accessibility to services especially
health and education.
2.4. Closure
