Rice Land Conversion into Plantation Crop and Challenges on Sustainable Land Use System in the East Tanjung Jabung Regency

Rice land conversion into palm oil and rubber in the Regency of East Tanjung Jabung has come to the fore but no data to confirm them as threats for the sustainability of rice land. Through overlaying Landsat Imagery year 2006, 2010 and 2014, we find the massive conversion of rice land into palm oil during 2006-2014 as much as 15,616 hectares while rubber was not being a threat. The land rent of palm oil is higher than that of paddy as much as Rp7,661,584/hectare/year. This high revenue together with some difficulties faced by the rice farmers make the sustainable land use system is difficult to achieve.