Abstract:
In Indonesia the role of the agricultural sector is very important in supporting the national
economy, but the community's appreciation of agriculture is relative low compared with
other sectors. This causes the appreciation of agricultural land to be low, disproportionate
to the level of benefits. People in Indonesia are new to 2 to 3 types multifunctional of
agricultural land, that is function keeper an groundwater supply, controller flood and
provider of employment. Whereas the function of agricultural land for humanity is much
more, as a producer of agricultural products, play a role in mitigating flooding, erosion
and sedimentation control, mitigation air temperature increases, natural resource
recycling, organic waste container, a deduction of nitrate levels in ground water and so
on. Some workable solutions to maintain the multifunction of this agricultural land are to
improve the image of agriculture and farming society, change the policy of cheap
agricultural products and increase the appreciation of the multifunction of agriculture
itself, because if the multifunction of agricultural land is not maintained, then sustainable
food independence is definitely not will be realized
