USAhatani Konservasi Di Hulu DAS Jeneberang (Studi Kasus Petani Sayuran Di Hulu DAS Jeneberang, Sulawesi Selatan) (Conservation Farming in the Watershed Upstream Jeneberang (Case Study of Vegetable Farmers in the Watershed Upstream Jeneberang, Sulawesi)

Jeneberang watershed is one watershed in South Sulawesi that include priority watershed. Land condition in Jeneberang watershed has been damage because of land use and agriculture system change which has done by community. Condition of the land in the watershed Jeneberang already suffered damage due to land conversion from forest areas into agricultural cultivation areas and farming systems by farmers do not apply to land conservation techniques with high slope. This triggers the occurrence of erosion resulting in a decrease in land productivity.The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the implementation of conservation on vegetables farms in Jeneberang watershed upstream. Research sites in the Jeneberang watershed upstream Gowa in South Sulawesi, with the entire study population was Pattapang vegetable farmers in the village as much as 550 farmers. Random sampling is done simply by the respondents as many as 182 farmers using the formula determining the sample of Isaac & Michael. Data analysis methods used is descriptive analysis statistic.The result show that the application of conservation farm on vegetable land in Jeneberang watershed upstream still low, where the conservation application still using simple method and it has not appropriate conservation technique yet. The conservation method that have been applied such as intercropping cultivation pattern, mulch, grass planting at terrace, tree planting as a garden boundary, construction stool terrace, construction water storage and drainage improvements