Konservasi tanah dan air pada tanah terdegredasi di lahan Kampus II UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

INDONESIA: Degradasi tanah berarti penurunan kualitas tanah, dalam arti menghilangnya satu atau lebih fungsi tanah. faktor penyebab degradasi tanah antara lain areal berlereng curam, tanah yang muda rusak, curah hujan intensif, perubahan populasi, marjinalisasi penduduk, kemiskinan penduduk, masalah kepemilikan lahan, dan pengembangan pertanian yang tidak tepat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui teknik konservasi tanah dan air yang dilakukan pada lahan terdegredasi. Penelitian dilakukan dengan observasi lahan pertanian Kampus II UIN SGD Bandung. Hasil observasi menunjukkan pemberian bahan organik pada lahan penanaman, rotasi tanaman, dan pemanfaatan daerah aliran sungai (DAS) dilakukan petani agar menjaga kestabilan tanah lahan kering. ENGLISH: Soil degradation means the deterioration of soil quality, in the sense of disappearance of one or more ground functions. Factors causing soil degradation, among others, steep slopes, degraded soils, intensive rainfall, population changes, population marginalization, population poverty, land tenure issues, and inappropriate agricultural development. The objective of this research is to know the soil and water conservation technique which is done on the degraded land. The research was conducted by observation of agriculture land of 2nd college area UIN SGD Bandung. The observation result shows that organic matter giving to planting land, crop rotation, and river basin utilization is done by farmers to keep the soil dry land stability