Paper Title
Studies on Land use of Paddy Field Area in Perlis, Malaysia
Abstract
Competition on agricultural land use to meet the requirements of the physical development seen becoming more
common or become important issues, especially in developed countries. This would affect the stability of national food
security. In Malaysia, a change in the pattern of agricultural land use also affects the rice cultivation area especially in Kedah,
average 5,000 hectares of paddy field has been change in the terms of uses of land from agriculture to other uses since 2000
until 2010 This can also directly affect the land administration system for paddy land where the inaccuracy of agricultural land
registration information is under the agriculture agency involved in Malaysia which is Muda Agricultural Development
Authority (MADA) and subsequently resulting in losses in the distribution of subsidies and fertilizers. Therefore, this study is
conducted to classify, analyze and produce the demography data of paddy field area in Perlis. Through this research also, the
classification of land use of paddy field area will be made to see the changes in land use patterns and land area of paddy fields.
In fact, some factors that contribute to the phenomenon of change are identified. Then an analysis of land status and current
land use were done by using Geographical Information Technology.
Index Terms - Land Use; Land Title Certified; Paddy Field; GIS Analysis.