Geo-Assessment of National Food Estate project at North Sumatra, Indonesia

Indonesia has a high demand for the development of agricultural production areas, so national food estates have been established in many places, one of which is located in North Sumatra. It is expected to become one of the national food production chains. On the other hand, if the project is implemented, it will also bring about the question of the suitability of the region. Although previous research focused on the reliable infrastructure that will be established in this rural area, this research attempts to study with a different focus. We are focusing on how reliable this area is if being assessed on the geosciences side and looking for the possible hazard in the future. Nevertheless, the recommendation of this study will not become important if not considered by the stakeholder. Furthermore, this study is more relevant for geotechnical review and not intended to generalize all areas of Food Estate. The sampling area in this study is called "TSTH", with an area of about 20 hectares. Geo-Study was conducted to did characterization in this location and determining it as feasible with conditional terms.