As a result of the eruption of Mount Marapi, West Sumatra, it has an impact on agricultural land and residents' livelihoods, in the Foothills area, Batu Plano, Pua River, Agam Regency, West Sumatra. Wednesday. (06/12/2023)

Residents who live at the foot of the mountain mostly garden, currently being disturbed by the eruption of Mount Marapi. This is because residents' plantations were damaged or Kriting was hit by volcanic ash rain.

Not only that, residents who garden at the foot of the mountain cannot be allowed to garden, because they are in the unsafe zone at the top of Mount Marapi.

Until now, data from PGA Marapi Bukittnggi has released data on the eruption of Mount Marapi from 3 December to 5 December 2023. There were a total of 54 times, while there were 169 gusts. With a volcanic ash height of 3000 m da

Currently local residents are required to wear masks when outside the house to avoid respiratory problems due to the volcanic ash of Mount Marapi.

One of the residents, Leilatul Padilah, said that currently the residents are experiencing losses, because the residents' land was affected by volcanic ash so that their gardens were damaged.

"Now the condition of the gardens is damaged, because Mount Marapi erupted on the third day, resulting in volcanic ash raining. Currently, residents cannot approach the foot of Mount Marapi to garden," he said.

Meanwhile Imam Ibnu said. The impact of Mount Marapi's agricultural land is that gardening is not allowed, local residents are also required to wear masks.

"We are currently having difficulty carrying out agriculture due to the eruption of Mount Marapi, in plantation areas, so many gardens have been damaged," he explained.