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Farmers in Pamekasan Regency, especially in Pakong Subdistrict, use a lot of sloping land as agricultural land. The farmers generally have implemented conservation rules at different levels. This study aims to examine the factors that influence the level of application of rice farming conservation on sloping land. The method used in this study is a questionnaire that concern with the level of conservation application and the factors that influence the level of adoption of conservation farming. Conservation farming variables include making terraces, making infiltration channels, planting terrace reinforcement plants, making water drainage channels and utilizing or using natural mulch. Factors that influence include land area (X1), farmers age (X2), formal education (X3), non-formal education (X4), land slope (X5), conservation farming knowledge (X6), knowledge of conservation methods (X7) , and knowledge of the importance of conservation (X8). The result was that 65.38% of the sampled farmers had applied conservation with a high level category. Multiple linear analysis of the factors showed that X4, X5, X7 and X8 had a significant effect on the level of implementation of conservation farming on rice plants on sloping land.