Banana (Musa spp.) is a tropical fruit that is widely grown in Indonesia as it beneficially increases

ABSTRAKTanaman cabai merupakan komoditas dengan nilai ekonomis tinggi di Desa Srigading, Kecamatan Sanden, Kabupaten Bantul. Produktivitas cabai di lahan sub-optimal pasir pantai tidak kalah tinggi dibandingkan dengan lahan sawah. Namun penurunan produktivitas cabai yang disebabkan serangan organisme pengganggu tanaman mengakibatkan kerugian bagi petani, sehingga perlu dilakukan pengendalian OPT. Edukasi tentang pemanfaatan tanaman refugia sebagai pengendali hama alami belum pernah dilakukan. Metode yang dilakukan dalam kegiatan ini adalah paparan (edu-agriculture) tentang pemanfaatan tanaman refugia, pembuatan demonstrasi plot tanaman cabai dengan berbagai jenis tanaman refugia, serta inisiasi wisata swafoto bunga. Hasil kegiatan yang diperoleh berupa peningkatan pengetahuan mengenai teknik pengendalian hama dan penyakit secara alami sehingga mengurangi ketergantungan terhadap pestisida sintetik dengan memanfaatkan tanaman refugia yang terdapat di lingkungan sekitar. Kegiatan terbukti mengatasi permasalahan para petani dan memanfaatkan sumber daya alam secara maksimal yang sangat penting bagi peningkatan produktivitas pertanian.

Climate change causes change in rainfall patterns, which will affect water availability. Water is a limiting factor for rice production on dry land. Increasing rice yields on dry land requires precise water management. This study aimed to investigate the effect of supplementary irrigation when it does not rain on rice yields in dry land during rainy season. The research was conducted on dry land in Playen, Gunung Kidul, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia during rainy season of November 2020 to February 2021. The treatments were supplementary irrigation if 1 day without rain (A1), if 2 days without rain (A2) and if 3 days without rain (A3), and they were compared to control without supplementary irrigation (A0). This research used a randomized completely block design, each treatments replicated 4 times. The results showed A1 gave the highest grain yield, namely 7.786 ton ha−1, significant different with other treatments of A2, A3 and A0. Dry straw of A1 was 7.324 ton ha−1, significant different with A2, A3 and A0. Carbon absorption of A1 was 6.860 ton ha−1, consisting of carbon in grain 3.575 ton ha−1 and straw 3.285 ton ha−1, it was significant different with other treatments of A2, A3 and A0 (p<0.05; n=16). B/C A2 1.73 was highest from the others and its farmers have profit Rp. 19,276,360 ha−1.

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Some parts of Bojonegoro Regency along the Bengawan Solo River experience flooding every year due to its downstream area. This leads to a drowning in the rice field areas for several months in the rainy season. As the consequence, the rice fields cannot function well in the agricultural cultivation process. One of the ways to adapt to this condition is cultivating floating rice. However, the further research on the social economic characteristics of the farmers in their accordance to the technological advancement needs to be conducted. This article aims to study the social economic characteristics of the farmers on the existence of the demonstration plots of floating rice cultivation. The method used in this research includes the demonstration plots and farmers survey. The surveyed respondents were 200 farmers living 3 km away from the demonstration plots. The findings show that the characteristics in which respondent farmers are dominated by unproductive ages, low education, low income, limited land tenure, and the lack of information shall be the obstacles in developing floating rice cultivation. This is due to the relatively high operational cost for making floating medium and caring plants different from others. The farmers’ mindset tendency to give up to the natural condition is difficult to change when adapting to flood conditions.