This study aimed to determine and analyze the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on (1) people's behavior to avoid exposure to the virus with consumed traditional herbal drink (jamu), and (2) jamu processing businesses in Banjarbaru City, South Kalimantan. The research location was determined purposively in the centre of traditional herbal drink processing known as Kampung Pejabat, Loktabat Selatan Village, South Banjarbaru District Banjarbaru City. The research was carried out from February to March 2021 and was conducted using a survey method to obtain primary data and supported by secondary data from reports and other sources. The data were analyzed descriptively. The studies showed that (1) Preventive efforts avoid the virus done by the peoples at the beginning of the pandemic until now by consuming jamu. Around 82 – 88% of people consuming jamu that they bought or made themselves, and they also consuming others in smaller amounts. The peoples already know the benefits of jamu as herbal medicine because it is a hereditary knowledge. Besides, consuming jamu gendong does not require a high cost. (2) there was an increase in volume production of jamu gendong around 100% at the beginning of the pandemic compared with production before the pandemic. The R/C ratio of jamu processing is increased from 1,3 to 1,54 it means the pandemic had a positive impact on the jamu processing business.

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The low production of shallots due to low productivity caused mainly by the not suitability of varieties, land and climate. The research aims to study 1) the response of varieties to mulch treatment, 2) the response of varieties to different planting seasons without mulch treatment to productivity shallots in the lowland. The study was conducted in the lowlands, Tapin district, South Kalimantan at the rainy and dry season 2017. Three shallots varieties of Batu Ijo, Bauji and Bima Brebes were planted in the 2017 rainy season which were treated with plastic mulch and without mulch. In the 2017 dry season, the three varieties were planted again without mulch treatment. The results showed that the average use mulch treatment in the rainy season increased the productivity of shallots (8.02 t ha−1) higher than without mulch (6.77 t ha−1). The average yield of Bauji variety (8.28 t ha−1) and Batu Ijo variety (8.28 t ha−1) was higher than Bima Brebes variety (4.52 t ha−1). The average productivity of shallots planted in the dry season was 12.37 t ha−1 higher than the rainy season 6.77 t ha−1. Bauji variety was more adaptive to be planted without mulch in the rainy or dry season than Batu Ijo and Bima Brebes varieties in the lowlands.

In Hulu Sungai Utara Regency, the increasing of the potential of swampy land utilization through rice and duck farming needs to be developed towards the sustainable agriculture. This study aims to analyze the sustainability index of rice farming and duck poultry using the Sustainability Index approach of Lebak in Sungai Durait Hulu Village, Regency of Hulu Sungai Utara. Measurement of sustainability index includes six dimensions namely environment, economy, human resources, social, technology and institutions. The results showed that the sustainability index of rice and duck farming was about 47.54%, indicating rice and duck farming was less sustainable. The highest value of sustainability index was the social dimension, while other dimensions were included in the less sustainable category. The dimensions that has less sustainable need to be improved that could be focused on the leverage attributes which are land fertility and livestock raising system in ecological dimension, availability of livestock and product market and marketing of livestock product in economic dimension, ability to manage farming in the family and availability of family human resource in human resource dimension, agricultural waste treatment technology and feed supplement for livestock in technology dimension as well as the institution of output in institutional dimension.

The participation of community groups that receive P2L programs affects the success of the program. The research aims to find out: 1) The participation level of rural and urban communities in the P2L at South Kalimantan. 2) The differences in the participation level communities in P2L. 3) The factor that affected the community participation in P2L. Determination of respondents through simple random sampling based on Krejcie and Morgan's table. The data were analyzed descriptively using Mann Whitney Wilcoxon to determine the difference in the participation level of the communities and Spearman rank correlation to determine factors related to community participation. This research showed that 1) The participation level of communities in the P2L program was in the high category. 2) The score of community groups' participation in rural areas was higher than in urban areas, but there is no significant difference between participation in those communities. 3) Factors related to the participation of community groups in the P2L in community areas were education level, knowledge and skills of plant cultivation, family food sources, size of the home yard, family income, and risk-taking activities. In contrast, the factor of understanding the P2L only related to community participation in urban areas.