Pengembangan Agroforestry Kopi dalam Mendukung Peran Hutan di Kawasan Highland Kabupaten Jeneponto

Abstract

Deforestation and degradation of land covert to agricultural for fulfill public food needs keep continues. Deforestation and degradation of land will cause many ecological problems such as declining soil fertility, erosion, extinction of flora and fauna, floods, droughts and even global environmental changes. Agroforestry is a combination of agricultural and forestry crops that can become one of the land management system as a solution to overcome ecological problems and also to overcome food problems. The research aims of the development of coffee-based agroforestry in Jeneponto district is to increase the productivity of land on the Jeneponto highland with the agroforestry system. The novelty of this research is to apply agroforestry to the type of coffee in accordance with land suitability on the Jeneponto high land. The research was conducted for five months in the Jeneponto highland. The land-carateristic inventory, analysis of land suitability and socio-economic analysis of the community in cultivating coffee using geographic information systems (GIS) methods and descriptive analysis. The results showed that the Arabica coffee spread was found in the northern part of Rumbia sub-district, while Robusta coffee spread is found in the south of sub-district and one village in Kelara sub-district. Land suitability for the development of Robusta coffee in all areas of Kelara sub-district, South Rumbia subdistrict and the development of Arabica coffee in the northern part of Rumbia subdistrict. The development of agroforestry coffee in the highlands of Jeneponto district is expected to increase public income and optimize the function of soil and water conservation in the Jeneponto highland.

Bimbingan Teknis dan Pendampingan Budidaya Kopi Robusta Berbasis Agroforestri pada Kelompok Petani Muda Desa Ludai, Riau

“…Penerapan sistem agroforestri menjadi salah satu praktik dalam pemberdayaan lahan yang ramah lingkungan. Disamping itu, penerapan perkebunan kopi dengan sistem agroforestri dapat meningkatkan nilai tambah sehingga menjadi sumber pendapatan untuk kesejahteraan petani di sekitar kawasan agroforestri, serta secara tidak langsung akan meningkatkan peran hutan sebagai kawasan konservasi tanah dan air yang lebih optimal (Apindiati, 2019;Muttaqin dkk., 2020;Rijal, 2019).…”