ADAPTATION OF THE DRY SEASON WITH THE CULTIVATION OF FEED MAIZE IN PLAYEN GUNUNGKIDUL D.I. YOGYAKARTA
Arif Anshori1) and Tri Endar Suswatiningsih2)
1)Assesment Institute for Agricultural Technology of Yogyakarta
2)Department of Agribusines Faculty of Agriculture Institut Pertanian STIPER Yogyakarta
Abstract
Adaptation to the dry season are carried out by some farmers in Gunungkidul Regency by planting feed maize. This research aimed to study the cultivation of feed maize during the dry season. The study was conducted at Playen Gunungkidul D.I. Yogyakarta using the farmer interview and field survey methods. The results showed that farmers growing feed maize with irrigation from deep well pumps. Irrigation were performed on average 7 days, as needed. Farmers are plants maize with an average spacing of 20 x 40 cm and 2-3 seeds per hole. The average of urea fertilizer were 20 kg/1,000 m2 and NPK too. The fresh weight of feed biomass was 7.512 ton/1,000 m2. B/C 2.35, farmers profit Rp. 2,384,000/1,000 m2. The fresh weight of root biomass was 0.788 ton/1.000 m2. Feed biomass was transported out from the land. Root biomass was returned to the soil. In addition, carbon dioxide absorption occurs in feed maize, consists of feed biomass of 3.673 ton/1,000 m2 and root biomass of 0.623 ton/1,000 m2
Keywords: water deficit, biomass, carbon, profit
Topic: Environment