The Future of Soybean in Grobogan Regency
Wakid Mutowal, Afi Wildani
Head of Infrastructure and Transportation Sub Division
Abstract
Grobogan as the main area to produce soybean in Central Java and Indonesia face a problem to increase the soybean production. Unstable price which caused by undifferentiated between GMO and Non-GMO Soybean as the main factor for the farmer to consistently cultivate the soybean. So, it is required the new method to consistently producing soybean in Grobogan Regency. This research focused on the efficiency of relay crops method of soybean with maize and horticulture commodities to increase the production of soybean in Grobogan Regency. The research from 2017-2018 has shown that this method gave many advantages to the farmers. So, this method potentially will be a future method to consistently increasing the soybean production in Grobogan Regency.
Keywords: Soybean, production, relay crop, maize, farmers
Topic: Agricultural Development