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Sidomukti village has many potential for developing vegetables, especially cayenne pepper (chili). In developing chili commodity, the problems in environmental conditions which 80 % of agricultural lands are marginal land (saline land). Ec value of agircultural lands in Sidomukti Village from 0.34-3.49 dSm-1 (low to moderate saline category). Sodium content (Na) increases during a dry season. Besides salt content, irrigation just relies on rain water, dominant clay soil texture with low organic matter content (less than 1%) causes bad drainage and waterlogged on rainy season. In addition to environmental condition, questionnaire which had shared to farmer in crop cultivation technique, resulted 77.27% of farmers used herbicides for land preparation, 68.18% of farmers had added organic fertilizer during land preparation, 86.36% of farmers used chemical pesticides in controlling pests and diseases of plant, with a frequency of spraying 1-2 times in 1 week (59.09%), 50% of farmers made land beds for vegetable cultivation (such as chili), with height of beds were 10 - 20 cm, only 22,72% of farmers used mulch in the cultivation of vegetable crops which widely used mulch was rice straw. An optimal agroecosystems management causes an optimal chilli production.