TEKNIK BUDIDAYA TANAMAN KELAPA SAWIT (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) BELUM MENGHASILKAN DI LAHAN PASANG SURUT YANG DILAKUKAN PETANI DI KECAMATAN BANGKO PUSAKO KABUPATEN ROKAN HILIR
Abstract: Oil palm (Elaeis
guineensisJacq) comefrom Nigeria, West Africa. This plant is
adominantcropplantationinIndonesia, especiallyin Riau. Common problems of palm
plantationsare include in low productivityandquality of production. One of
thecauses oflow productivity due totheappliedproductiontechnologyis
stillrelativelymodest, rangingfromnurserytoharvest. Oil palm plantations in
Bangko Pusako district is a large area of tidal lands especially Bangko Kanan
village and Bangko Kiri village that are managed by the Department of
Horticulture and by farmers. This study aims to determine the technical
implementation of oil palm (Elaeis guennensis Jacq) cultivation in tidal lands
are held by non-government in Bangko Pusako, Rokan Hilir. This research was
carried in August 2013 to October 2013 in Bangko Pusako district with three
typeof tidal lands. This study used a survey method and the number of samples
was 5% of the population. The sampling techniqueused wasPurposiveRandom Sampling.
The results showed thatoil palmcultivationtechniqueswerecarried outbyfarmersin
the District ofBangkoPusako, rangingfromseedlingstomaintenanceonly27,7%
whofollow the suggestion/recommendations from RokanHilirDepartment of
Horticulture. This is due to the sample farmers less understanding about the
right oil palm cultivation techniques. The reason is most of the sample farmers
follow the oil palm cultivation techniques were done by the previous farmers.
Penulis: Budi Hartono,
Adiwirman, Gulat ME Manurung
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd140550
