Finding the Perfect Soil: Land Suitability for Boosting Hiyung Cayenne Pepper Production | InformativeBD

Meidy Harris Prayoga, Ahmad Alim Bahri, Yusuf Azis, and Emy Rahmawati,  from the institute of Indonesia.  wrote a Research article about, Finding the Perfect Soil: Land Suitability for Boosting Hiyung Cayenne Pepper Production. Entitled, Land suitability evaluation to increase Hiyung cayenne pepper production at Tapin district South Kalimantan Province. This research paper published by the International Journal of Biosciences | IJB. an open access scholarly research journal on Biosciences. under the affiliation of the International Network For Natural Sciences| INNSpub. an open access multidisciplinary research journal publisher.

Abstract

Tapin is one of the districts in South Kalimantan Province, which has a leading sector in agriculture. The agricultural sector contributed 19.6% of the total GRDP value in 2019 but could not significantly increase the regional economy, so this sector needs to be developed. In actual conditions, the yield of Hiyung cayenne pepper was only 145 ha, while the productivity has 11.01 ton ha-1. The large amount of land that has not been utilized in the Tapin Regency opens up great opportunities for agricultural extensification or expansion of planting areas. This research aims to determine the area of ​​land that is suitable and available to increase production. Matching criteria analysis was used to obtain an appropriate and available land area. The results indicated that the land suitability class for Hiyung chili in Tapin Regency was divided into 12 classes. The suitable land area available for Hiyung cayenne pepper in Tapin Regency is 60,380 ha or 28.03% of the total land area. The land suitability class for Hiyung cayenne pepper in Tapin Regency is dominated by class S3 (d, p, ch) with limiting factors in the form of drainage, pH and rainfall in Candi Laras Selatan and Candi Laras Utara subdistricts.

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Introduction

In Tapin Regency, the agricultural sector is the primary sector that is able to absorb the most labor (BPS Kab Tapin, 2019). In a developing country, food security and environmental sustainability are two crucial factors for national growth and development (Omotade et al., 2019). The Tapin Regency BPS noted that in 2018, this sector was able to absorb 40,892 residents or 44% of the total workforce. In 2019, it was recorded that the agricultural sector was able to contribute 19.6% of the total value of GRDP but was still unable to improve the regional economy significantly, so this sector needs to be developed to become a mainstay sector.

Tapin Regency has another development potential besides the food crop sector. Cayenne pepper is one of the horticultural commodities that has a certain uniqueness. The cayenne pepper variety in question comes from Hiyung Village, Tapin Regency, South Kalimantan Province. Hiyung is a local variety of cayenne pepper (Capsicum frutescens) that traditionally grown continuously at swampland of Tapin District, South Kalimantan Province.

This cayenne pepper has high productivity and good market prospect and could contribute to increase national cayenne production. This germplasm has been officially registered with the Center for Plant Variety Protection and Agricultural Licensing of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 09/PLV/2012 dated April 12, 2012, as a Local Variety under the name Hiyung cayenne pepper. The uniqueness of this chili is the level of spiciness that exceeds the spiciness of other cayenne peppers. The results of laboratory tests in 2012 showed that the level of spiciness was the highest in Indonesia, with capsaicin levels reaching 9,400 ppm (Balai Pengawas dan Sertifikasi Benih Tanaman Pangan dan Hortikultura Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan, 2015). This uniqueness encourages the local government of Tapin Regency to promote it as a superior regional commodity. Promotion is directed as part of agribusiness development efforts to increase production for marketing needs outside the Tapin Regency area while maintaining sustainable food availability for the community. The actual condition of cayenne pepper productivity is still relatively low. The planting area of cayenne pepper is only 145 ha (Dinas Pertanian Tanaman Pangan dan Hortikultura Kabupaten Tapin, (2020). This is because cayenne pepper is grown in a limited place. Planted area, harvest and productivity of cayenne pepper in Tapin Regency in the last 5 years are shown in (Table 1). Efforts to increase production are carried out by means of agricultural extension. Extensification is offered as a management strategy to reduce the perceived negative effects of intensive agricultural management (Horrocks et al., (2014). The large amount of land that has not been utilized in Tapin Regency opens up great opportunities for agricultural extensification or expansion of planting areas. No research is directed at land planning for certain commodities, especially to determine the availability of land for cayenne pepper in Tapin Regency. Based on the background of the problems above, this study aims to compile an evaluation of land suitability for cayenne pepper in the Tapin Regency.

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