Status of Soil Fertility at Sloping Land Cassava Cultivation in ProtectedArea of Mount Muria, Central Java

ABSTRACT

Inappropriate land utilization and management practices that do not consider the aspects of soil conservation will lead into land degradation. The degradation will have implications for increasing critical land inside and outside the forest area. This paper aims to analyze soil fertility at rehabilitation demonstration plots in the protected area of Mount Muria, which is sloping land for cultivation of cassava. Soil sampling conducted in 12 points to represent an area of 5 hectare demonstration plot. The results showed arrays of variation in soil texture that ranges from sandy loam to heavy clay. Soil was classified as slightly acid to acid (pH H2O) which has low organic matter content (< 2%). The soil has low cation exchange capacity and very low nitrogen availability. The land is basically no longer appropriate for cassava cultivation. Several efforts are needed to increase soil fertility and decrease erosion, including planting pioneer trees of legume as green manure as well as applying legumes cover crops and manure.

Keywords: Soil degradation, soil organic matter, land utilization

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Proceeding INAFOR (International Coference Of Indonesia Forestry Researchers) 2011

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: ., 2012

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2-6

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English

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978-979-8452-45-1

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