Budapest International Research in Exact Sciences (BirEx Journal)
Vol 4, No 1 (2022): Budapest International Research in Exact Sciences, January

Soil Quality Index Analysis of Forest Secondary and Palm Oil Plantation

Nurul Puspita Palupi (Lecturer in Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Mulawarman, Indonesia)
Agus Sarjono (Lecturer in Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Mulawarman, Indonesia)
Abdul Hanif (Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Mulawarman, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Feb 2022

Abstract

Soil quality greatly determines the ability of the soil in carrying out its functions to support the life of organisms in a sustainable manner. Land use and land management have the role of increasing or decreasing the quality of a land. This research was conducted to determine the index of soil quality in secondary forest land use and oil palm plantations and evaluating the application of the concept of sustainable agriculture to oil palm plantations. This research was carried out from July to October 2019 in Bukit Biru and Loa Ipuh Darat village, Tenggarong and in the Mulawarman University Faculty of Agriculture. This study uses the concept of Minimum Data Set (MDS) with the assessment of several indicators and soil functions. The assessment function is adjusted to the environmental conditions in which the research is conducted. This study shows that secondary forest use has a soil quality index value of 0.638 with Good criteria, and oil palm plantation land use has a soil quality index of 0.592 with Moderate criteria. Oil palm plantations in this study have not yet reached the concept of sustainable agriculture.

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birex

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Physics Transportation

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Budapest International Research in Exact Sciences (BirEx-Journal) is a peer reviewed journal published in January, April, July, October welcome research paper in Medical Science, Agriculture Science, Biological Science, Engineering Science and other related areas and it is published in both online ...