Pemberdayaan dan Pemanfaatan Lahan Pertanian dalam Meningkatkan Hasil Panen Masyarakat RT 36 Kelurahan Karang Joang

Christopher Davito Prabandewa Hertadi (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Mochamad Sulaiman (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Putri Gesan Prabawa Anwar (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Ageng Margyatno (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Nisa' Nur Halimah (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Syahdan Nugroho (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Aqmal Rizaqi (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Nisa' Nur Azizah (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Tio Putra Permadi (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Ayumi Devidhavyasa (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Indonesia)

Indonesian Community Journal
Vol 4 No 2 (2024): I-Com: Indonesian Community Journal (Juni 2024)

RT area. 36 is located in North Balikpapan with some of its residents working as vegetable farmers on plantations. One of the problems faced in RT. 36 is a hard and dry soil condition. This has an impact on hampering planting in the form of decreased crop yields and even crop failure. The water level in the soil during the dry season tends to be so low that plants cannot survive. This problem gave rise to a solution in the form of designing an automatic watering machine to improve the quality and water content of the soil for planting as well as innovating automated technology to control agricultural land conditions using a timer. Previous soil conditions experienced drought and poor soil with a water content of 10%-20%, 50% microorganisms which could hinder agriculture by increasing the risk of crop failure. After using an automatic watering device, it can increase soil water content by 30%-50%, microorganisms by 20%-30%, so that it can increase crop yields by 20% in various seasons and improve the quality of the harvest.