Optimalization of Dry Land Through Soybean Plants with Integrated Crop Management (ICM) among Palm Oil Plant Jambi Province

ABSTRACT
Diversification of food crops atyoung oil palm trees is an effort to diversify land
use, either by intercropping or rotation. Soybean can be planted in the area between
young oil palm (1‐3 years old). The purpose of the assessment is to look at the growth
and productivity and analysis of soybean farming at young oil palm of dry land. The
assessment was carried out at 2 years old of oil palm plantation in Pelayangan Village,
Muara Tembesi Sub‐district, Batanghari District, Jambi Province, from May to August
2016. The area of 1 ha of soybean plantation and application oftechnological components
through integrated crop management approach (ICM). This included the use of superior
varieties of Anjasmoro, Argomulyo, Dena 1 and Devon with the spacing of 30 cm x 15
cm, 2 seeds/hole, fertilizersof urea 50 kg/ha, SP 36 100 kg/ha, KCl 50 kg/ha, dolomite
1000 kg/ha and pest control. Observed parameters were soybean growth, productivity
and farming analysis of several soybean varieties. The analysis used was the analysis of
acceptance, opinion, and the balance of revenue on the cost (R/C). The results showed
that the growth of Anjasmoro and Dena 1 varieties was better than Devon and
Argomulyo varieties. Anjasmoro variety gave the highest yield of 1.08 t/ha followed by
Dena 1of 0.98 t/ha, Devon of 0.90 t/ha and Argomulyo of0.85 t/ha. The highest revenue
was Rp 2.098.000 using Anjasmoro and the lowest was Rp 438.000using Argomulyo
variety, while the revenue forDena 1 and Devon varieties was Rp 1.370.000 and Rp
808.000, respectively. R/C ratio was 1.32 for Anjasmoro, 1.07 for Argomulyo, 1.21 for
Dena 1 and 1.13 for Devonvarieties. Financially, Anjasmoro variety is the most
favorable varietycompared to other varieties.