Initiative for developing Moringa Oleifera as Galengan Crop in Mixed Cropping System for Supporting Sustainable Agriculture in Poteran Island

Ekawati, Ida (2015) Initiative for developing Moringa Oleifera as Galengan Crop in Mixed Cropping System for Supporting Sustainable Agriculture in Poteran Island. Proceedings International Conference in Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Driving Trough Developing Green Growth Strategies. pp. 57-68. ISSN 9786026843074

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Abstract

All of Agricultural land in Poteran Island has a dry land with dry climate which is used for food crop cultivation to fulfill food need and farmer income sources. In this area, the farmers have been cultivating several food crops by using mixed cropping farming system. The combining crop is corn or cassava and legumes such as peanuts, green beans, and pigeon pea. Mixed cropping is done traditionally by using inorganic and organic fertilizer. To increase conservation effect on the agricultural land, it needs to modify the traditional mixed cropping system by using moringa as galengan crop. This paper tries to describe the role of moringa oleifera to support sustainable agriculture ecologically and economically. Moringa oliefera which is incorporated in the mixed cropping can reach about 640 trees/ha planted in galengan with the row 1.5 meters between plants. These plants can be used as climbing poles for Piper retrofractum 96 kg/year, assuming a yield of 0.15 kg per tree. Moringa oleifera as a component of mixed cropping also provid benefits to increase biodiversity, and its potential as biofertilizer, biopesticide, and natural growth regulators to support sustainable agro-ecosystems. In addition, nutrient-rich Moringa can be used improving the farmer community nutrition. keyword: Moringa oleifera, mixed cropping. Galengan crop

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