Establishing Land Suitability Criteria for Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) in Indonesia

Commodity development requires site selection which should be established prior to large scale development. The land suitability criteria for cashew are not presently available. The relationship between the biophysical aspects, especially land and soil with commodity productivity, is also not known...

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Main Authors: Widiatmaka, Atang Sutandi, Anas Iswandi, Usman Daras, Muhammad Hikmat, Ari Krisnohadi
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Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/743194
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description Commodity development requires site selection which should be established prior to large scale development. The land suitability criteria for cashew are not presently available. The relationship between the biophysical aspects, especially land and soil with commodity productivity, is also not known in depth. The objective of this study is to establish the criteria of land suitability for cashew in Indonesia, based on its production and land characteristics. Cashew plantations in 5 provinces were sampled. The data of production per tree per year were obtained from farmers, while the soil was sampled and analyzed in the laboratory. Age-adjusted cashew production was used as the yield response and plotted against land characteristics. Boundary lines resulting from the scatter of points were described; these lines produced the limits of land suitability criteria. The criteria were established using a projection of the intersection between the boundary line and yield interval. The criteria were also built in accordance with the productivity index of FAO for the internal boundary inside the S (suitable) class and by calculating the break-event point production for the boundary between S (suitable) and N (nonsuitable) order. The main result of this research is land suitability criteria for cashew.
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spelling doaj-art-e332b04be8744f7f8679645e0dfb0a2b2025-08-20T02:21:23ZengWileyApplied and Environmental Soil Science1687-76671687-76752014-01-01201410.1155/2014/743194743194Establishing Land Suitability Criteria for Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) in IndonesiaWidiatmaka0Atang Sutandi1Anas Iswandi2Usman Daras3Muhammad Hikmat4Ari Krisnohadi5Department of Soil Science and Land Resources, Bogor Agricultural University, Campus of Dramaga, Bogor 16680, IndonesiaDepartment of Soil Science and Land Resources, Bogor Agricultural University, Campus of Dramaga, Bogor 16680, IndonesiaDepartment of Soil Science and Land Resources, Bogor Agricultural University, Campus of Dramaga, Bogor 16680, IndonesiaIndonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD), Ministry of Agriculture, Jl. Tentara Pelajar No. 3, Bogor 16111, IndonesiaIndonesian Center for Agricultural Land Resources Research and Development (ICALRRD), Ministry of Agriculture, Jl. Tentara Pelajar No. 12, Bogor 16114, IndonesiaUniversity of Tanjungpura, Pontianak 78124, IndonesiaCommodity development requires site selection which should be established prior to large scale development. The land suitability criteria for cashew are not presently available. The relationship between the biophysical aspects, especially land and soil with commodity productivity, is also not known in depth. The objective of this study is to establish the criteria of land suitability for cashew in Indonesia, based on its production and land characteristics. Cashew plantations in 5 provinces were sampled. The data of production per tree per year were obtained from farmers, while the soil was sampled and analyzed in the laboratory. Age-adjusted cashew production was used as the yield response and plotted against land characteristics. Boundary lines resulting from the scatter of points were described; these lines produced the limits of land suitability criteria. The criteria were established using a projection of the intersection between the boundary line and yield interval. The criteria were also built in accordance with the productivity index of FAO for the internal boundary inside the S (suitable) class and by calculating the break-event point production for the boundary between S (suitable) and N (nonsuitable) order. The main result of this research is land suitability criteria for cashew.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/743194
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title Establishing Land Suitability Criteria for Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) in Indonesia
title_full Establishing Land Suitability Criteria for Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) in Indonesia
title_fullStr Establishing Land Suitability Criteria for Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) in Indonesia
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title_short Establishing Land Suitability Criteria for Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) in Indonesia
title_sort establishing land suitability criteria for cashew anacardium occidentale l in indonesia
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