THE POTENTIAL OF AMELASIR TO RESTORING SANDY LAND INTO PRODUCTIVE PADDY FIELDS AT PT PIM FOSTERED VILLAGE

Yusra; Emmia Tambarta Kembaren; Usnawiyah; Suci Mahdianti; Nurul Ismi; Sri Wahyuni

doi:10.54443/ijebas.v3i2.904

THE POTENTIAL OF AMELASIR TO RESTORING SANDY LAND INTO PRODUCTIVE PADDY FIELDS AT PT PIM FOSTERED VILLAGE

Yusra

Emmia Tambarta Kembaren

Usnawiyah

Suci Mahdianti

Nurul Ismi

Sri Wahyuni

North Aceh district has 12,750 ha of idle land that has the potential to be planted with rice. This unused land becomes rice paddies because it has a large enough area and contains elements needed by rice plants. PT Pupuk Iskandar Muda implemented a program to turn sandy land into fertile rice fields called AMELASIR (Amelioration of Sandy Land) with an area of 278 m2. This program is carried out by offering intensive tillage and using ameliorants. The materials added were PIM organic fertilizer, clay, manure, rice straw compost, PIM Polivit and PIM Urea. The results of this program show an increase in rice yield from year to year. In the first growing season the harvest reached 3 tons/ha, in the second growing season it reached 3.45 tons/ha, and in the third growing season the harvest reached 4.5 tons/ha. This area has a faunal biodiversity index H' 3.22 and floral biodiversity H' 2.28. The conversion of idle land into paddy fields also increased the biodiversity of several interesting fauna species, namely 12 bird species, one reptile species, two mammal species, and 20 insect species. The AMELASIR program also made the soil more fertile for some trees so that four tree species, two pole species, eight sapling species and 16 seedling species grew in the area.

Keywords: amelioration soil sandy soil biodiversity species

BSN, 2014, “SNI 8014-2014 Penilaian Pengelolaan Jasa Lingkungan Keanekaragaman Hayati (biodiversity),” Badan Standarisasi Nasional. p. 11.

D.A. Suriadikarta and Husnain, 2012, “Pengaruh Silikat Terhadap Pertumbuhan dan Hasil Tanaman Padi Sawah pada Tanah Ultisol,” Pros. Semin. Nas. Teknol. Pemupukan dan Pemulihan Lahan Terdegradasi, no. 20, pp. 225–236.

D. Mulyana, S. W. B. R, B. Wasis, and S. Wulandari, “Micro Environmental Change in Various Form Land Cover Revegetation,” J. Manaj. Hutan Trop., vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 24–28, 2011.

Erika, 2009, “Membangun kesuburantanah di lahan marginal,” J. Ilmu Tanah dan Lingkung., vol. 9, no.2, pp. 137–141.

J. A. Antonangelo, X. Sun, and H. Zhang, “The roles of co-composted biochar (COMBI) in improving soil quality, crop productivity, and toxic metal amelioration,” J. Environ. Manage., vol. 277, no. October 2020, 2021.

PPID Aceh, 2020, “Produksi padi 2016-2020,” Pejabat Pengelola Informasi dan Dokumentasi (PPID) Aceh. no. 1, pp. 6–8.

R. Leogrande and C. Vitti, 2019, “Use of organic amendments to reclaim saline and sodic soils: a review,”Arid L. Res. Manag., vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 1–21.

Sukarman, R. A. Gani, and Asmarhansyah, 2020, “Tin mining process and its effects on soils in Bangka Belitung Islands Province, Indonesia,” Sains Tanah, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 180–189.

S. S. Chahal, O. P. Choudhary, and M. S. Mavi, 2018, “Microbial Activity Is Constrained by the Quality of Carbon and Nitrogen under Long-term Saline Water Irrigation,” Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal., vol. 49, no. 11, pp. 1266–1280.

S. El hasini, O. Iben. Halima, M. El. Azzouzi, A. Douaik, K. Azim, and A. Zouahri, 2019, “Organic and inorganic remediation of soils affected by salinity in the Sebkha of Sed El Mesjoune – Marrakech (Morocco),” Soil Tillage Res., vol. 193, no. June, pp. 153–160.

S. O. Oladele, 2019, “Effect of biochar amendment on soil enzymatic activities, carboxylate secretions and upland rice performance in a sandy clay loam Alfisol of Southwest Nigeria,” Sci. African, vol. 4, p. e00107.

Suwarso, E; Paulus, D R; Widanirmala, M. 2019. Kajian database keanekaragaman hayati Kota Semarang. Jurnal Riptek. Vol. 13 (1) 79-91.

W. Wu et al., “Chemical characterization of rice straw-derived biochar for soil amendment,” Biomass and Bioenergy, vol. 47, pp. 268–276, 2012.

W. Zhou, X. Lu, C. Qi, and M. Yang, 2020, “Utilisation of ultrasonic treatment to improve the soil amelioration property of coal fly ash,” J. Environ. Manage., vol. 276, no. May, p. 111311.

Y. Fei, D. She, L. Gao, and P. Xin, 2019, “Micro-CT assessment on the soil structure and hydraulic characteristics of saline/sodic soils subjected to short-term amendment,” Soil Tillage Res., vol. 193, no. April, pp. 59–70.

Y. Feng et al, 2017, “Biochar applied at an appropriate rate can avoid increasing NH3volatilization dramatically in rice paddy soil,” Chemosphere, vol. 168, pp. 1277–1284.