Design Organic Fertilizer Applicators For Supporting Rice Production
Iqbal, Mahmud Achmad, and Muhammad Tahir Sapsal

Engineering Agricultural Program study, Agriculture Faculty, Hasanuddin University Makassar


Abstract

Intensive agricultural land use tends to reduce the content of organic matter in soil. Organic content in the soil affects the soils ability to bind water and the efficiency of fertilizer absorption by plants as well as an important source of nutrients for plants. Therefore, the addition of organic matter in the form of compost is very important for maintaining the productivity of agricultural land. Problems that occur at the time of application of compost is needed manpower and considerable expense, so it needs an efficient technology in the form of mechanical equipment that is simple and easy to operate. The purpose of this research is to design an organic fertilizer applicator for paddy that can be operated on rice fields. Applicators have been made and functioning well and able to apply organic fertilizer with a dose of 15 tons/ha.

Keywords: mechanization, fertilization, applicator, organic fertilizer, rice

Topic: Infrastructure and Environment

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