Peluang Peningkatan Produktivitas Kelapa Sawit Rakyat Di Provinsi Lampung

Productivity of smallholder oil palm in Lampung province is stillrelatively low compared to the potential for optimal productivity. A studywas conducted with regard to that, from February to September 2012 toidentify the agroecological characteristics and technical management ofsmallholder oil palm plantations that likely to be improved in order toincrease the productivity of oil palm of smallholder. Smallholderplantations studied were randomly selected, each 1 sites in seven districtsin Lampung Province and data collection was conducted through surveysand interviews of farmers. Average production of fresh fruit bunches(FFB) of smallholder oil palm plantations in Lampung are still low (15tons/hectare/year). The production is likely to be enhanced through theapplication of technology that is able to cope with the nature ofagroecology as the constraints of growth and production of oil palm,namely the availability of water, nutrient retention, and erosion hazard.The technology needed to overcome the obstacles include supplementingirrigation, increasing the soil's ability to store water, multiplying the useof organic materials and lime, and applying soil and water conservationtechnologies. Besides that, oil palm productivity of smallholder likelyincrease, along with the increasing age of the plant, the growing use oforganic fertilizer for plants that have produced (TM) and NPK fertilizerfor immature plants (TBM). Development of farmers needs to beintensified to increase farmers' awareness of the importance of fertilizingthe TBM. The results of the analysis indicated that NPK fertilization forTBM positively correlated with the productivity of oil palm