Abstract
Relationship between Water Content and Mineralization of Carbon and Nitrogen in Soils Varying in Physical and Chemical Characteristics
Highlights
Tidal swampland is the land that is affected by sea tide
In Indonesia, tidal swampland is potential to be developed into agricultural land uses
This research aimed to determine the soil physical properties that are related to water availability in the soils from different land uses in a tidal swamp land area applied with a fork irrigation system
Summary
In Indonesia, the tidal swampland spreads out in Sumatera, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua islands with the total area of 20.13 million ha (Subagyo 2006; Nugroho and Suriadikarta 2010), and about 9.53 million ha out of 20.13 million ha is suitable for agricultural land. The area of tidal swampland that has been opened or reclaimed by the Indonesian government is about 2.27 million ha, while that that has not been reclaimed is approximately 7.26 million ha. The area of tidal swampland that is opened independently by local communities is around 3.0 million ha (Haryono et al 2013). Other data show that the total area of tidal swampland that spreads out in 30 provinces in Indonesia is around 11.03 million ha, of which 9.32 million ha is potentially or suitable for agricultural land (Mulyani and Sarwani 2013)
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