Technology Innovation Support in Development of Local Superior Shallot in North Sulawesi

Olvie Grietjie Tandi,F Faisal

doi:10.31327/atj.v5i1.1233

Abstract

The need for Shallot at the community level continues to increase every year in line with the increase in population. Shallots are used as cooking spices and used in the herbal medicine industry. Minahasa Regency is one of the centers of shallot development in North Sulawesi, where production at the farm level is still below the average of 7-8 t/ha. For this reason, a breakthrough in cultivation technology innovation is needed to increase yields. This writing aims to provide information on technological innovation support in the effort to develop local superior shallots in North Sulawesi and to see the results of farming from the application of the technology. The data obtained from the results of interviews and research results both conducted by the North Sulawesi AIAT Assessment Team and other research results. The support of technological innovation in efforts to develop shallots is the application of onion PTT Innovations: land management, preparation of plant spacing, use of certified seeds, planting and fertilizing, watering and controlling weeds, controlling plant pests, harvesting and post-harvesting. The conclusions obtained by the application of PTT shallots, which were examined by BPTP North Sulawesi using local varieties Lansuna. The B / C ratio is 4.23 by giving an income of Rp. 273,058,000 compared to the way of farmers where B / C ratio = 2.23 with income of Rp. 138,233,000 / hectare

Highlights

The use of local varieties has been a long time ago and farmers selected their own tuber crops to be used as a source of seed
To achieve high productivity needed an assembly of appropriate technology that can increase farmers ' income and the availability of superior seeds continuously
Pest control is conducted by sanitation and disposal of weed, collecting and destroying larvae, land processing to dismantle the caterpillars, the use of insecticides, as well as crop rotation

Summary

Introduction

Shallot is a main ingredient of Indonesian cuisine seasoning. In addition to the basic seasoning of cuisine, shallots can be used as a herbal medicine because the nutrient content is quite complete. In the year 2009, the need for shallots in Indonesia reached 936,103 tons with a production of 965,164 tons and increased in 2010 to 976,284 tons with a production of 1,048,228 tons. According to Badan Pusat Statistik (2016) for North Sulawesi the harvest area of shallots is 310 ha, production of 1,715.5 tons with productivity 5.5 tons/ha. In supporting the productivity of shallots, maximum required seed tuber high quality. If the productivity of the shallot is projected to reach 10.22 tons/ha, it takes about 116,950 ha of Harvest area. 1. Potential Minahasa, one of the districts in North Sulawesi, where the West Tompaso district is the most widely cultivated area of shallots.

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