This visit is one of the agendas in a series of activities of the 2024 RAKERDA DPD IPB Alumni Association of West Kalimantan Province which is filled with several activities. First, a public lecture delivered by Prof. Dr. Ir. Rokhmin Dahuri, MSc, an alumnus of the Faculty of Fisheries IPB who is also an elected member of the DPR-RI for the 2024-2029 period. The public lecture was delivered at Oesman Sapta Odan University (OSO) with the theme of Coastal and Marine Resource Management in Indonesia. Furthermore, a general stadium was also held with the theme of Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable Innovation-Based Economic Development at Tanjungpura University. After giving the public lecture, it was planned to visit the Peatland Management Demonstration Plot in Sungai Selamat, North Pontianak, but it was canceled because there was not enough time and had to continue the flight to Jakarta.
The public lecture activity was continued with a visit from the Vice Chancellor IV of IPB, namely Prof. Dr. Ir Iskandar Zulkarnaen Siregar, M.For.Sc. to several trial locations of Edamame cultivation technology on peatlands managed by farmer Mr. Subroto with technical support from YSDK. This trial is related to efforts to meet the quality of Edamame according to market demand and the demands of technology to meet it. The market demands Edamame with round, dense seeds, fully filled pods that can be met by applying chemical fertilizers such as NPK 16:16:16, micro fertilizers, organic chicken manure fertilizers, and ameliorants in the form of burnt ash. On the other hand, farmers avoid applying chemical fertilizers such as NPK 16:16:16 so that peatlands do not experience irreversible drying. YSDK is here to provide a solution by bridging the two interests above. The method is by trying to ferment chicken manure using the EM-4 decomposer. Furthermore, this organic fertilizer is enriched with NPK 16:16:16 fertilizer and micro fertilizers so that nutrients such as N, P, and K are bound in the bonds of organic chicken manure fertilizer and are no longer applied in the form of chemical fertilizers NPK 16:16:16. This innovation is expected to overcome farmers' concerns about the problem of irreversible drying.
During the visit of the Vice Chancellor IV of IPB, Mr. Ir. Sigit Sapto Wibowo., M.Sc who is an agricultural expert at YSDK explained the trial process of making banana peel and Mucuna bracteata compost fertilizer for organic potassium fertilizer sources, processing liquid potassium fertilizer from coconut fiber, organic potassium from banana peel and pineapple which will be compared related to the effectiveness of increasing production on Edamame plants. There were many ideas and inputs provided by the Vice Chancellor IV of IPB, namely Prof. Dr. Ir Iskandar Zulkarnaen Siregar, M.For.Sc. and IPB Alumni. One of them is an effort to create Low Emission Vegetable Agriculture. Vice Rector IV of IPB invited cooperation in measuring greenhouse gas emissions in this peat land demonstration plot. His suggestion is that YSDK can take samples of greenhouse gases such as CO2 and methane with standard equipment and then send them to IPB to be analyzed for their greenhouse gas content.
The above practice is aimed at providing scientific evidence that the Peatland Management Model for Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change Adaptation by YSDK and IPB Alumni who are members of the West Kalimantan ABC Chapter Forum in Sungai Selamat, North Pontianak, is environmentally friendly, characterized by a low rate of peatland subsidence, low greenhouse gas emissions, no land burning practices, and the dominant use of organic fertilizers as the main input.
The marketing volume of Edamame beans produced from deep peatlands in Sungai Selamat, North Pontianak has only reached around 500 kg per month and will be increased to around 1,000 kg per month by involving female farmers around the location. The improvement of the knowledge and skills of these female farmers will be carried out as soon as possible by holding a study visit and practice of these female farmers to the demonstration plot location. The main material is related to the standard operating procedure for Edamame cultivation on peatlands. The form of cooperation is to place these female farmers as Edamame producer farmers with the guidance of Mr. Subroto as a farmer researcher and the YSDK Team as assistants, and IPB Alumni who are members of the West Kalimantan ABC Chapter Forum as the marketing team.
On that occasion, the idea of the importance of developing partnerships was also raised. One of the concepts is to develop this Edamame development partnership by utilizing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from PT Antam where there are IPB alumni working in the company with the Cendekia Business Alumni Forum or the West Kalimantan ABC Chapter Forum. This will clearly strengthen cooperation with IPB Alumni between the West Kalimantan ABC Chapter Forum which focuses on product marketing including Edamame with YSDK which oversees the Edamame production process to maintain low greenhouse gas emissions.
It is hoped that the ideas and input provided by the Vice Chancellor of IPB and IPB Alumni during this visit can increase the enthusiasm of YSDK to foster farmers in improving production quality and creating Low Emission Vegetable Agriculture.
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