Ruslan Wirosoedarmo, Firzah Rizqiyah, Sudarto, Eko Handayanto
The objective of the study was to spatially evaluate the suitability of the soybean crop using GIS tools thereby identify the potential to expand the soybean crop cultivation and production based on climate parameters in the Malang area of East Java, Indonesia. The study was conducted from June to July 2014. The location of research carried out at the Laboratory of Engineering of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Brawijaya University, Malang. The results showed that in the first planting season after the rice crop that begins in March and May, rice field that can be used for growing soybeans consists of 8.896 ha of field (S1), 2.949 ha of S2, 20.744 ha of S3, and 614 ha of N. Rainfed area that can be used to grow soybean consists of 147 ha of S1, 757 ha of S2, 10.645 ha of S3, and 248 ha of N. Dry land that can be used to grow soybean consists of 8.190 ha of S1, 10.789 ha of S2, 68 105 ha of S3, and 8.254 ha of N. Second growing season from June to August all irrigated land, rainfed lowland and upland all soybean planted area cannot (N). The second planting season, which begins in June, and August all irrigated land, rainfed and dryland could not be planted with soybeans except water plus an additional 6.43 mm/day, 9.38 mm/day and 6.85 mm/day with successively increased production in 2699 tons, 4659 tons and 2932 tons. © Research India Publications.
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Brawijaya University, Jalan Veteran 1, Malang, 65145, Indonesia; Department of Soil Science, Brawijaya University, Jalan Veteran 1, Malang, 65145, Indonesia
