Farming system research on madura tobacco
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1995
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Until now, there is still a gap between the technology produced by research institute and the technology used by the farmers. One of the me-thods which is expected to lessen the techno-logical gap is farming system research (FSR).
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Farming system research on Madura tobacco was car-ried out for three years, from 1990/1991 to 1992/1993 in three villages, ic. Sera Barat, Kambingan Barat and Talang. In 1992/1993 the improved technologies introduced were tobac co cultivation and cropping pattern. The aim of the research was to improve farmers' technology practices and cropping patterns. The results of the research showed that most of tech-nologics introduced could be adopted by the farmers, the best cropping patien in Sera Barat was com/ stringbean-tobacco, in Kambingan Barat was maize-onion-rice-tobacco, while in Talang was maize-rice-tobacco. By applying improved tobac co technology, farmer's income increased by Rp 655,000, Rp 415,060 and Rp 892,521 per hectare annually in the respective villages, whereas the improvement of technology and crop-ping pattern increased farmer's income by Rp 714,295, Rp 1.521.514 and Rp 892.521 respectively.
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A Agriculture/Pertanian