Cultivation Planning for Secondary Plants on Smallholding Oil Palm Plantations Using Linear Programming

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10.2991/apbec-18.2019.45How to use a DOI?

Keywords

cultivation planning, linear programming, land diversification, oil palm plantation

Abstract

This study represents research on the determination of appropriate secondary plants at smallholding oil palm plantations in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The selection of this research topic is motivated by the fact that land use has changed in Langkat, from predominantly paddies to oil palm plantations. This has caused job loss in the agriculture sector. On oil palm plantations, however, empty spaces appear at the beginning of the planting period due to the nature of plantation work and the oil palm plant. This space can be used for secondary plants (such as horticulture plants), which have competitive prices and high productivity. Here, we use a linear programming model to define the problem of selecting horticulture plants to cultivate in smallholding oil palm plantations. The model is assessed using MS Excel Solver, and the results show that cayenne pepper (cabai rawit) and long bean (kacang panjang) are the optimum secondary plants to plant.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Balindo Dharma Bakti Samuel Sitorus
AU  - Ratih Dyah Kusumastuti
PY  - 2019/07
DA  - 2019/07
TI  - Cultivation Planning for Secondary Plants on Smallholding Oil Palm Plantations Using Linear Programming
BT  - Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Business and Economics Conference (APBEC 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 336
EP  - 340
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/apbec-18.2019.45
DO  - 10.2991/apbec-18.2019.45
ID  - DharmaBaktiSamuelSitorus2019/07
ER  -