Evaluation of Farmers Management Practices of Arabica Coffee Plantation Across Altitude for Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Aceh, Indonesia

The productivity of Arabica coffee in low-altitude areas in Aceh have been declined, caused by an increase in temperatures, and by pests and diseases attack. This study aims to develop adaptation strategies to climate change in Aceh trough understanding how coffee productivity correlates with the ma...

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Main Authors: Ashabul Anhar, Heru P. Widayat, Ali Muhammad Muslih, Subhan Subhan, Romano Romano, Akhmad Baihaqi, Teuku Saiful Bahri, Zulkarnain Zulkarnain, Bagio Bagio, Yusmaizal Yusmaizal, Yusya Abubakar
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Published: Syiah Kuala University 2020-09-01
Series:Aceh International Journal of Science and Technology
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Online Access:https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/AIJST/article/view/17375
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author Ashabul Anhar
Heru P. Widayat
Ali Muhammad Muslih
Subhan Subhan
Romano Romano
Akhmad Baihaqi
Teuku Saiful Bahri
Zulkarnain Zulkarnain
Bagio Bagio
Yusmaizal Yusmaizal
Yusya Abubakar
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Yusya Abubakar
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description The productivity of Arabica coffee in low-altitude areas in Aceh have been declined, caused by an increase in temperatures, and by pests and diseases attack. This study aims to develop adaptation strategies to climate change in Aceh trough understanding how coffee productivity correlates with the management practices across the altitude. To find out a correlation between farming practices variables and coffee productivity, Spearman's rank test was used. To assess whether farming practice explanatory variables affected by the altitudes, a non-parametric with the Kruskal-Wallis Test, with Tukey’s post-hoc test (P0.05) with Chi-square distance were used. The results showed that coffee productivity was positively and significantly correlated to pruning, weeding, application of fertilizer, and application of pest and disease control, but was not to coffee plant density, sustainability certification, land conservation, and age of the coffee plant. Adaptation strategies for farmers in higher altitudes are to maintain the coffee plant density as well as shade density at an optimum level, followed by increasing management practices such as pruning, weeding, application of fertilizer, and pest and diseases control; in lower altitudes, those are to increase shade density both with Leucaena and multipurpose plants such as avocado and citrus, as well as increasing management practices such as land conservation, pruning, weeding, application of fertilizer and pest and diseases control. In middle altitudes, those are to maintain and improve management practices applied
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spelling doaj-art-fa30eaa5fdd24d94b24af741f1041d812025-08-20T03:59:39ZengSyiah Kuala UniversityAceh International Journal of Science and Technology2088-98602020-09-0192758210.13170/aijst.9.2.1737511530Evaluation of Farmers Management Practices of Arabica Coffee Plantation Across Altitude for Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Aceh, IndonesiaAshabul Anhar0Heru P. Widayat1Ali Muhammad Muslih2Subhan Subhan3Romano Romano4Akhmad Baihaqi5Teuku Saiful Bahri6Zulkarnain Zulkarnain7Bagio Bagio8Yusmaizal Yusmaizal9Yusya Abubakar10Syiah Kuala UniversitySyiah Kuala UniversitySyiah Kuala UniversiatySyiah Kuala UniversitySyiah Kuala UniversitySyiah Kuala UniversitySyiah Kuala UniversitySyiah Kuala UniversityTeuku Umar UniversityAceh Governor Task ForceSyiah Kuala UniversityThe productivity of Arabica coffee in low-altitude areas in Aceh have been declined, caused by an increase in temperatures, and by pests and diseases attack. This study aims to develop adaptation strategies to climate change in Aceh trough understanding how coffee productivity correlates with the management practices across the altitude. To find out a correlation between farming practices variables and coffee productivity, Spearman's rank test was used. To assess whether farming practice explanatory variables affected by the altitudes, a non-parametric with the Kruskal-Wallis Test, with Tukey’s post-hoc test (P0.05) with Chi-square distance were used. The results showed that coffee productivity was positively and significantly correlated to pruning, weeding, application of fertilizer, and application of pest and disease control, but was not to coffee plant density, sustainability certification, land conservation, and age of the coffee plant. Adaptation strategies for farmers in higher altitudes are to maintain the coffee plant density as well as shade density at an optimum level, followed by increasing management practices such as pruning, weeding, application of fertilizer, and pest and diseases control; in lower altitudes, those are to increase shade density both with Leucaena and multipurpose plants such as avocado and citrus, as well as increasing management practices such as land conservation, pruning, weeding, application of fertilizer and pest and diseases control. In middle altitudes, those are to maintain and improve management practices appliedhttps://jurnal.usk.ac.id/AIJST/article/view/17375shade trees, coffee productivity, sustainability, certification
spellingShingle Ashabul Anhar
Heru P. Widayat
Ali Muhammad Muslih
Subhan Subhan
Romano Romano
Akhmad Baihaqi
Teuku Saiful Bahri
Zulkarnain Zulkarnain
Bagio Bagio
Yusmaizal Yusmaizal
Yusya Abubakar
Evaluation of Farmers Management Practices of Arabica Coffee Plantation Across Altitude for Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Aceh, Indonesia
Aceh International Journal of Science and Technology
shade trees, coffee productivity, sustainability, certification
title Evaluation of Farmers Management Practices of Arabica Coffee Plantation Across Altitude for Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Aceh, Indonesia
title_full Evaluation of Farmers Management Practices of Arabica Coffee Plantation Across Altitude for Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Aceh, Indonesia
title_fullStr Evaluation of Farmers Management Practices of Arabica Coffee Plantation Across Altitude for Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Aceh, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Farmers Management Practices of Arabica Coffee Plantation Across Altitude for Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Aceh, Indonesia
title_short Evaluation of Farmers Management Practices of Arabica Coffee Plantation Across Altitude for Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Aceh, Indonesia
title_sort evaluation of farmers management practices of arabica coffee plantation across altitude for climate change adaptation strategies in aceh indonesia
topic shade trees, coffee productivity, sustainability, certification
url https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/AIJST/article/view/17375
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