Aspek Teknologi Dan Analisis Kelayakan Pengelolaan Serasah Tebu Pada Perkebunan Tebu Lahan Kering
Abstract
Abstrak
PG Takalar adalah salah satu pabrik gula yang terdapat di Sulawesi Selatan dan memiliki potensi serasah tebu yang besar. Serasah tebu merupakan limbah yang kaya bahan organik yang bisa diolah menjadi pupuk organik berupa kompos. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui potensi dan kebutuhan alat dan mesin pada pengelolaan serasah tebu pada PG Takalar . Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa PG Takalar memiliki rata-rata potensi ketersediaan serasah tebu pada PG Takalar adalah 19.96% atau 20% dari setiap batang tanaman tebu. Dengan luas lahan 4186 ha, maka total potensi serasah tebu adalah 32860 ton/tahun. Hingga saat ini pengelolaan serasah tebu pada PG Takalar masih dilakukan secara konvensional dengan membakar serasah tebu tersebut di lahan perkebunan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa luas lahan 4186 ha membutuhkan jumlah alat dan mesin untuk mendukung kegiatan mekanisasi pada pengelolaan serasah tebu adalah traktor 48 unit, trash rake 13 unit, trailer besar 31 unit, aplikator 4 unit, pencacah 18 unit, truk 3 unit, pengaduk 3 unit, dan loader 3 unit
Kata kunci : potensi, mekanisasi, pengelolaan, serasah tebu, tanaman tebu
Abstract
PG Takalar is one of sugar factory in South Sulawesi which has enormous potential of sugarcane litter. Sugarcane litter is organic waste that could be processed into organic fertilizer in form of compost. The objectives of this study were to determine the potential of sugarcane litter and to determine the machinery requirement for sugarcane litter management in PG Takalar. The result showed that the average availability potential of sugarcane litter in PG Takalar was 19.96% or 20% from each stem of sugarcane. In total, with 4186 ha area of PG Takalar, the potential of sugarcane litter was 32860 ton/year. Nowadays, in PG Takalar, the management of sugarcane litter is done conventionally by burning the litter in the field. It is also found from the study that to manage the sugarcane litter in 4186 ha area, the number of machinery needed to support the mechanization of sugarcane litter management were 48 units of tractor, 13 units of trash rake, 31 units of trailer, 4 units of applicator, 18 units of chopper, 3 units of truck, 3 units of composting turner, and 3 units of loader.
Key words: potential, mechanization, management, sugarcane litter, sugarcane
Diterima:14 Desember 2011; Disetujui:17 Maret 2013
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