TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN MARGINAL LANDMASS UTILIZATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN GOROHO BANANA (Musa acuminafe sp) QUALITY AND PRODUCTIONS

Abstract

This study was conducted in the rural outskirts of Tomohon, North Sulawesi, 2018-2019, involving 4 local farmers as participators in this study. Each farmer was provided with 0.5 Ha of land to manage, where half (0.25Ha) was managed on their own and half (0.25Ha) was managed alongside with the researcher. Thus on the plots managed by coaching alongside with the researcher, it was introduced the utilization of a healthy bulb sortation, planting distance organization, organic and inorganic fertilization processes, panama disease control by the use of Trichoderma spp., plant productivity control.  Yields in plots where farm management coaching took place resulted in an increase in productivity up to 442.66 ton/Ha, while farm management according the local famers method traditionally yielded only 17.68 ton/Ha. Yet based on economic analysis, the traditional methods by the local farmers resulted in a better benefit/cost ratio due to the lower production cost, while net profits of a well-managed farm (coached method) produced higher profitability. In aspects of continuity and sustainability as well as agri-economical profits, the improvements in production management (method coached by researcher) proved better than that of the traditional method by the farmers.