Database research record2023·Indonesia
Cultivation practices of leafy vegetable production during the wet season in Ambon, Indonesia
Reginawanti Hindersah, A. Marthin Kalay, Rion Suaib Salman, Wilhelmina Paays, Saon Banerjee
Current Research in Agricultural Sciences
Urban Farm DB summary
A study of leafy vegetable cultivation (cabbage, water spinach, spinach) in urban farming areas along Ambon Bay in Ambon City, Indonesia, used 11 years of weather data verification combined with qualitative interviews with farmers to examine adaptation to disease and yield loss caused by excess wet-season rainfall. Annual rainfall varied, ranging from 3,950-5,264 mm in 2010-2013 and 2017-2020 versus 2,017-2,995 mm in 2014-2016; farmers adapted by installing plastic rain shelters, shortening planting distance from 20 cm to 10 cm, and changing their planting calendar.