Benefits of Biochar Compost (BIOCHOM) to Yield Rice Productivity on Tropical Swampland, South Kalimantan, Indonesia

¹⁾ Indonesian Swampland Agricultural Research Institute (ISARI), Jl. Kebun Karet, Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
²⁾ Institute of Research and Standardization of Industry, Ministry of Industry, Jl. Panglima Batur Barat No.2, Banjarbaru South Kalimantan, Indonesia

Abstract

Biochar improves soil quality physicochemical. Biochar is a soil amendment created through the burning of biomass, has a potential solution for wide-ranging environmental management problems. Biochar has been shown to have positive outcomes on soil function to sequester carbon to slow the effects of global climate change. The objective of this research was to study the impact of compost biochar in increasing rice yields in tropical swampland. The design used in this study was a randomized block design, including (1) biochom 1 (without harvest waste compost + without biochar rice husk), (2) Biochom 2 (harvest waste compost 5 t/ha), (3) biochom 3 (rice husk biochar 5 t/ha), (4) biochom 4 (a combination of harvest waste compost 2.5 t/ ha + rice husk biochar 2.5 t/ha). The results showed that application of biochom 4 (a combination of harvest waste compost 2.5 t/ha + rice husk biochar 2.5 t/ha) increased of rice yield reached 15.21% compared to biochom 2 treatment (compost harvest waste 5 t/ha) and reached 17.78% with biochom 3 treatment (rice husk biochar 5 t/ha), compost without biochar treatment.