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39<br />

Abubakar and Basri<br />

Table 5. Paddy productivity on damaged land in western coast of NAD<br />

No. District Sub District<br />

Class<br />

damage<br />

Productivity (ton/ha)<br />

2006 2007<br />

1 Aceh Besar Peukan Bada Light 3.0 – 4.0 3.5 – 4.5<br />

Medium 2.5 – 3.0 3.0 – 4.0<br />

Lhoknga Light 3.0 – 3.7 4.0 – 4.5<br />

Medium nd 3.5 – 4.0<br />

Lhoong Light 3.0 – 3.5 3.5 – 4.2<br />

Medium nd 3.2 – 4.0<br />

Baitussalam Light 3.0 – 3.5 4.0 – 4.5<br />

Medium nd 3.0 – 4.0<br />

2 Aceh Jaya Jaya Light 2.0 – 3.5 3.5 – 3.7<br />

Medium nd 2.0 – 3.5<br />

Sampoinit Light 2.0 – 3.5 3.5 – 4.0<br />

Medium nd 2.0 – 3.5<br />

Teunom Light 3.6 – 4.0 4.0 – 4.3<br />

Medium nd 3.0 – 3.4<br />

Panga Light 3.5 – 4.0 3.7 – 4.2<br />

Medium nd 3.1 – 3.3<br />

Krueng Sabe Light 3.5 – 4.0 4.0 – 4.5<br />

Medium 2.0 – 3.0 3.0 – 3.5<br />

3 Aceh Barat Meurebo Light 2.0 – 2.5 3.5 – 4.5<br />

Medium nd 2.0 – 2.5<br />

Sama Tiga Light 2.0 – 2.5 2.5 – 3.0<br />

Medium nd 2.0 – 2.5<br />

Arongan Lambalek Light 2.0 – 2.5 2.5 – 3.0<br />

Medium nd nd<br />

Sources: Agriculture extension agency reports and estimation<br />

nd = no data<br />

CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLANGES<br />

Field observations in June 2008 showed that besides lightly damaged<br />

land, some of the medium damaged agricultural land in Aceh Besar<br />

has been recovered as potential rice field, such as in Lhoong Sub<br />

District, Aceh Besar (Figure 3).<br />

Damaged rice fields in Lhoong (mostly inceptisols - mineral soils),<br />

have been cultivated at least three times since 2006. Only some of<br />

medium damaged rice field in Aceh Barat and Nagan Raya has been<br />

rehabilitated and cultivated. Several constarints faced in rehabilitation<br />

of heavily damaged land in the western coastal areas are: (1) most<br />

rice field are on peat soil, (2) irrigation channels are still blocked, (3)<br />

weed regrowth (bak raboo) was very fast on peat soil, so that farmers<br />

needed extra efforts to clear the fields, and (4) in some areas irrigation<br />

channels are not available, so that the rice crop is completely<br />

dependant on rainfall.<br />

International Workshop on Post Tsunami Soil Management, 1-2 July 2008 in Bogor, Indonesia

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