| Author | Pramudya, Bambang |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. AE-81-21 |
| Subject(s) | Clearing of land--Indonesia--Sumatera, South
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | An experiment was carried out on alang-alang area in South Sumatera., Indonesia, to compare three methods which might be used in alang-alang
land clearing. These were mechanical, a combination of mechanical-biological, and a mechanical- chemical method. Each method was tested with three level treatments, totalling nine treatment combinations. Observations were taken to determine field performance of land clearing machinery and rate of alang-alang regrowth up to three months after land clearing. Comparison among the given treatments was evaluated in the term of costs and the rate of alang-alang regrowth after land clearing, both in its density and overground biomass.
The lowest regrowth rate was found in the clearing using a combination of mechanical-biological method, whereas the mechanical method exhibited
the highest regrowth rate. The mechanical-chemical method entailed the highest cost, while the costs of the mechanical-biological method were slightly higher than the mechanical method. |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Singh, Gajendra
; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Olesen, Svend Elsnab ;Koike, Masayuki
; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | USAID-ASEAN; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1981 |