CROP PLANNING UNDER VARIABLE WEATHER CONDITION IN INDONESIA

Abstract

The problem that now faced by farmers in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province in generally and especial in my region, Ngada District, is the lack of water for irrigation. The most of the water supply comes from rainfall. Rainfall occurred only four months a year from November until February. Average rainfall about 2165 mm/year. Effective agricultural business is depended on the natural resource such as climate and soil, which is used integrally manner. Studying the behavior of the climate, especially rainfall has increased at least efficient water use, reduce the risk of natural disasters, floods and drought on food crops. Planting crop depending upon the use of rainfall data although it is simple. The most prudent action is to adjust the agricultural patterns with local climate patterns. This effort is carried out with "understanding the local climate" to minimize the risk of failure caused by climatic irregularities in the production of food crops can be done through the distribution of climatic regions with the determination of applications for the cropping pattern of plant growth.