View article

English. The success of intercropping between sugarcane with other crops especially in dryland depend on the availability of irrigation facilities. In the lowland areas, land preparation was done by Reynoso system, while at dryland area using mechanic systems with engine or animal power. In sugarcane intercropping system, the intercropped-crop was not planted in every sugarcane interrow, since sugarcane need. Groundnut is one of the recommended crop for sugarcane intercropping system. The reasons are: short duration maturity, low plant height, and relatively easy to be managed. Yield of groundnut intercropped with sugarcane varies from 1.0 to 3.0 t/ha drypods and increase land productivity by 142 percent