The potency and challenges of sorghum development in tidal swamplands in Indonesia have yet to be well studied. Thus, our study is the first to evaluate the land suitability, economic performance, and strategies for developing sorghum in the tidal swamplands in Central Kalimantan. We use the land suitability evaluation method, a gross margin and profit analysis, a break-even analysis, and a competitive analysis as the methods for assessing the potency and utilization of sorghum in this study. As a tool for decision-making, SWOT was also used, followed by a quantitative strategic planning matrix (QSPM) analysis. The results show that 578,511 ha of arable land is suitable for sorghum development. Economically, sorghum farming can generate IDR 12,894,000 per ha with a revenue-cost ratio of 1.72; the break-even price would be IDR 2447 per kg, around 42% lower than the current market price. Sorghum is also more competitive than cassava (Q = 0.76), sweet potato (Q = 0.58), and soybeans (Q = 0.61) and less competitive than maize (Q = 1.33). Based on the QSPM analysis, five alternative strategies were obtained for developing sorghum in tidal swamplands: (1) optimization of productivity; (2) improvement in the quality of human resources for farmers; (3) facilitation of partnership cooperation; (4) application of site-specific technology; and (5) optimization of waste utilization. These strategies show that the expansion of sorghum planting has potential in the tidal swamplands and economic value for the community.

The potency and challenges of sorghum development in tidal swamplands in Indonesia have yet to be well studied. Our research was the first to evaluate land suitability, economic performance, and strategies for developing sorghum in tidal swamplands in Central Kalimantan. The assessment methods for the potency and utilization of sorghum used the land suitability evaluation method, gross margin and profit analysis, break-even, and competitive analysis. As a tool for decision-making, we used SWOT followed by the quantitative strategic planning matrix (QSPM) analysis. The results showed that the potency of arable land suitable for sorghum development was 578,511 ha. Economically, sorghum farming can generate an IDR 12,894,000 per ha with a revenue-cost ratio of 1.72; the break-even price was IDR 2,447 per kg, around 42% lower than the current market price. Sorghum was also more competitive than cassava, sweet potato, and soybeans (Q values of 0.76, 0.58, and 0.61, respectively) and less competitive than maize (Q = 1.33). Based on the QSPM, there were five alternative strategies for developing sorghum in tidal swamplands, i.e., (1) Optimization of productivity, (2) Improving the quality of human resources of farmers, (3) Facilitation of partnership cooperation, (4) Application of site-specific technology, and (5) Optimization of waste utilization. Those strategies show the potential expansion of sorghum planting in the tidal swamplands and the economic value enhancement for the community.

This study aims to (1) analyze farmers' perceptions of the quality of rice seed assistance in Central Kalimantan food estates. (2) Analyze the level of farmer satisfaction with the quality of rice seed assistance in Central Kalimantan food estates. This research was conducted on farmer groups who obtained new superior variety seeds (VUB) in Belanti Siam Village, Pandih Batu District, Pulang Pisau Regency. Deliberate choice of location (Purposive). The sampling in this study was carried out using the Slovin formula, because there were 12 farmer groups in the population in this study, several samples were taken from each farmer group according to the number of farmers in each group with an error rate of 10%. namely as many as 84 farmers. The method used to answer the first objective is descriptive method through interviews and using a Likert Scale. Then the method used to answer the second objective is the Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) and Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) methods. The results showed that farmers' perceptions of the quality of the rice seed assistance showed a score of 6,835 with an index of 67,80% and belonged to the good category. The level of farmer satisfaction with the quality of rice seed assistance from several different attributes. Based on the results of the analysis using the CSI method, farmer satisfaction with the rice seed assistance has an index value of 64.04%. The farmers who received the rice seed assistance in Belanti Siam Village were quite satisfied with the quality of the seeds they obtained.