Application of Rice-Corn Intercropping as an Optimization of the Land Use Utilization and Increasing of Farmer Income in Playen, Gunungkidul

Intercropping is an attempt to plant several types of crops on the land at same time, arranged in such a way row plants. Planting this can be done two plants that are relatively different old. The application Rice-Corn intercropping was carried out Playen District Gunungkidul. Rice seed used Sidenuk and Inpari 42 varieties then planted distance 40 cm x 20 12.5 (Tajarwo 2:1). corn Pioneer 35 they 60 25 cm. purpose research examine rice-corn compared monoculture cultivation aspects soil nutrients status, affects both yield feassibility analisys farming agricultural system. results study show pattern rice reach 5.19 5.85 ton ha-1 dry shells from 5.43 6.28 tons quite profitable with B/C ratio 2.68 R/C 3.12 or planting patterns alone ratios 1.24 1.88, respectively