Soil and Agricultural Capability of UiTM Sarawak Campus Farm, Malaysia

An area of 40.5 ha at UiTM Sarawak, Samarahan Campus farm was surveyed at a detailed level. There are three soilmajor groups, three soil families and six soil series identified in UiTM Sarawak, Samarahan campus. The three soilmajor groups are Red Yellow Podzolic (RYP), Gley and Organic. The three soil families are BEKENU and MERITFamily of RYP Group, BIJAT and TATAU Family of Gley Group and ANDERSON Family of Organic group. The soilseries identified are Bekenu of BEKENU Family, Merit and Jakar of MERIT Family, Daro of BIJAT Family, Tatau ofTATAU Family and Gadong of ANDERSON Family. The majority of the area is classified as having agriculturecapability of Class 2t, 3te and 4te. Class 2t, 3te, 4te consist of Jakar, Merit and Bekenu series and which are restrictedfor agriculture due to the steepness of the slope. Class 3wi consists of Daro series soil where wetness and inundationhazard is a moderate limitation for agriculture use. Class 4fw consists of Tatau series soil which is not suitable foragriculture used due to serious fertility and serious wetness. Class 04go consists of Gadong series which is also notsuitable for agricultural use due to high groundwater table and undecomposed organic surface layer.