scholarly journals Mentoring Women's Farmer Groups in Utilizing Yard Land as an Effort for Food Security in the Pandemic Period

2022 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-103
Author(s):  
Ratna Susanti ◽  
Suci Purwandari

The objectives of this community service are: 1. assisting women farmer groups in the use of yard land, 2. educating women farmer groups in efforts to food security during the pandemic. This community service was carried out for 3 months, namely April, May, and June 2021 through the following methods: 1) lectures by the implementation team for the Women Farmer Group in Baran village, Cawas, Klaten who attended a total of 52 people regarding food security education in during the pandemic, 2) distribution of assistance for a number of vegetable seeds to be planted in a predetermined yard, 3) assistance in planting and using vegetables as a source of family nutrition. The result of this community service is that the women in Baran Village, Cawas, Klaten who are members of the Women Farmers Group have an independent business in the form of vegetable plants as a source of nutrition that can be used as a share of crop yields: from, by, for the Woman Farmer Group members.

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Evizal Rusdi ◽  
Fembriarti Erry Prasmatiwi ◽  
Sarno Sarno ◽  
Otik Nawansih ◽  
Dedy Miswar ◽  
...  

Lampung Province is the center of Robusta coffee production while Arabica coffee has begun to be developed in the area, including in Harapan Jaya Village, Way Ratai Subdistrict, District of Pesawaran. This village is an ecotourism destination and also has a potential of agrotourism, especially Arabica coffee farming. The objectives of the Community Service Activities are: 1) Increasing knowledge and skills of farmer group members in Arabica coffee agrotechnology; 2) increasing coffee plantation productivity through proper maintenance; and 3) Formulating a model of strengthening farmer group based on coffee agrotourism. This program was carried out at the Karya Subur Farmer Group, in Harapan Jaya Village in year 2018–2019. The methods used are discourse, training, demonstration plots, mentoring, and discussion. The results of this program conclude that: 1) Increasing the knowledge and skills of farmer group members in Arabica coffee agrotechnology; 2) Increasing productivity of coffee plantations plot belonging to the group members assisted; and 3) a model of strengthening of farmer groups based on coffee production and agrotourism is through increasing group capacity in tourism and tourism activities related to the coffee production process from upstream to downstream, increasing accessibility and facilities coordinated with village officials, and increasing agro tourism promotion especially to educational institutions, professionals, and communities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 340
Author(s):  
Zulfanita Zulfanita ◽  
Roisu E.M ◽  
Rinawidiastuti Rinawidiastuti ◽  
Faruq Iskandar ◽  
Budi Setiawan

ABSTRAKPertumbuhan penduduk yang diikuti dengan meningkatnya kegiatan industri, pertanian, dan pemukiman telah menggusur lahan budidaya sehingga dari tahun ketahun luasnya semakin berkurang. Disamping itu aktifitas penduduk akan mengakibatkan pencemaran berupa limbah organik maupun anorganik Inovasi teknologi diperlukan untuk mengantisipasi penurunan produksi tanaman dan ikan akibat penyusutan lahan budidaya dan penurunan kualitas perairan. Inovasi teknologi tersebut diharapkan mampu mengurangi limbah dan meningkatkan produktifitas persatuan luas lahan budidaya. Salah satu inovasi teknologi yang dapat diterapkan yaitu budidaya tanaman sayuran dan ikan yang terintegrasi melalui sistem akuaponik. Program Pengabdian Masyarakat dilaksanakan di desa Butuh, kecamatan Butuh, kabupaten Purworejo bertujuan untuk Mengenalkan, mempraktikkan dan memotivasi masyarakat untuk dapat melakukan teknologi akuaponik sayuran dan budidaya lele dalam ember , mengisi waktu luang serta mengembangkan kemampuan budidaya sayuran dan budidaya ikan lele selain itu juga sebagai bentuk pemanfaatan pekarangan rumah atau lahan sempit menjadi efisien dan menguntungkan serta potensi meningkatnya gizi keluarga. Mitra dalam pelaksanan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah kelompok Wanita Tani Mandiri dengan anggota 16 orang. Metode yang digunakan adalah Education for Sustainable Development (EfSD) merupakan salah satu metode pengabdian kepada masyarakat yang berorientasi pada penyelesaian masalah pada lingkungan masyarakat. Metode EfSD menekankan pada 3 pilar yaitu ekonomi, ekologi atau lingkungan dan sosial. Program kegiatan yang dilaksanakan secara garis besar meliputi, 1) pemberdayaan masyarakat melalui penguatan kelembagaan dan peningkatan kualitas sumber daya manusia, 2) Penumbuhan dan pengembangan budidaya sayuran, dan perikanan berbasis akuaponik. Hasil pengabdian masyarakat ini berupa penguatan kelembagaan pada Kelompok Wanita Tani Mandiri mampu melaksanakan kegiatan program kegiatan dan sosialisasi dengan aktif. Dengan adanya pelatihan serta motivasi mampu menambah pengalaman dan wawasan anggota Kelompok Wanita Tani Mandiri dalam pengembangan budidaya sayuran dan ikan dalam ember. Kata kunci : teknologi akuaponik; sayuran ; ikan; ember. ABSTRACTPopulation growth followed by an increase in industrial, agricultural and residential activities has displaced the cultivated land so that from year to year the area has decreased. Besides that, the activities of the population will result in pollution in the form of organic and inorganic waste. Technological innovation is needed to anticipate a decrease in plant and fish production due to shrinkage of cultivated land and a decrease in water quality. This technological innovation is expected to be able to reduce waste and increase the productivity of the cultivated land area. One of the technological innovations that can be applied is the integrated cultivation of vegetables and fish through an aquaponics system. The Community Service Program implemented in the village of Butuh, sub-district of Butuh , Purworejo district with aims to introduce, practice and motivate the community to be able to do vegetable aquaponics technology and cultivate catfish in buckets, fill their spare time and develop the ability to cultivate vegetables and catfish cultivation as well as a form of utilization of house yards or narrow land becomes efficient and profitable as well as the potential for increasing family nutrition. Partners in implementing this community service are the Independen Farmer Women’s group with 16 members. The method used is Education for Sustainable Development (EfSD), which is a community service method that is oriented towards solving problems in the community environment. The EfSD method emphasizes 3 pillars, namely economic, ecological or environmental and social. The program of activities carried out in general includes, 1) community empowerment through institutional strengthening and improvement of the quality of human resources, 2) cultivation and development of vegetables and aquaponics-based fisheries. The result of this community service is in the form of institutional strengthening in the Independent Women Farmers Group being able to carry out program activities and socialization activities actively. With the training and motivation to be able to add to the experience and insight of the members of the Independent Women Farmers Group in developing vegetable and fish cultivation in buckets. Keywords :. aquaponics technology; vegetables; fish; bucket


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Kresna Oktafianto ◽  
Raka Nur Sukma ◽  
Kuntum Febriyantiningrum ◽  
Dwi Oktafitria ◽  
Henny Murnafikhoh ◽  
...  

One of the efforts to alleviate poverty in Soko Sub-District, Tuban Regency is giving an assisting program in the cultivation of earthworms (Lumbricus rubellus). This program is aimed for groups of farmers in Soko Sub-District, Tuban Regency. This Community Service Activity (PKM) was carried out by using a method in the form of training activities for earthworm cultivation (Lumbricus rubbelus) starting from the provision of materials, preparation of earthworm media, seed sowing, feed making, feeding, routine maintenance, harvesting techniques and monitoring of PKM implementation team. Mentoring and monitoring activities were observed with cultivation implementation observation instruments, observation sheets on worm cultivation, and participant response questionnaires. This community service ended with the submission of earthworm seedlings (Lumbricus rubbelus) to the participants of farmer groups in Soko Sub-district, Tuban Regency as the initial capital to start earthworm cultivation (Lumbricus rubbelus). The results of Community Service showed that the average responsiveness of earthworm cultivators in Soko Subdistrict showed very good (4.1%), good (34.8%), sufficient (39.8%)and the remaining was lacking and continuous technical guidance and assistance needed to get maximum results (21.3%).Keywords: Allevation, Cultivation, Poverty, Lumbricus Rubellus


Author(s):  
Wahyuni Husain ◽  
Bahtiar ◽  
Muhammad Ashabul Kahfi

The ornamental plant program is one of the programs launched by the Palopo City government, including in Battang Village. The Mandiri Women Farmers Group is one of the groups involved in this program. However, over time, the motivation and interest of group members in this program has diminished because of government assistance. The purpose of this community service activity is to help the Mandiri Women Farmers Group to build a difficult crop business to get help from the government. The service team used the asset-based community development model (ABCD) in this activity. From the results of the activities carried out, make changes to the target group. The Mandiri Women Farmer Group is no longer active in waiting for help from the government. However, they are now more active in running their businesses. In addition, they are actively building networks with stakeholders to expand their businesses.


Author(s):  
Bina Agarwal

This chapter examines the relationship between gender inequality and food security, with a particular focus on women as food producers, consumers, and family food managers. The discussion is set against the backdrop of rising and volatile food prices, the vulnerabilities created by regional concentrations of food production, imports and exports, the feminization of agriculture, and the projected effect of climate change on crop yields. The chapter outlines the constraints women face as farmers, in terms of their access to land, credit, production inputs, technology, and markets. It argues that there is substantial potential for increasing agricultural output by helping women farmers overcome these production constraints and so bridging the productivity differentials between them and male farmers. This becomes even more of an imperative, given the feminization of agriculture. The chapter spells out the mechanisms, especially institutional, for overcoming the constraints and the inequalities women face as producers, consumers, and home food managers. Institutionally, a group approach to farming could, for instance, enable women and other small holders to enhance their access to land and inputs, benefit from economies of scale, and increase their bargaining power. Other innovative solutions discussed here include the creation of Public Land Banks that would empower the smallholder, and the establishment of agricultural resource centers that would cater especially to small-scale women farmers.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mulono Apriyanto

The specific objectives and targets of these community service activities are to provide counseling on the rejuvenation of oil palm and the legality of farmers' land so that there is a change in the knowledge, understanding and skills of farmers who are members of farmer groups in an effort to want to rejuvenate oil palm plants and to provide an understanding of the importance of legality Farmer's land as an inseparable part of the structure of the requirements in order to get financial assistance to rejuvenate oil palm plants. The methods used are counseling, outreach, demonstration and assistance when the extension activities take place. Counseling methods provide counseling and conduct training after counseling. The demonstration method is carried out at the time of delivery of material. Farmers immediately practiced how to rejuvenate oil palm plants, after that they were given counseling about the ways and functions of farmers' land legality and farmer group institutions in order to get funds in groups. The assistance method aims to monitor developments after counseling to farmers by involving agents of change, namely community leaders, traditional leaders, the village government and banking institutions. In general, the implementation of community service in Kerta Jaya and Tassel Jaya villages, Kempas Subdistrict, Indragiri Hilir Regency can run well and well..


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
Toncerius M. Lesu ◽  
S.P.N. Nainiti ◽  
Serman Nikolaus

The aim of this research is to find out how big the role of the farmer group members in increasing rice production at Korobhera Village, Meggo Subdistrict, Sikka District. The research has been done on April to May 2019. This is a qualitative study with purposive sampling considering the site was one of rice central production. The objectives of the study were to know : 1) how big the role of the farmer group members to productivity increasing in the area of research ; 2) the constraints faced by the members of the farmer group. Sample was done randomly using simple random sampling method with a total sample size of 50 people, who were the members of four farmer groups existed. The results of research indicated that the role of farmer group members in increasing rice production at the location of research was high, shown by the percentage of the accomplishment maximum score from average score in the amount of 75,65% (average score 87). The constraints faced by members of farmer group were quite similar, which were financial capital limits problem, uncaged livestocks and the availability of production tools was often not on time.


Author(s):  
Fitri Nurmasari ◽  
Raup Padillah

Banyuwangi Regency is one of the agricultural centers in East Java province and Indonesia. Mostly,Banyuwangi people work as farmers due to the fertil soil and wide amount of agricultural land in Banyuwangi . Thelarge number of people who work as farmers initiating the formation of farmer groups. One of the farmer groups in theSrono sub-district of Banyuwangi is the "Tan Selo 1" farmers group located in the village of Sukomaju and the "TanSelo 2" farmers group in Sukonatar village. The normal average price of one banana bunch in Banyuwangi is between50-60 thousand depending on the type and quality of bananas. Problems arise when the quantity of bananas in the marketarose, the price of 1 bunch of bananas decreases dramatically. The price of 1 bunch which is usually set at 50-60thousand drops drastically to only 20-30 thousand. This is certainly a problem for farmers in the Tan Selo group. The lackof knowledge of Tan Selo farmers about alternative variants of processed banana based products and the lack ofknowledge of the marketing strategies make it hard for the Tan Selo farmers to increase the economic value of bananaswhich have been used as an alternative income for farmers. Therefore, the solutions offered to overcome the problems offarmers include: equipping and improving farmers' knowledge about the variety of processed banana-based foods andtheir marketing strategies, conducting training to make variations on banana-based foods, conducting training oneffective marketing strategies. Overall, a series of community service programs were carried out perfectly as it expected.The percentage of participants' understanding in choosing high quality bananas is 85%, the percentage of participants’ability in processing banana-based foods is 86%, and percentage of participants who successfully sell processed foodproducts by utilizing online shopping sites is 70%


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 1929-1936
Author(s):  
Ramadhan S. Pernyata ◽  
Dita Andansari ◽  
Royke Vincentius Febriyana ◽  
Rony H.

This community service aims to improve the quality of Toman Fish Shredded and Honey products that have competitiveness, differentiation and strong and aesthetic packaging through training in design of packaging and label. The community service was held in the Lati Petangis Grand Forest Park (Tahura) area, Paser Regency. The objects of this community service are the Forest Farmers Group (KTH) and the Women Farmers Group (KWT). The problems faced by KTH and KWT are: (1) the flagship product has not been packaged in a good and attractive packaging; and (2) lack of skills in making packaging and label designs. This training requires several graphic design applications, so that KTH and KWT's flagship products have the attractive packaging and labels. The output produced is an increase in skills in packaging design and innovative product labels which are expected to increase sales of superior products.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Yoyon Riono ◽  
Elfi Yenny Yusuf

Horticulture is the study of the cultivation of garden plants. Broadly speaking, it is the study of the cultivation of vegetables, fruits, flowers and ornamental plants. The purpose of this community service is to provide insight and knowledge of farmer groups to use the house yard for planting crops, especially horticulture. The implementation method is carried out by counseling, training and mentoring residents and farmer groups to maximize the results of empowerment. In addition, leaflets as educational tools are given as a guide. The steps were taken: firstly, the lecturers of the agrotechnology study program to residents and farmer groups, secondly, training, starting from the selection of good planting materials. Third, assistance related to the use of household agriculture (home gardens) with horticultural cultivation techniques. The result of this community service program is that the beautiful jasmine farmer group has understood and the benefits of the house yard to be used as a planting area, especially for horticultural crops. From the activities of this community service program, it can be concluded that farmer groups can specifically make use of the empty land and unused land around their homes, especially the existence of empty land. 


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