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

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.

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practical Using of Filtration Tool in Woman Farmer Group at Tanjung Mas Semarang

The Tunas Bahagia farmer woman group in RW 9 Tanjung Mas Village is on of the which is still acute in house in produces area provides food production. Problem with KWT, lack of close water sources and improve the quality of water sources for irrigationon agricultural land. Group knowledge some of the woman farmers do not understand about the content of the media and the placement of the filtration device, group attitude women against filtration devices have shown positive and participants can practice the tools. Fitration on the land area of the female farmer group is very good. It is necessary to have education in a sustainable manner for the use of filtration equipment in addition to watering can also used for household needs. Empowerment of women farmer group is also important improved.

First case of Arthrographis kalrae pulmonary infection in a patient with AIDS

Arthrographis kalrae is a hyaline fungus. It is a saprophyte of the environment, mainly found in soil and compost. It is a rare isolate in clinical specimen. In recent years this pathogen has been attributed to various cases of opportunistic infections. Our patient was a 51-year-old Indian woman, farmer by occupation, who had HIV infection and was under HAART treatment. She presented with complaints of cough with scanty expectoration for 2 months. Her CD4 count was 75 cells/μl. Induced sputum was collected and sent for detailed microbiological examination. Bacteriological and mycological profile was checked. The causal agent was identified as Arthrographis kalrae based on morphological characteristics (culture). Unfortunately, samples could not be preserved and sent for ITS region sequencing due to COVID-19 outbreak. The case is of interest because, to the best of our knowledge, Arthrographis kalrae has not been reported so far from our country, India.

PERANAN ANGGOTA KELOMPOK WANITA TANI (KWT) DALAM MEWUJUDKAN DESA AGROWISATA SUNGAI LANGKA KECAMATAN GEDONG TATAAN KABUPATEN PESAWARAN

This research aims to determine the role of Woman Farmer Group (KWT) members and factors related to the role of KWT in actualizing Sungai Langka as an Agrotourism Village. The research location was chosen purposively in Sungai Langka Village of Gedong Tataan Sub-district of Pesawaran Regency. Respondents were 61 respondents using Proportional Random Sampling. This research was conducted from January to February 2018. Data analysis method used descriptive method with quantitative approach. To answer the first purpose used descriptive analysis, and the second goal by using a quantitative approach of Rank Spearman analysis method. The results indicated that the role level of KWT members in mini jackfruit planting and handicraft production is included in a low classification, the roles of KWT members in the manufacture of vegetable quoting galleries, fruit pickling and in Small and Medium Enterprises processing of agricultural products are included in medium classification, KWT in actualizing as Sungai Langka Agrotourism Village is generally included in the middle classification. Factors associated with the role of KWT members in actualizing the Agrotourism Village Sungai Langka are the motivation, cosmopolite character, and the level of knowledge. Whereas, the age and level of education were not significantly related to the role of KWT members in actualizing Sungai Langka Village as the Agrotourism Village. Key words: agrotourism village, KWT members, role