Agrokreatif: Jurnal Ilmiah Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat

Implementasi Program Agripreneurship IKA Faperta melalui Budidaya Okra Merah di Sadifa Farm Kabupaten Bogor

Sherly Eka Maulidiya — 2024-06-20

Agripreneurship activities initiated by the Faculty of Agriculture Alumni Family Association (IKA Faperta), together with the Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University, are an effort to create young, independent agripreneurs with sustainable businesses. This activity is a forum for increasing student capacity through assistance in the agricultural business sector from upstream to downstream. IKA Faperta plays a role in assisting active students of the Faculty of Agriculture. In implementing this program, the parties involved were five active students from the Faculty of Agriculture as interns, 1 IPB alums as project managers, six as mentors, and 2 IPB lecturers. The method of implementing activities is carried out through four main stages: socialization, provision, field projects, and field trips. The demonstration plot was made at Sadifa Farm, Bogor Regency, with a land area of 10 x 15 m and a plant population of 250 red okra plants. Evaluation of changes in knowledge during participant debriefing is carried out through pre-test and post-test. Based on the IKA Faperta Agripreneurship activity results, this activity can encourage students to form a business unit based on agricultural products. It can increase experience and expertise in carrying out on-farm cultivation. Product marketing activities are also carried out by implementing two sales strategies: direct selling and digital marketing platforms. Product absorption is also optimized through collaboration with strategic partners, namely Agribusiness and Technology Park (ATP), a center for agricultural product innovation and a link to a broader market.

Diseminasi Fertigasi Otomatis Nirdaya untuk Budidaya Sayuran di Kota Tasikmalaya

Riani Muharomah — 2024-06-20

Unpowered Automatic Fertigation (FONi) is a new technology developed by IPB University. FONi applies the concept of evapotranspiration irrigation, which can meet plants' water needs at any time without using electricity. FONi is a series of plant pots connected to a water supply tank, and the water level is maintained to form a connected vessel system. The nutrient solution can be put into a water tank to make fertilizer application more practical. This activity aims to introduce FONi to the broader community so that it can utilize non-productive land for planting valuable vegetables and getting feedback for further development. Types of vegetables cultivated are long beans intercropped with kale. This activity was carried out in a residential area located on Jl. Burujul II, RW 03, Cipedes, Tasikmalaya City, West Java. Activities range from designing, installing, planting, maintaining, observing, harvesting, and explaining to the community, local government, and mass media. After 14 days, kale was picked, while long beans were picked after 48 days. Within 48 days, the prolonged bean harvest reached 3 Kg with land and water productivity of 2.9 kg m-2 and 2.3 kg L-1, respectively. CCTV monitoring shows prolonged bean picking is still carried out for up to 60 days. The economic value of cultivating long beans and kale in one season exceeds the cost of construction and production. The public's interest is high, implied by a strong desire to apply it. If this activity continues, it is hoped that the nutritional needs and adequacy of safe and healthy vegetables for all residents in the future can be fulfilled and that it will strengthen the image of Tasikmalaya City as a Kota Resik.

Design of Savana Hills Ecotourism Tracking Route in Pulisan Village, Likupang Regency, North Minahasa

Bet El Silisna Lagarense — 2024-06-20

The community service program with the students focuses on Pulisan Village, which is in the Likupang KEK (Special Economic Zone) area and a super-priority tourism destination. Pulisan has many attractions, including beaches, islands, and sea. However, Pulisan also needs new tourist attractions, specifically terrestrial tourist attractions, to distribute tourist visits well. Therefore, a community service program with students is carried out in collaboration with partners, namely tourism care groups entitled Designing the Savana Hill Ecotourism Tracking Route in Pulisan Village, Likupang, North Minahasa Regency. The method used was direct assistance to the community, in this case, the Pulisan Village tourism awareness group responsible for developing the Pulisan Tourism Village. The design of the ecotourism tracking route used mapping technology to determine the direction and location points created, as well as stopping points along the Pulisan Savana Hill tracking route. With the Savana Hill tracking route, tourist visits are focused on the sea, islands, and beaches, and they are distributed to Savana Hill using the designed tracking route. The community service program with students resulted in an output, namely the design of a tracking route with three stopping points (shelters).

Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Desa Bihe, Kabupaten Gorontalo melalui Diversifikasi Kelapa Menjadi Virgin Coconut Oil dan Cocopeat

Novri Youla Kandowangko — 2024-06-20

Bihe Village is one of the villages in Asparaga District, Gorontalo Regency, which is a center for coconut production. The abundant potential of coconut plants has yet to be utilized optimally by the people of Bihe village. Coconuts are only produced as copra, or coconuts are sold whole, without processing. Coconut plants have many derivative products, such as virgin coconut oil (VCO) and coconut peat. This problem prompted the implementation of socialization, training, and assistance in making VCO and Cocopeat for the Bihe village community. The aim is to increase the community's insight and skills regarding the diversification of coconut products so that they can provide additional income, which can improve the economy in Bihe Village. The training method is the Participatory Action Research (PRA) method, which involves the active role of the Bihe village community. The stages carried out are analysis of the actual conditions of society, planning, action, observation, and reflection. This method is carried out to provide an understanding of a) the weaknesses they have, b) the community's desire to overcome their shortcomings and weaknesses, c) together with the community to develop strategies and methods to solve the problem, and d) help the community overcome, solve, and find a way out. Forty participants attended this training and mentoring. After implementing the empowerment program, the post-test results showed that 62.5% of the community gave an excellent assessment, and 37.5% gave a good assessment of the usefulness of this activity program. Furthermore, 72.5% of participants were motivated to open a new coconut commodity business.

Diseminasi Optimalisasi Lahan melalui Budidaya Sayuran-Ikan Secara 3-in-1 di Lahan Perkotaan

Benyamin Lakitan — 2024-06-20

The 3-in-1 vegetable-fish cultivation is an innovative cultivation system that integrates floating and climbing vegetable cultivation with fish culture. This cultivation is a solution to the problem of narrow land in urban areas for vegetable-fish cultivation to create: a) Fish farming in a concrete pool at the bottom position, b) Shade-tolerant vegetables cultivated using a floating culture system, and c) Climbing vegetables on a dedicated netted-frames as high as 2 meters above the pool. The dimensions of the pool correspond to the available land. The floating raft was constructed using 69 units of 1.5 L plastic bottles as floaters, assembled into a raft with a surface area of 2 m2. The buoyancy capacity of the raft is 120 kg. The raft has been patented with Granted patent No. IDP 000065141. The community service activities are a) Open demonstrations for 3-in-1 vegetable-fish farming installations; b) Socialization and assistance to communities interested in implementing it; and c) Collection of data and information for evaluation and publication materials. Static demonstration activities during one cycle of cultivation and socialization to three potential community groups, namely: a) Urban communities as the primary target; b) Journalists for more enlarging coverage of the dissemination; and c) Agricultural students for the learning process. Urban communities can adopt the dissemination of land optimization through 3-in-1 vegetable-fish cultivation on urban land. Community interest in this cultivation system innovation is outstanding, as represented by the community's enthusiasm for this program.

Peningkatan Pengetahuan Petani Kopi Cibulao mengenai Pencegahan Helminthiasis yang Ditularkan melalui Tanah karena Pupuk Hewan

Tetty Barunawati Siagian — 2024-06-20

Animal fertilizer comes from animal waste and has undergone a decomposition process. The use of animal fertilizer has a potential risk to farmers' health if they do not heed Occupational Health and Safety (K3) standards for the personal safety of coffee farmers. The impact is that coffee farmers can be infected with worms transmitted through the soil (Soil Transmitted Helminth). This community service activity aims to increase the knowledge of Cibulao coffee farmers about preventing Soil-Transmitted Helminth worm infections in the application of animal fertilizer through counselling and technical guidance. The community service partners are the Cibulao coffee farmer group. The methods used are counselling, technical guidance and evaluation. The number of participants who attended this technical guidance was 17 coffee farmers. The training occurred in Telaga Saat Village, Cisarua District, Bogor Regency. The results of this community service activity show that there has been an increase in understanding of measures to prevent STH infection when using animal fertilizer. This increase can be seen from the pre-test and post-test results carried out before and after providing the material and technical guidance. The success of this program can be seen in farmers who are skilled in applying animal fertilizer using K3 and the desire for sustainable technical guidance regarding the maintenance and health care of goats and sheep.

Diversifikasi Olahan Sayuran dan Buah oleh Kelompok Wanita Tani Koperasi Sinergi Kampung Domba, Kabupaten Cirebon

Alina Hizni — 2024-06-21

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the increasing consumption of vegetables and fruit because they contain lots of vitamins and minerals to increase endurance. The purpose of community service activities is to diversify processed vegetables and fruits to increase selling value. The activity's target is to improve vegetable and fruit processing skills. The output of the activity is the diversification of processed vegetables and fruit. The target of the activity is women farmers who are members of the Kampung Domba Synergy Cooperative. Stages of activity include: 1). The preparatory stage, namely the manufacture of vegetable and fruit processing modules; 2). The implementation phase, namely vegetable and fruit processing training; 3). Evaluation Phase, in the form of pre-test and post-test related to knowledge of processing vegetables and fruit. Community service activities in collaboration with the Kampung Domba Synergy Cooperative (SiKado) and the Cirebon Regency Agricultural Institute Alumni Association (HA IPB). Community service activities were carried out for two days. The first day's activity was the presentation of material on the development of the food product business by the Alumni Association of IPB Cirebon Regency, followed by the presentation of material on the design of food product packaging by the Kampung Domba Synergy Cooperative and material on the processing of vegetables and fruit by the Community Service Team. Based on the pre-test and post-test on the participants' knowledge of vegetable and fruit processing, the average score was 78.0 (fair category) and 84.1 (good category), respectively, with an increase of 6.1 points. The second day's activity was training in processing and evaluating the preferences of processed fruit and vegetable products, and 71.4% of the products (5 out of 7 products) received an overall rating of 4 (liked) by the panelists, namely es puter cucumber suri, spinach sticks, kale sticks, corn tortillas and candied kolang kaling.

Sosialisasi dan Pelatihan Pemanfaatan Sampah Organik Rumah Tangga Menggunakan Komposter di Gili Air

Siska Ita Selvia — 2024-06-21

Gili Air is part of a group of small islands without waste problems. Efforts to reduce and manage waste in Gili Air, Gili Indah Village, still need to be improved, considering that the potential for waste generation is still significant, especially organic waste, which is 55% of the total potential for waste generation. The potential for recycling waste on Gili Air shows a waste-carrying capacity index value of 0.20, which means it is lower than the generation potential. It impacts Gili Air's relatively low level of waste support. As a tourist destination, Gili Air produces solid waste from local communities and tourism activities. This community service activity aims to increase awareness of the community and business owners in the tourism sector in Gili Air to reduce the rate of daily waste generation by reducing and utilizing organic waste to be processed into solid or liquid compost. The method applied for community service on Gili Air is in the form of outreach and training, demonstrating the stages of composting using a simple process that is easy for local communities to implement. Based on the results of monitoring and evaluation of community service activities, there was an increase in understanding of community service participants. It is indicated by a decrease in the percentage of wrong answers from the questionnaire announced after the service activity (post-test). In the pre-test before receiving community service, it was discovered that 59% of people still answered the statement on the questionnaire wrong. However, wrong answers decreased to only 12% after socialization and training. Increasing understanding of the pre-and post-test statements shows that socialization and training can positively impact community empowerment in managing household waste into solid and liquid fertilizer.

Peningkatan Minat Peduli Lingkungan Masyarakat Desa Buduan melalui Pelatihan Urban Farming dengan Media Tanam Hidrogel

Henny Rusmiyati — 2024-06-21

Buduan Village, located in Suboh District, Situbondo Regency, East Java, is developing by continuously keeping up with the times so that rice fields are turned into buildings and structures. Buduan Village people's awareness of the environment still needs to grow, even though green open land is decreasing. Urban farming is introduced to the community to care for the environment and provide knowledge regarding several ways to grow crops on increasingly narrow land. Hydrogel is a planting medium in urban farming techniques that is easy to introduce to the public to increase interest in planting. The IPB Vocational School Homecoming Lecturer Team provided urban farming training using a planting system using hydrogel to the people of Buduan Suboh Village. This training activity aims to increase people's interest in planting. The training was carried out by providing urban farming material and continued with direct planting practice using hydrogel planting media. The Buduan Village Community attended this training from the Family Empowerment and Welfare (PKK) group and the Azzaidah recitation group; a total of 33 participants took part in the training. The results of this training provide knowledge about urban farming to the people of Buduan Suboh Village and the urban farming system. Planting using hydrogel media is implemented by the community in their respective home areas as an initial initiation into caring for the environment.

Pengenalan dan Evaluasi Eco-Detergen Ramah Lingkungan bagi Pondok Pesantren Nurun Nabi Al-Islami Desa Bandar Khalipah, Deli Serdang

Dhiau Rahman Fikri — 2024-06-25

Household waste has become a significant cause of environmental issues. In addition to solid waste such as plastic, cardboard, and leftover food visible floating on the surface of rivers, large amounts of domestic liquid waste also contribute to river pollution. This has become a severe problem in many major cities in Indonesia, such as Medan, Surabaya, Bandung, Jakarta, and Palembang. Bandar Khalipah Village is among the areas in Medan where its river is starting to be polluted by detergent waste. The Islamic Boarding School was chosen to implement this activity because traditional boarding schools still require students to wash clothes independently. This activity aims to increase public understanding and awareness of the importance of environmental preservation by using environmentally friendly detergents. The stages carried out in implementing activities are the preparation, implementation, and program evaluation stages. The results indicate increased public knowledge about environmentally friendly detergents and active participation in implementing these practices at home. Before the socialization, 65% of participants needed help understanding the technique of making eco-detergent. After the socialization, a good level of understanding was achieved, with 95% of participants successfully mastering the technique of making eco-detergent. The implication is an increased awareness among the public about the importance of environmental conservation and reducing the negative impact of detergents on river ecosystems. Socialization and training programs can be concrete steps in overcoming environmental pollution problems at the local level. Through this effort, the community can continue to adopt sustainable practices to keep the surrounding environment clean and reduce the negative impacts of using conventional detergents.

Pemberdayaan Petani Mengembangkan Diversifikasi Cabai dan Kompos Jerami Berbasis Zero Waste di Desa Padang Mutung

Ardian — 2024-06-25

The need for chillies in Riau Province continues to increase along with the increase in population. The price of chillies in Riau is very dependent on supply; if it decreases, it causes the price of chillies to rise; this condition is an opportunity for chilli farmers in Riau to plant or agribusiness chillies. It is hoped that Padang Mutung Village, Kampar Riau Regency, can become a centre for chilli production because of the potential for rice fields, and most of the population's livelihood is farming. One component of chilli production costs is inorganic fertilizer, which tends to be expensive, so production costs increase. Continuous application of inorganic fertilizer can reduce soil fertility. This community service activity aims to increase farmers' understanding of the need for diversification by optimizing the use of paddy fields and fields by planting chillies, increasing farmers' understanding of zero waste-based straw compost-making techniques, which can then be used as a substitute for the use of inorganic fertilizers. The methods used are lectures, discussions and field practice. The activity results showed that after participating in the outreach and practical activities, participants gained knowledge, understood and were able to make rice straw compost and chilli seedlings. Participants will gain knowledge and understand the importance of diversifying the cultivation of chillies apart from rice to optimize the use of paddy fields, yards and idle land. Participants can also learn how to make straw compost and use it to grow fibre chillies, understanding that there is an opportunity to do chilli agribusiness to overcome the chilli shortage. It is hoped that the people of Padang Mutung Village will have increased awareness regarding crop diversification techniques for making straw compost as an alternative to reducing inorganic fertilizers, which will likely increase efficiency in chilli cultivation.

Pengembangan Sediaan Farmasi Berbasis Herbal dari Dondai-Sentani, Papua

Eva Susanty Simaremare — 2024-06-25

Dondai Village, Waibu District, has several potential medicinal plants that can improve the community's economy by creating new products. Service activities through the KKN/Village Wira program aim to assist and counsel the community, especially those who want to become entrepreneurs. The implementation methods are tutorials and discussions, socialization, demonstrations or training, mentoring, evaluation, and monitoring. The results obtained show that there are five products from Dondai, namely betel leaves as aromatherapy candles, putri malu leave as paper soap or betel leaf paper soap, Chinese ketepeng leaves as soap or body wash, lantana leaves as an antiseptic or hand-sanitizer, and miana lotion. As many as 97% of people are interested in making products, and 95% are interested in marketing products. It is hoped that this program can develop creativity, community knowledge, and insight to innovate to improve the standard of living.

Peningkatan Kapasitas Petani Closed-Loop Pangan (Beras) di Nusa Tenggara Timur

Nia Kurniawati Hidayat — 2024-06-26

Capacity Development of Closed-Loop Food (Rice) Farmers in East Nusa Tenggara is a training that is carried out to increase the understanding of prospective farmers who implement the food closed-loop system (rice) in Nagekeo East Nusa Tenggara regarding the bookkeeping, access to financing and marketing. The training was held in Mbay, Nagekeo Regency. Participants are 14 partner farmers of Pandawa Agri Indonesia (PAI) who are currently or have implemented PAI Innovation. Activities are implemented in several stages from coordination, training, FGD, pre-test and post-test. Primary and secondary data were obtained and analyzed descriptively, quantitatively and qualitatively. There was an increase in farmers' knowledge about farming bookkeeping, access to financing and marketing strategies. Farmers are made aware of the importance of carrying out business bookkeeping and the essential steps for taking advantage of various agricultural financing schemes. Farmers also realized the importance of institutions, and together, the group determines targets, segments and current market positions for better marketing strategy design.

Pelatihan Peningkatan Keterampilan Survei Pemetaan dengan Global Positioning System di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Samarinda

Andrew Stefano — 2024-06-26

The city of Samarinda plays a vital role as the main contributor to the country's foreign exchange through the coal mining and oil palm plantation sectors. Thanks to this region's high-calorie coal content, Samarinda is often the centre of land disputes. This service activity aims to provide counselling and training regarding geographic information systems to Vocational High School (SMK) students in Samarinda. Global Positioning System (GPS) technology plays a vital role in this program, considering its ability to determine location coordinates on the Earth's surface. This training introduces Garmin GPS to students, covers its features and functions, and explores student responses to the training material. The methodology includes counselling and direct practice in the field, with students' understanding and perceptions evaluated through pre-tests and post-tests. The evaluation results show that the training program increased participants' understanding, skills and acceptance of mapping concepts. It was also noted that there was a decline in student enthusiasm and participation after the training. The geographical conditions of Samarinda, characterized by wide rivers, swamps, hills, ravines, and a fluctuating climate, add to the challenges in collecting coordinate point data. Therefore, intensive mentoring is an essential key to ensuring the sustainability and effectiveness of this program in the future.

Pengembangan Nilai-nilai Cinta Laut bagi Anak Suku Laut di Pulau Lipan, Kabupaten Lingga

Susanna Nurdjaman — 2024-06-26

The empowerment of marginalized communities has increasingly become a crucial issue and program in Indonesia today. The central and local governments strive to empower these communities, including the Sea Tribes on Pulau Lipan. In practice, marginalized community groups are increasingly ignored by the government, as experienced by the Sea Tribe on Lipan Island. This community service program seeks to implement development in the education sector regarding the values of love for the sea for Sea Tribe children at State Elementary School (SDN) 006 Selayar. The curriculum used is prepared by considering the condition analysis made by the service team. This activity aims to foster love and awareness of marine ecosystems in Sea Tribe children so that they can maintain marine conservation and ensure wiser use of the ocean. The method used is to teach children about the sea through exciting and fun interactions about the love of the sea and games. Apart from that, the service team also established a mini library for the Sea Tribe community. The results of the implementation of activities show that the curriculum and method of delivering material and developing skills are appropriate for Sea Tribe students in receiving marine education, which can be measured from the level of children's interest and the relevance of the material that can be applied. Two-way, applicable education effectively educates sea tribe children about maritime affairs. Several obstacles are also faced in implementing the following program, where it is necessary to design a curriculum design that can provide learning to students in a sustainable, structured, practical, and memorable manner so that the instillation of maritime values can be enhanced and not just incidental as happens in the program.