FARMER GROUP STRENGTHENING: ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HOME YARDS IN KRENGSENG HAMLET, HARGOREJO, KOKAP

Abstract

The agricultural sector is one of the sectors that makes an important contribution to rural communities, because most rural communities work as farmers. Many challenges are faced, in developing the agricultural sector itself. As is the case in Krengseng Hamlet, where the existence of large people's yards has not been utilized properly. In addition, the condition of two farmer groups that are less active because of the busyness of each member, also has an impact on agricultural development and efforts to utilize the yard. Therefore, the provision of socialization related to the strengthening of farmer groups and the utilization of vacant land into agricultural land is considered necessary. By holding this socialization, it is expected that the two farmer groups, namely the Ngudi Rejeki Women's Farmer Group and the Sido Makmur Men's Farmer Group, will be able to coordinate better so as to create synergy to jointly optimize the existing yard land. Meanwhile, the research method used is the CBR (Community Based Research) method which focuses on optimizing the potential that exists in a community or society to overcome existing problems. The result of this research is the implementation of socialization activities, where after the activity there was a development in the form of established communication between the two farmer groups through a question and answer forum and additional insight regarding the use of yard land and the use of waste into organic fertilizer for plants. The socialization activities held were considered successful in contributing, seeing from the enthusiasm of the participants during the socialization.