Pelatihan Komunikasi Daring yang Efektif bagi Anggota Asosiasi Pengusaha Patin UKM Indonesia

Catfish is a reigning top commodity both in the Indonesian market and overseas. Large-scale catfish farming companies have managed to communicate their products well, as evidenced by their effective online communication. However, that is not the case with small and medium-sized catfish farmers. Only some members of Asosiasi Pengusaha Patin/Catfish Indonesia (APCI) have successfully established online communication methods through websites and social media campaigns. This necessitates the rest of the members to be assisted in holding themselves up against tight competition especially in the global market through online communication training. This training program aims to raise awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) dabbling in catfish farming and production to display their products online. The methods used in this activity involve formulating initial research, designing the training materials and consultations, preparing the training program, and evaluating the program. This training program is successful in raising the awareness and understanding of the members of APCI and will be useful in further stages of implementation

Pembelajaran Partisipatif Secara Daring bagi Petani Sorgum di Kabupaten Ende, Nusa Tenggara Timur

Dryland is a potential food production in the future and sorghum is one of the potential commodities to be developed. Sorghum has been cultivated by a small number of people in Ende Regency, such as in Kotabaru and Nangapanda sub-districts. However, the cultivation has not yet applied cultivation techniques to achieve production optimization. In addition, there are still many limitations in knowledge of processing the production of sorghum seeds, leaves, and stems. Farmers have not enjoyed and received the benefits of cultivation so far. The purpose of this study is to increase awareness, understanding, and knowledge about the importance of sorghum to support food security and farmer welfare in Ende Regency, and to map the potential of online learning for farmers. The online learning was carried out in Kotabaru Village with the target being the Kema Sa Ate Women Farmers Group (KWT), which are sorghum cultivators. Learning is carried out using the lecture plus method (lecture-discussion) using a zoom meeting. Learning materials about harvesting and post-harvesting sorghum. The obstacle faced in this online learning is a device that does not support it. This problem was solved by involving a learning facilitator played by Field Agricultural Extension (PPL). Participants' initial knowledge before the training program was 3.8 and after training the final knowledge was 7.2. Based on the initial and final knowledge, it can be concluded that there is an increase in knowledge of 89.5%. The level of participant satisfaction with the 5 indicators proposed in the evaluation of the learning implementation process is very high, more than 80%. The level of participants' satisfaction with the five indicators in the evaluation of the training process also increased. More than 90% for problem solving in the field, speaker competence, and the level of urgency of information, while for media innovation and training methods more than 80%.Dryland is a potential food production in the future and sorghum is one of the potential commodities to be developed. Sorghum has been cultivated by a small number of people in Ende Regency, such as in Kotabaru and Nangapanda sub-districts. However, the cultivation has not yet applied cultivation techniques to achieve production optimization. In addition, there are still many limitations in knowledge of processing the production of sorghum seeds, leaves, and stems. Farmers have not enjoyed and received the benefits of cultivation so far. The purpose of this study is to increase awareness, understanding, and knowledge about the importance of sorghum to support food security and farmer welfare in Ende Regency, and to map the potential of online learning for farmers. The online learning was carried out in Kotabaru Village with the target being the Kema Sa Ate Women Farmers Group (KWT), which are sorghum cultivators. Learning is carried out using the lecture plus method (lecture-discussion) using a zoom meeting. Learning materials about harvesting and post-harvesting sorghum. The obstacle faced in this online learning is a device that does not support it. This problem was solved by involving a learning facilitator played by Field Agricultural Extension (PPL). Participants' initial knowledge before the training program was 3.8 and after training the final knowledge was 7.2. Based on the initial and final knowledge, it can be concluded that there is an increase in knowledge of 89.5%. The level of participant satisfaction with the 5 indicators proposed in the evaluation of the learning implementation process is very high, more than 80%. The level of participants' satisfaction with the five indicators in the evaluation of the training process also increased. More than 90% for problem solving in the field, speaker competence, and the level of urgency of information, while for media innovation and training methods more than 80%

Peningkatan Kualitas Penanganan Pascapanen Kopi Di Gapoktan Sejahtera Umbulharjo Cangkringan Sleman Yogyakarta

The coffee farmers of Farmer Union (Gapoktan) Sejahtera Umbulharjo had a lack of knowledge of good coffee post-harvest handling such as the best harvesting time, fermentation, drying, roasting green been extracting, and packaging roasted coffee need to be improved through extension and training postharvest handing. This research aimed to improve the quality of the coffee postharvest handling. The methods employed are extension and training. The result showed the increase of Gapoktan farmers’ understanding, especially in harvesting technique (pre-test score 33,33 and post-test score 93,33) and drying coffee (pre-test score 44,44 and post-test score 100). In addition, the improvement of postharvest handling reduced the drying time from 30 days to 14 days.The coffee farmers of Farmer Union (Gapoktan) Sejahtera Umbulharjo had a lack of knowledge of good coffee post-harvest handling such as the best harvesting time, fermentation, drying, roasting green been extracting, and packaging roasted coffee need to be improved through extension and training postharvest handing. This research aimed to improve the quality of the coffee postharvest handling. The methods employed are extension and training. The result showed the increase of Gapoktan farmers’ understanding, especially in harvesting technique (pre-test score 33,33 and post-test score 93,33) and drying coffee (pre-test score 44,44 and post-test score 100). In addition, the improvement of postharvest handling reduced the drying time from 30 days to 14 days