PEMBERDAYAAN PEREMPUAN DENGAN BUDIDAYA SAYURAN HIDROPONIK SISTEM RAKIT APUNG PADA LAHAN PEKARANGAN UNTUK MENDUKUNG DESA GUNUNGPRING MENJADI DESA WISATA

Abstract

Utilization of home yards for plant cultivation is an alternative in maintaining family food security. Even a narrow yard of land can be used for plant cultivation. One of the cultivation techniques that are not expensive, easy to maintain and can also take advantage of a narrow area such as a house yard is hydroponics, which can also use fishponds for making floating raft hydroponics. Empowerment of women is important to support the success of this activity. In the village of Gunungpring, the women in the village that have been formed do not yet have optimal performance, especially in the use of their home yards for hydroponic vegetable cultivation. Therefore, this service activity was carried out to optimize the performance of women in the village of Gunungpring in cultivating with the floating raft hydroponic technique. With the empowerment of women, especially the women who are members of the Dasa Wisma, it is hoped that hydroponic plant cultivation activities with floating raft systems can develop. The resulting product in the form of hydroponic vegetables can be consumed alone or sold to tourists/pilgrims who visit the village. The method used to achieve this goal is to provide counseling, training, making hydroponic samples/demonstrations of floating raft vegetable plants carried out on one member of the Dasa Wisma, and aiding in hydroponic vegetable cultivation. The enthusiasm of partners in this activity was very high from the beginning to the end of the training, even now partners are continuing their activities by planting hydroponic vegetables on a floating raft system on their yards or in their own fishponds. This activity is expected to be sustainable so that it can fulfill/increase the nutritional value of the community, increase community income, and support the realization of Gunungpring Village into a tourist village.