Optimization of the Cultivation of ‘Sleman’ Longan Cultivar and Local Klanceng Bees by Applying Appropriate Techniques and Technology Integrated Agricultural Systems (SIMANTRI) to Strengthen the Economic Resilience of the Hargowilis Farmers Group

Authors

Adib Fakhruddin Yusuf
Laboratory of Genetic and Breeding, Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Hari Purwanto
Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Agussalim
Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Ina Nur Hidayati
Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Prima Sekti Kusnanda
Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Tantri Ajeng Salma Salsabila
Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
M. Syafiatol Huda
Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Nabila Shafura
Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Wahyu Eka Saputri
Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Ignatius Sudaryadi
Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Synopsis

Hargowilis Village is located in Kokap Sub-district, Kulon Progo, on the westernmost side of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, where most people work as horticultural crop farmers. One of the cultivation objects developed by the community is local longan which is the result of downstream research products from the Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Biology, UGM. The downstream program encourages people to pioneer longan cultivation to raise the community's economic level. However, there are obstacles, such as slow growth and flowering, so further optimization is needed. The Community Partnership Program of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology aims to solve the problem by initiating an integrated agricultural system (SIMANTRI). The SIMANTRI concept can be a solution to optimize longan cultivation through efforts to increase pollination effectiveness by applying stingless bee pollinators. The implementation of the program is carried out through counseling, practical training, and periodic mentoring. Community service is carried out by delivering knowledge about; non-productive soil management, induction of flowering hormones, post-anthesis longan treatment technology, rest time management, pest control technology, Klanceng box technology, colony transfer and maintenance techniques, education system techniques for colony propagation, product harvesting and packaging techniques, feed source vegetation, and trap system. The results of the service showed an increase in the knowledge and ability of Hargowilis villagers to cultivate longan Sleman and Klanceng varieties in an integrated farming system. Through knowledge transfer, we hope the community can improve its economic quality through agricultural products and other alternative products.

ICCEESD2022
Published
October 10, 2023
Online ISSN
2582-3922