PENDAMPINGAN KEGIATAN PEREMAJAAN TANAMAN KAKAO (Theobroma cacao L.) DESA SUNGAI LANGKA KABUPATEN PESAWARAN

Abstract

Sungai Langka Village is a village located in the Gedong Tataan District. The two villages have a strategic position and have the potential to develop cocoa and its tourism objects (Pesawaran District Agriculture Office, 2019). In the future, this will become a strong attraction for tourists so that they can support the development of cocoa village agrotourism as well as revitalize cocoa plants in Pesawaran Regency. However, there are still some problems, including plants that are old and no longer productive, so there is a need for countermeasures to repair or rejuvenate cocoa plants to make them better again. The planned activities to be carried out in Sungai Langka Village are assistance on various methods of rejuvenating cocoa plants including replanting, grafting (grafting) side and shoots and grafting. Also increasing the understanding of farmers to recognize superior planting materials or superior clones in improving community cocoa plants. Based on the results and discussions that have been obtained, they are as follows: Increased understanding of farmers about various methods of propagation of cocoa plants in rare rivers, technical mastery in side grafting and top grafting of cocoa plants and the community, especially cocoa farmers, understand more about superior planting materials or superior clones for cacao rejuvenation activities at Sungai Langka village.