PENERAPAN TEKNOLOGI SAMBUNG SAMPING UNTUK REHABILITASI TANAMAN KOPI DI DESA MUARA BARU LAMPUNG BARAT

Abstract

The majority of Berkah Jaya farmer group community partnership program members work as coffee farmers. The production of coffee from farmers' gardens in recent years has continued to decline. This is because the age of the coffee plants in Muara Baru Village is more than ten years old. If prevention is not carried out, coffee production in Muara Baru Village in the next ten years will not be sufficient for the family's economic needs. This is because the cultivated coffee plants have exceeded the productive age limit of coffee plants. The partner's biggest wish is to make his or her garden return to high production every time the harvest season arrives. If production is high, it will have an impact on increasing the welfare of the village community. Therefore, community service activities (PKM) were carried out in the form of transfer of knowledge of side grafting technology to support the rehabilitation of coffee plants in Muara Baru village. Side grafting technology is needed for coffee plant rejuvenation in Muara Baru Village. Because if planting is done using new plants, a problem will arise in the form of a void in the production period. The vacancy during the production period results in no farmer's income for a certain period. Farmers need to get side grafting technology transfer because the members of the farmer group have never done side grafting as an effort to rejuvenate their coffee plants. The team has designed a method that is implemented by means of counseling, demonstrations, training, consultation and guidance, as well as evaluation. When the side grafting technology was transferred, all participants were enthusiastic to know how to do side grafting. At the end of the activity, the members of the farmer group were very satisfied with the success of the connection that had been made. An increase in understanding and technology by 100% after counseling was carried out, the application that was applied was 80% and the average increase in farmer's knowledge was 87.50%.Keywords: durian, grafting, superior seeds