PEMBERDAYAAN PEREMPUAN MELALUI PEMBUDIDAYAAN TANAMAN SAYURAN DALAM POT BERBASIS APLIKASI TEKNOLOGI BOKASHI ECENG GONDOK

Vegetables cultivation in the pot based on Eichhornia crassipes bokashi technology application is the activity to<br />empower women synergized with the natural resources around them. The purposed of IbM program implementation<br />were (1) empower and provide skills to the women group in order to utilize of natural resources (Eichhornia<br />crassipes, sawdust and alluvial soil) and obtain vitamines, minerals and fiber for households through the vegetables<br />cultivation in the pot and utilization of Eichhornia crassipes bokashi as growing mixture media; (2) as effort to<br />save on household spending and to creating entrepreneurship. This program was carried out with two groups<br />of women (the RW I women group and RW II women group) from Cemara Labat, Palangka Raya, Central of<br />Kalimantan. Socialization, training and coaching about cultivation of vegetables in the pot and making of Eichhornia<br />crassipes bokashi has given the ability and skills to the women group for utilizing natural resources around them.<br />This IbM programme has sustainability. It is caused the women groups from RW I and RW II Cemara Labat<br />want to continue planting vegetables in the pot using Eichhornia crassipes bokashi, to meet needs of household<br />vegetables daily and it has raised a family entrepreneurship