Strategy for Optimizing Narrow Land Through Vegetable Planting With a Hydroponic System as an Effort to Improve Community Welfare

Abstract

Land is one of the natural resources thatis the main production factor in human life. In urban areas, land is an important problem because it is used for the non-agricultural sector, Meanwhile, urban communities are faced with problems to fulfillthe nutritional needs of their families. One effort to optimize land use for growing crops in the yard with limited land and urban conditions is with a hydroponic system.The partners in this service program are PKK membersat the Permata Asri Sukoharjo Housing Complex,who are the general public. Who are enthusiastic and have a high motivation to learn and utilize the narrow land around the housing complex. This activity aims to provide counseling and training to partners regarding optimizing yard land with a hydroponic system in vegetable cultivation, and also aims to determinewhether there is a difference in knowledge before and after being given the counseling. The way to implement this activity is through counseling and training. The t testresults show that there is a significant difference in the pretestand posttestscores. This shows an increase in knowledge between before and after being given material regarding hydroponic systems.This counseling and training provides increased knowledge and skills of Sukoharjo Permata Asri Housing Complex PKK membersin terms of cultivating vegetables using a hydroponic system. In the monitoring process after the service, the vegetable plants that were moved during the service experienced good growth, and the vegetable seeds sown during the service also experienced good growth. This shows the success of implementing this service program.