Implementasi Mikoriza sebagai Sarana Pengetahuan Konservasi Mandiri Lahan Marginal di Kecamatan Kabuh Kabupaten Jombang

Abstract

The purpose of training of mycorrhizalas biological agents, conducted in
Tanjungwadung village, District of Kabuh, Jombang, 30 July to 23 August 2017, is to liaise
farmers to academic factsin order to convey actual information and to discuss about
mycorrhiza. The benefits of this activity relates to agriculture education for farmers to increase
soil fertility with the application of mycorrhizal as a biological agents’ fertilizer, to become one
of the solution to the problem of dependence on chemical fertilizers. The methods of
agricultural discussions and demonstrations of mycorrhizal propagation with appropriate
technology can be done by farmers in the field. The questionnaire to the trainees was
conducted as a form of evaluation to the farmers’ knowledge after receiving the training.
Based on the results, 1) pre-test results on pests and diseases in tobacco and onion crops,
ranged 60%, and increased 80% during post test; 2) knowledge of synthetic chemical fertilizer
during pre-test averaging 40%, and post test 70%, while 3) pretest about mycorrhiza only
about 20%, and post-test 40%. The training participants are capable of practicing the way of
mycorrhizal propagation with the appropriate production technology of MycorrhizalArbuscular
Vascular (MAV) that can be done by the farmers in the marginal land.