EMPOWERMENT OF YOUTH COMMUNITY IN POSO REGENCY, THROUGH PRODUCE TOMATO AND MELON BY HYDROPONIC SYSTEM

• DOI: 10.20473/dc.v4.i1.2022.8-15
• Publication Date: 2022-06-08T04:57:31Z
• Authors: Yosephine Sri Wul...; Alfinda Novi Kris...; Sugiharto Sugiharto; R. Djarot Sugiarso; Yohanes Kartjito ...; Arga Wal Yudha
• Keywords: Melon; Community service

Background: Tentena City is one of the tourist centers with rapid economic growth located in Poso Regency because Lake very famous and able to change level community. But there are still 20% people who live poor 60% lower middle class remaining upper middle. Through youth community Pukat expected foster encourage millennials develop vegetable fruit entrepreneurs using more modern cultivation techniques. Objectives: empowering city, Pamona Puselemba Subdistrict, Regency, Central Sulawesi entrepreneurial tomato products melons produced by hyrdoponik drip irrigation system. Methods: This service activity was carried out village, Province TENTENA PUKAT Youth Community partners starting from May September 2021. Results: Mitra has successfully cultivated melon plants hydroponic system techniques green houses until they obtained salesable results. The average number tomatoes per stalk 4.05 diameter 5.1 cm; While weight 1.2 -1.8 kg. Conclusion: results this provide benefits for partners, namely providing additional knowledge about how cultivate increase partner income selling cultivation.