A Group of Students of IPB Established Agrisantripreneur
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To respond those hot issues, a group of students of the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Human Ecology of Bogor Agricultural University planned to establish the training program for santri (student at traditional Muslim school) An-Nahl Pesantren (are Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia) which is located on Jl. Raya Gunung Salak Endah, Bogor, West Java. The Pesantren has approximately 90 santri men consisting of elementary, junior and senior high school students.
Equipped by farming ability and entrepreneurship, the group was successfully defended their proposal for funding support under the 2017 Program Kreativitas Mahasiswa bidang Kemasyarakatan (PKM-M Student Creativity Program for Community Creativity Program). Funded by PKM-M) they planned to pass on their knowledge to An-Nahl santri. Their program was on “Agrisantripreneur: Pengembangan Jiwa Wirausaha Santri Berbasis Pertanian” = "Agrisantripreneur: Development of Agricultural-Based Entrepreneurial Soul". The course materials consisted of various entrepreneurship subjects such as the introduction to cultivation of agricultural crops, up to training into good entrepreneurs. The groups consists of Putri Hanik Setya Maharani, Amrina Muftia Suci, Arlinda, Dedi Maulana, dan Ilham Nur Five.
The Agrisantripreneur training program was really accepted by the An-Nahl santri and it has run for more than a month. Every month the PKM-M group headed by Putri Hanik Setya Maharani visit the venue of the course 2-3 times a week.
"We have provided basic provisions on how to cultivate land and how to sell the products. Even last week we together with the santri have successfully marketed the cassava chips produced by the santri, "said Putri.
"Around 15-20 santri boys of SMP and SMA level of An-Nahl Pesantren who are members of Santri Minat Pertanian (Santani – Santri who are interested in Agriculture), and other groups from various regions attended our training course. They have been very happy to be given opportunity to learn how to plant, grow, and care their garden. We are happy to come back again to attend the course, because the pesantren is located in the beautiful and peaceful area, " said Suci one member of the group.
The group of students expected that in the future those santri from Pamijahan will be capable to manage their food sufficiency and even market their agricultural products to the surrounding community. (Wied)
