Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic had an impact on the agricultural sector in Central Sulawesi, which had previously been a victim of the earthquake, tsunami, and liquefaction that occurred on September 28, 2018. Facing this condition, the program to empower local shallot farmers in Palu, Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi Province through the Jama'ah Tani Muhammadiyah (JATAM) group is very strategic. The income of local shallot farmers in Palu before and after the empowerment program and farm management studies during the Covid-19 pandemic was carried out using in-depth observation and interview techniques. In addition, Income Analysis was conducted to calculate the difference in farmers' income before and after empowerment. The results showed an increase in farmers' income after joining the JATAM group from an initial income of IDR. 10.304.500, - to IDR. 15,041,000,-. Furthermore, farming management, which includes aspects of land management, nurseries, planting, fertilizing, maintenance, harvesting and post-harvest to marketing and processing harvests into processed food products, namely Palu fried onions, has been carried out based on agribusiness management. Agribusiness management includes the functions of planning, organizing, implementing to monitoring. Empowerment activities consist of synergistic and comprehensive counseling, training and assistance aspects of production, marketing to agribusiness-based processing and mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights
Muhammadiyah as a social organization is committed to participating in the rehabilitation and reconstruction process in the earthquake disaster recovery in Palu City, Sigi, and Donggala Regencies [1]
Primary data collection, which includes household income of local shallot farmers in Palu before and after the empowerment program and farm management carried out by farmers is carried out using observation techniques and in-depth interviews using a list of questions
Planning functions carried out by local Palu shallot farmers include the following activities: 1) Develop a detailed plan regarding the stages of production to be carried out, such as the amount of planned production, number of seeds and types of plant varieties, planting time, the amount of labor, the type of fertilizer and drugs used, the time of planting until the time of harvest [16]; 2) Examine the detailed plans related to the required production factors and the constraints faced by farmers; 3) Evaluating plans and compiling sequences of alternative plans related to the use of production inputs
Summary
Muhammadiyah as a social organization is committed to participating in the rehabilitation and reconstruction process in the earthquake disaster recovery in Palu City, Sigi, and Donggala Regencies [1]. Integrating plant and environmental management [4] This goal can be achieved through activities to increase productivity, increase the economic value/profits of farming through input efficiency and conserve resources for the sustainability of the production system [5]. Farmer corporations are a solution in developing and strengthening agricultural businesses to welcome the new era. To overcome this problem, it is necessary to have a group that will help farmers in terms of marketing [10]. The role of the community, in this case, a socio-religious organizations such as Muhammadiyah, is very strategic in making efforts to improve and empower the agricultural sector
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