The role of agroedu-tourism program in enhancing young generation’s knowledge on urban farming: Hydroponics technique

Abstract

The low regeneration of farmers in Indonesia encourages agricultural education to the young generation. Cendekia Baznas School (SCB) develops the Agroedu-tourism program as a place to learn agriculture for the young generation. This study aims to determine the increase in knowledge of agroedu-tourism program participants on urban farming, especially hydroponics. This type of research is an evaluation research based on the knowledge gained by program participants. This research was conducted in Bogor, West Java. The sample in this study participants of the agroedu-tourism program were 46 students from SMP Nurul Ihsan, Bogor, Java. The data obtained were inputted at Ms. Excel 2010, then it was performed the normality test and paired T-test difference test using SPSS 20. The results of this study were that there was an increase in the average score of participants’ knowledge from before and after participating in agroedu-tourism activities. In addition, there are significant differences in hydroponic knowledge.