Expanding Eco Enzyme based organic farming from Yasap Tarus Kupang two farmer groups in Pukdale Village, Kupang District, East, Kupang Regency

Oleh :  Niko Banase

On this occasion I will tell you how I was invited by two lecturers from the Kupang State Polytechnic University to bring material about the development of Eco Enzyme-based agriculture in Pertamina Foundation programs with the strategy program being Friends of the Earth. To be precise, on February 23 2024, in this activity, the Pertamina Foundation program presented 3 resource persons, namely the first, Undana Lecturer, Polytechnic Lecturer and from Yasap, namely myself. In this activity I delivered material about organic farming based on Eco Enzyme in that I conveyed 3 important things about the development of organic farming:

1. The fertilizer shortage that occurs in the province of East Nusa Tenggara with the solution is to make organic materials into fertilizer which then leads to environmentally friendly agriculture.

2. Public health because if the development of chemical-based agriculture will affect public health in the sense that the chemicals absorbed into plants will be consumed by humans which will then affect public health, such as strokes, heart disease, etc.

3. The influence of organic farming on air, water and soil because the principle of Yasap Tarus Kupang is to plan sustainable agriculture so that we unconsciously strengthen future generations to continue the development of the agricultural sector as the basis and foundation for the progress of a country or region. Because agriculture needs to pay attention to three important things, namely land, water and air.

From the material presented by me as a representative from Yasap Kupang, many people in Pukdale Village became interested in the development of Eco Enzyme-based organic farming, so that in March they invited me again to inspect the location of rice fields in two farmer groups, and at the same time asked me to convey it to institutions, in this case Yasap, to provide assistance to the two farmer groups, so that on May 24 2024 the weekly meeting at Yasap had an agenda including assistance for farmers, so I submitted a proposal from the Pukdale Village community to provide assistance. This was approved at the weekly meeting. Finally, I made a mentoring schedule in Pukdale Village, and precisely on May 31 2024, together with Yasper and Maria, I held a joint meeting with two farmer groups in Pukdale Village, and on that occasion they set two agendas, namely:

 Training on making bokashi fertilizer / compost so that on Monday 3 June we conducted training on making compost / bokashi fertilizer which is the basic fertilizer for the development of organic agriculture, and you need to know that in the process of making bokashi fertilizer you need to prepare the details of the ingredients as follows:

• Eco Enzyme Liquid
• Granulated sugar / water sugar
• Gamal leaves
• Sufmuti / kirinyu problema (white flowers)
• Forest sunflowers
• Banana stem
• Rice husks/husks
• Cow dung (cow dung)

 Training in making liquid fertilizer (NPK Nutrition) because in NPK Nutrition it can be used to stimulate plant growth, both vegetable and rice plants because plant growth requires 3 important elements, namely Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium. The function of Nitrogen is to stimulate the growth of roots and leaves, the function of Phosphorus is to stimulate the growth of roots and stems, while the function of Potassium is to stimulate flowers and fruit.

Of these three important things, the people of Pukdale Village are very interested in Yasap's presence to train them in making NPK Nutrition fertilizer to replace chemical fertilizer, so that the business results from organic farming are as satisfying as farmers who use chemical fertilizer. When making NPK Nutrition fertilizer, you need to prepare the following ingredients:

• Eco Enzyme Liquid
• Granulated sugar / water sugar
• Gamal leaves
• Sufmuti / kirinyu leaves are problematic
• Palm fruit / palm wine
• Lantoro leaves / pates
• Banana weevil
• Ginger
• Turmeric
• Dancow milk
• Micin / ajinamoto
• Sweet cider
• Raw beef steak
• Coconut water
• Red lemongrass

And they prepared the materials that were presented at the meeting. Then on Monday 3 June 2024 we carried out these 2 activities and on our way from Yasap we felt very happy because the people of Pukdale Village were very pro-active in taking part in training in making bokashi fertilizer and NPK Nutrition fertilizer, even the police and farmer groups attended this activity. other.