Adoption of Artificial Lighting Technology For Microgreen Cultivation as an Effort to Improve Community Economy

Abstract

The adoption of artificial lighting technology in microgreen cultivation has great potential to be developed. The goal is to increase farmers' productivity to ensure the quality and quantity of production so that it does not depend on climatic conditions and other constraining conditions. Tunas Jaya Farmer Group (Poktan) and Niaga Jaya TNC Joint Business Group (KUB) are business units located in an extreme priority poor village, Purwojati     Village, Purwojati District, Banyumas Regency. In order to improve the community's economy, both experience problems in optimizing available resources. This occurs due to environmental conditions in the form of dry land that dominates, which has an impact on the yields of the main commodities that are unable to achieve community welfare targets. In addition to these problems, there are organizational priority problems in several aspects such as production aspects, technical cultivation equipment, human resources, marketing, business networks, product design and packaging, as well as management and institutions. To overcome these problems, an approach was taken in the form of workshops and training as well as grants for artificial light-based cultivation equipment. With this method, there was an improvement in community business management through training, namely competitiveness and business sustainability by 22,2%, optimization of hydroponics and greenhouses with the concept of smart farming by 15,5%, marketing management by 22,9%, and organizational and institutional management by 10,8%.