The soil fertility is fluctuated and even decreasing due to monoculture farming behavior and focusing only one type of plant. Another habit is doing no crop rotation. Such problems also occur among farmers in Lambanapu and the surroundings. The consequences impact of the habits cause the declining quality of food productions. Based from the situation above, Stube HEMAT through multiplication activity discussed with a theme ‘Maintaining soil conservation to realize sustainable agriculture’ (Saturday, 22/01/2022).

From the theme, F.X Bambang Broto Kiswarno, the source person, explained agriculture in harmony with nature and back to nature to maintain and to protect the surrounding environment compared with the farming behavior that destroys it. During the discussion, he revealed the steps how to keep the soil while implanting patterns of monocultures, how to make Trichoderma (functional microorganism as biological fertilizer soil), PGPR (root bacteria that improve plant growth), MOL (starter microorganisms in decomposition and fermentation), and eco-enzymes (organic waste that fermented into organic fertilizer).

This activity took place at Lambanapu with students, church youth, and community activists of horticultural agriculture. In this training, the resource person introduced new things such as PGPR, MOL, Eco-enzymes, and Trichoderma. The participants were so curious and they don’t only recorded the material presented but also practised the process of making PGPR, MOL, Trichoderma, and Eco-enzymes. This method can help them to understand more deeply the material presented.

This training opened the understanding to know the steps how to take care of soil from excessive farming behavior, and participants were able to make PGPR, Trichoderma, Eco-enzymes, and MOL that can use on their farmland.***