SOSIALISASI BUDIDAYA TOGA DI LAHAN TERBATAS DENGAN VERTICAL GARDEN UNTUK MENUNJANG PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DALAM UPAYA PENCEGAHAN COVID-19 DI LINGKUNGAN BENDEGA

Abstract

ABSTRAK

Salah satu peran keluarga dalam Primary Health Care (PHC) yaitu penyediaan tanaman obat keluarga (toga) dalam apotek hidup sebagai bahan baku utama dalam manajemen pencegahan dan penanganan penyakit termasuk COVID-19. Lingkungan Bendega merupakan salah satu lingkungan yang ada di Kelurahan Tanjung Karang Kecamatan Sekarbela, Kota Mataram Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat. Lingkungan Bendega terbilang lingkungan yang padat penduduk. Luas pekarangan di masing-masing KK di Lingkungan Bendega, rata-rata kurang memadai untuk dijadikan lahan bercocok tanam. Kurangnya ruang terbuka hijau dan kawasan padat penduduk menyebabkan sanitasi di Lingkungan Bendega menjadi kurang diperhatikan. Terlebih di saat pandemi COVID-19 seperti sekarang ini. Pada umumnya remaja di lingkungan Bendega tersebut mempunyai banyak waktu karena aktivitas pembelajaran yang belum secara tatap muka dan Ibu-ibu rata-rata bekerja sebagai pedagang sehingga dari sore sampai malam hari dapat digunakan waktunya untuk mengikuti sosialisasi. Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat kali ini adalah meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan mitra dalam menanam dan mengolah jenis toga yang secara ilmiah berfungsi mencegah COVID-19, serta menyebarluaskan informasi tentang cara menanam toga di lahan terbatas guna mewujudkan apotek hidup mandiri dengan teknik vertical garden. Metode pelaksanaan: survei lokasi, pengurusan izin, pendataan lahan dan inventarisasi, pengumpulan bahan baku, pembuatan poster & penyuluhan, sosialisasi teknik budidaya & pengolahan tanaman toga, evaluasi kegiatan, dokumentasi dan pelaporan. Dari hasil kegiatan, didapatkan sebanyak 90 % mitra mengalami peningkatan pengetahuan tentang tanaman toga. Mitra memperoleh keterampilan baru dalam bercocok tanam dengan teknik vertical garden.

Kata kunci: Bendega; COVID-19; herbal; toga; vertical garden

ABSTRACT

One of the roles of families in Primary Health Care (PHC) is the provision of family medicinal plants (toga) in living pharmacies as the main raw material in the management of prevention and management of diseases including COVID-19. Bendega neighborhood is one of the neighborhoods in Tanjung Karang Village, Sekarbela District, Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara Province. Bendega is a densely populated environment. The area of yards in each household in the Bendega neighborhood is inadequate to be used as land for cultivation. Lack of green open space and densely populated areas causes sanitation in the Bendega Neighborhood to be less attention. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic like now. In general, adolescents in the Bendega neighborhood have a lot of time because the learning activities are doing not face-to-face and the average mothers work as traders so that from the afternoon until the evening they can use the time to attend the socialization. The aim of this community service activity is to increase the knowledge and skills of partners in planting and processing types of toga that scientifically function to prevent COVID-19, as well as disseminating information about how to grow toga in limited land in order to create independent living pharmacies with vertical garden techniques. Methods of implementation: survey, permition, land data collection and inventory, collection of raw materials, making posters & counseling, socialization of toga cultivation & processing techniques, evaluation of activities, documentation and reporting. From the results of the activity, an increase in knowledge about toga was obtained by 90% sample. The object groups acquire new skills in farming with vertical garden techniques.

Keywords: Bendega; COVID-19; herbs; toga; vertical garden