Pemanfaatan Pekarangan Rumah Untuk Meningkatkan Ketahan Pangan Pada Masa Pandemi COVID-19 (original) (raw)

2021, E-Amal: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat

Food security can indicate the availability of fulfillment in the form of access to food resources so that it can meet current basic needs. The service is carried out by optimizing the results of previous dedication, namely related to community participation in domestic waste management with a waste bank model, the use of house yards to improve food security is in Sindanggalih Village RW 03, Gununggede Village, Kawalu District, Tasikmalaya City, which is still lacking. The method used in this service is utilizing the land, among others, sketching the yard, making a stake as a measure and marking the yard that will be used for planting activities, conducting training in the form of yard land management activities and plant cultivation techniques, and monitoring and evaluation carried out to know the progress of the implementation of activities. Partners in this service activity partnered with a group of women managing waste banks, namely "Sinar Berseka". From the results of this dedication, the community was able to manage the availability of kararangan land by using it as plant land for efforts to increase food security during the Covid-19 pandemic PENDAHULUAN Laju penyebaran Covid-19 meningkat bagitu cepat hingga menyerang berbagai negara di dunia. Melihat tingkat penyebaran yang terjadi secara global, WHO kemudian mengumumkan wabah Covid-19 sebagai pandemic global pada Rabu 11 Maret 2020. Di Indonesia, Presiden Joko Widodo mengumumkan pandemic Covid-19 sebagai bencana nasional yang ditandai dengan lahirnya Keputusan Presiden (Keppres) Nomor 12 Tahun 2020 tentang Penetapan Bencana Non alam penyebaran Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) sebagai Bencana Nasional, Keppres ini mulai berlaku sejak 13 April 2020. (Carmelita et al., 2021) Dalam kondisi pandemi COVID-19, aspek kehidupan mulai mengarah pada kondisi serta situasi yang berbeda. Pemerintah memberikan himbauan kepada masyarakat untuk dapat menjaga jarak secara fisik sosial (social physical distancing) dan juga melakukan pekerjaan 232