Diseminasi Varietas Unggul Cabai Merah Keriting dan Jagung Manis disertai Paket Teknologi Budidaya di Desa Mulya Asri, Kecamatan Tulang Bawang Tengah, Kabupaten Tulang Bawang Barat, Lampung

Abstract

Curly red chilli peppers have high economic value due to the spiciness of the fruit as a raw material for consumption. The productivity of curly red chili peppers in the field is often not balanced with market demand, causing inflation in the volatile food group. Price fluctuations due to unstable availability in the market caused inflation. One strategy to help overcome inflation is to increase productivity in the field by utilizing superior plant varieties accompanied by cultivation technology packages. IPB has produced a superior variety of curly red chilli peppers NENO IPB and sweet corn ARINTA IPB accompanied by a cultivation technology package, DURMAGATI IPB. Community service activities carried out in Mulya Asri Village, Tulang Bawang Barat District, Lampung, aimed to adapt the results of superior variety innovations accompanied by cultivation technology packages to farmers to achieve high productivity and thus reduce price fluctuations for curly red chilli peppers. The activity began with socialization of the superior variety Neno IPB and Arinta IPB accompanied by effective cultivation technology, followed by planting on a demonstration plot scale in the Mulya Asri farmer group and intensive assistance for 6 months. The results showed that farmers began to understand and adapt the NENO IPB variety, accompanied by the cultivation technology package. In addition, the productivity of NENO IPB curly red chilli peppers in the demonstration plot reached 972 g per plant. It was concluded that the dissemination of superior variety innovations accompanied by cultivation technology packages can help meet the availability of chillies in the market, thereby suppressing price fluctuations, which has an impact on reducing volatile food inflation.