Community Empowerment through Online Training of Drumstick Tree (Moringa oleifera) Cultivation and Its Utilization during the Covid-19 Pandemic for Urban Communities in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Up to these days, many people globally have not yet realized the wondrous benefits of the drumstick tree (Moringa oleifera), such as citizens living in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia. Each person of the communities in the region mostly has spacious enough yards that can be optimized for drumstick tree cultivation. This community service aimed to (a) enhance motivation in gardening activities of urban communities; b) improve knowledge and skills of urban communities in cultivating, harvesting, and processing drumstick tree; c) increase greenery areas in the house; and d) improve food security and family health during the Covid-19 pandemic. Activities in the present community development were distributing gardening and education packages to the target community of Kediri citizens through online media ranging from planting, maintaining, and processing drumstick trees as a home industry business in order to enhance their income. Participants of these activities were also given some materials regarding the topic in the form of booklets and online collective assistance.

Revealing the biocultural importance of Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae) in three villages, Kediri District, Indonesia

“…However, despite the myriad of worthwhile uses associated with M. oleifera, communities still need to embrace or considerably cultivate this versatile plant thoroughly (Wati et al 2022). Low dissemination of information also results in loss of access to resources (Salvi and Katewa 2016;Hussain et al 2020).…”