<![CDATA[The Subur farmer group is one of the farmer groups in Sugihwaras Village, Maospati District, Magetan Regency, East Java that develops sugarcane as a main commodity with monoculture pattern. Sugarcane monoculture cultivation produces a single income for farmers, hence other adaptive commodities that generate alternative income are needed. One of them is Porang (Amorphophallus muelleri Blume). On the other hand, farmers' knowledge and skills related to porang cultivation are very limited. The objectives of this activity were: 1) training to farmer groups related to porang cultivation planted with agroforestry patterns, 2) analyzing knowledge changes of farmer groups regarding porang cultivation, and 3) evaluating implementation of training program. The results showed that training on porang cultivation and making agroforestry demonstration plots was able to increase the knowledge of the Subur farmer group. The pre-test score was 65,1 (55%) while the post-test was 88,6 (75%). Based on the evaluation of the assessment of training activities by farmers, as many as 74,3% of farmers stated that they strongly agreed that the porang cultivation training was very useful and in accordance with their needs. In addition, the activity feasibility analysis showed that this training is categorized as very feasible to be implemented with a score of 94%. Porang cultivation training for the Subur farmer group was able to increase knowledge and the potential to increase the income of the people of Sugihwaras Village, Magetan Regency, East Java.]]>
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