Tranggulasi Menjadi Bagian dari OrgaTrop 2017

P4S Tranggulasi - Tranggulasi Menjadi Bagian dari OrgaTrop 2017. Berdasarkan situs UGM (http://web.faperta.ugm.ac.id/orgatrop2017/excursions/), tranggulasi menjadi bagian dari International Conference on Organic Agriculture in the Tropics: State-of-the-Art, Challenges, and Opportunities di Yogyakarta 24 Agustus 2017. Berikut kutipannya:

Destinations:

1. Organic vegetables on the slopes of the spectacular Merbabu volcano

The first excursion point will be the vegetable production cooperation “Tranggulasi” in Batur village, Getasan subdistrict, close to the city of Salatiga and about 60 km driving from Yogyakarta. The mountaneous area surrounding the city of Salatiga is the major vegetable production region of Central Java. Conventional vegetable production here is in general very intensive, using massive inputs of synthetic fertilizers and synthetic pesticides. Nutrient use efficiency in these vegetable rotations is typically very low, and there are massive problems of nutrient losses and increasing resistance of pests and diseases to pesticides. However, increasingly there have been grassroots initiatives of organic vegetable production, and we will visit one of the most successful cooperations of organic vegetable production here, namely the cooperation “Tranggulasi”, headed by Mr. Pitoyo Ngatimin, school teacher and professional farmer, and one of the pioneers of organic vegetable production in the area.

Menurut informasi dari Mr. Pitoyo Ngatimin, peserta OrgaTrop 2017 ini berasal dari 30 negara. Sang guru menjadi salah satu narasumber dan pembicara dalam acara OrgaTrop 2017 yang akan dilaksanakan di Universitas Gajah Mada tersebut. Semoga hubungan Tranggulasi dan negara lain semakin berkembang untuk kerjasama-kerjasama lainnya. Good Luck !!!