Oasis Training Model to Improve Community Skills in Urban Agriculture in Makassar City, Indonesia

Abstract

The development of urban agriculture, especially in Makassar City, is still experiencing problems even though the Makassar City government has made various efforts to develop urban agriculture. This is based on a lack of understanding of the importance of urban agriculture and community skills in urban agricultural activities. Therefore, this study aims to develop community skills through counseling using the urban agricultural education model. The type of research used is research and development (R&D). This study uses a 4D model to develop the OASIS module and analyzes the paired sample t-test to test the effectiveness of the modules that have been developed. The number of samples in this study was 20 respondents for the experimental group and 20 respondents for the control group, which was carried out by purposive sampling method. The results of the study show that the OASIS extension model that has been developed is valid, practical and effective in improving the skills of extension participants. These results are based on a paired sample t-test statistic which shows that there was a significant increase in skills in the experimental group after receiving counseling about urban farming, while in the control group, there was no significant increase because they were not given educational counseling about urban agriculture.