TEACHING PRACTITIONERCOURSE OF AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT By: Mrs. Loura Titut Tejawahyuni SH, MH
On November 4, 2024, Bengkulu University, especially the Faculty of Agriculture, Agribusiness Study Program, has carried out a Teaching Practitioner activity in the context of a lecture on Rural Agricultural Development. This activity aims to bridge the
theories obtained by students in college with real practices in the field, so that students can gain a more comprehensive insight into the dynamics of agricultural development in rural areas. By involving experienced practitioners, Loura Titut Tejawahyuni SH, MH,
It is hoped that this activity will not only increase knowledge, but also equip students with relevant skills in facing challenges in the agricultural sector. We believe that collaboration between academics and practitioners is an important step in creating innovative solutions for sustainable agricultural development.
Likewise with the material that has been delivered, such as several important points such as explaining related material:
1. Legal basis:
• As regulated in Law 25/2004: National Development Planning System (SPPN) and
• Minister of Home Affairs Regulation No. 86 of 2017, contains the Procedures for Planning, Controlling and Evaluation of Regional Development, Procedures for Evaluation of Draft Regional Regulations on Regional Long-Term Development Plans and Regional Medium-Term Development Plans, as well as Procedures for Amendments to Regional Long-Term Development Plans, Regional Medium-Term Development Plans, and Regional Government Work Plans.
2. Development Planning: Contains the legal status of planning documents, planning requirements, planning functions/benefits,
planning approaches, and ideal planning, such as:
• Participatory principle: the community that will benefit from the planning must be involved.
participate in the process.
• The principle of continuity: planning does not stop at one stage; but must continue to ensure continuous progress in welfare, and no regression occurs.
• Holistic principle: problems in planning and implementation cannot only be seen from one side (or sector) but must be seen from various aspects, and in the integrity of the concept as a whole.
• Contains a system that can develop (a learning and
• adaptive system).
• Open and democratic (a pluralistic social setting).
3. The goals and challenges of development are: Increasing the standard of living (levels of living) of each person, including their income, level of food consumption, clothing, housing, health serviceseducation, etc., Creation of various conditions that allow for the growth of self-confidence (selfesteem) in each person, Increasing freedom (freedom/democracy) in each person.
4. Development Agenda, consisting of:
• National Development Plan
• Medium Term Development Plan
• Government Work Plan
