{"id":138057,"date":"2025-10-25T22:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T22:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/?p=138057"},"modified":"2025-11-11T10:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T10:59:05","slug":"unib-agroecotechnology-students-learn-avocado-vegetative-propagation-techniques-from-local-practitioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/unib-agroecotechnology-students-learn-avocado-vegetative-propagation-techniques-from-local-practitioner\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIB Agroecotechnology Students Learn Avocado Vegetative Propagation Techniques from Local Practitioner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bengkulu, October 25, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 The Agroecotechnology Study Program<\/strong>, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bengkulu (UNIB)<\/strong>, held a Guest Lecture on Avocado Vegetative Propagation<\/strong>, featuring Mr. Abdul Aziz<\/strong>, an experienced practitioner and owner of the Avocado Nursery Business (var. SAB)<\/em> in Bengkulu Province.<\/p>\n

The session, conducted on Saturday, October 25, 2025<\/strong>, was part of the Practitioners Lecture Series designed to connect academic learning with real-world agricultural practices. Mr. Abdul Aziz, who has long been active in avocado cultivation, shared valuable insights about the potential of avocado (Persea americana<\/em>) as a promising perennial crop with economic prospects both locally and internationally.<\/p>\n

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Sharing Knowledge from Field to Classroom<\/h2>\n

During the lecture, Mr. Abdul Aziz explained various vegetative propagation techniques<\/strong>, including grafting (sambung pucuk)<\/strong>, which is essential for maintaining superior plant characteristics and ensuring high-quality seedling production. He also discussed practical challenges and solutions based on his hands-on experience managing avocado nurseries in Bengkulu.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Mr. Abdul Aziz is a retired Indonesian Army officer (TNI AD)<\/strong> who found a new passion and purpose through avocado cultivation \u2014 transforming his hobby into a productive and inspiring post-retirement activity.<\/p>\n

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Inspiring the Next Generation of Agroecologists<\/h2>\n

Students of Agroecotechnology enthusiastically participated in the interactive session, gaining not only technical knowledge but also motivation to explore entrepreneurship in horticulture.<\/p>\n

The Agroecotechnology Study Program<\/strong> expressed appreciation to Mr. Abdul Aziz for his contribution, emphasizing that such collaborations between practitioners and academia play a key role in promoting innovative, sustainable agriculture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe hope this session inspires students to apply vegetative propagation techniques and to keep innovating in sustainable farming practices,\u201d said one of the course coordinators.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Agroecotechnology students from the University of Bengkulu learned about avocado vegetative propagation techniques in a practitioner lecture delivered by Mr. Abdul Aziz, inspiring future agricultural innovation and sustainable horticulture development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":138061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,528,529,504],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138062,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138057\/revisions\/138062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/bae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}