Lecturers of The Marine Science Study Program Conduct Dissemination of Community Service Results at The 1st National Seminar ABDIMAS BUMI RAFFLESIA
LPPM UNIB held the 1st National Seminar Abdimas Bumi Rafflesia on Saturday, October 29, 2022, from 08.00-16.30 WIB as a hybrid conference. Offline activities are carried out at the Santika Hotel, Bengkulu and online via zoom. The prominent resource persons of the seminar were Prof. Dr. Okid Pratama Astrisin, MS (Head of LPPM Universitas Sebelas Maret), Prof. Dr. Ir, Endang Sulsityowati, M.Sc (Head of the UNIB Publication Development Study Center), and Dr. Fausiah T. Ladja, S.P., M.Si (Head of the Research Center for Citrus and Subtropical Fruit Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture).
The first speaker was Prof. Dr. Okid Pratama Astrisin, MS, discussing sustainable community service. He emphasized that service is a multi-disciplinary activity, so it is necessary to collaborate with colleagues and students. Meanwhile, service activities involving students can be helpful for the institution because they will meet the achievements of the leading work indicators of higher education. In contrast, for students, the service activities can be recognized as credits through the MBKM scheme. Then, the nature of community service is problem-solving, and if the problem in society is not by the field of science, then collaboration with other disciplines. On the other hand, in carrying out service, it can utilize several sources of funds from the Ministry of Education and Research, including community service funds, matching funds, kedaireka, and kosabangsa, or sources of funds from companies such as CSR funds. Finally, the problem of the government and the Ministry of Education and Culture until now is that there are still few sustainable community service activities, and it is a joint homework to compile community service activities that provide direct benefits to the community, can generate profits, and the community can feel the results sustainable.
The second speaker was Prof. Dr. Ir. Endang Sulsityowati, M.Sc, discussing various community service outputs. Endang said that the output of community service is one of the obligations of lecturers who have carried out community service activities. Meanwhile, community service outputs include scientific publications in journals and proceedings. Endang gave an example of the service activities that have been carried out and have been able to produce several outputs, including publications in national journals, delivered at international conferences, displayed at the entrepreneurial expo at the University of Bengkulu, published in the mass media and integrated with other funding grant programs to produce downstream community service products. The last speaker was Dr. Fausiah T. Ladja, S.P., M.Si, discussing the topic of citrus fruit plant development. The presentation of the resource persons was related to the development of citrus fruit plants with certain varieties with sound economic and ecological characteristics so that they can be an alternative to the commercial development of citrus fruits in the market.
The seminar activity was continued with a parallel session after all the main speakers had finished delivering their respective materials. Parallel sessions are divided into six rooms using the breakroom feature on the zoom application. Each space represents a community service topic that will be presented, including room 1: agriculture, room 2: economics, room 3: education, room 4: science and technology, room 5: social sciences, and room 6: health and agriculture. Meanwhile, in this parallel session, the marine science study program sent several lecturers to present the results of their community service. The following is the community service title presented by lecturers of the marine science study program.
- Socialization of Eating Fresh and Processed Fish in Sri Kuncoro Village, Bengkulu Tengah Regency as an Effort to Increase Community Interest in Eating Fish (Ana Ariasari, Firda Iresta Wardani, kartika utami)
- Integrated Aquaculture System for Sustainable Fisheries and Agriculture at Sekolah Langit Biru (Maya Anggraini Fajar Utami, Umi Salamah, Mukti Dono Wilopo)
- Technical Guidance for the Preparation of Strategic Environmental Studies for Regional Spatial Plans for the South Sumatra Provincial Government Apparatus (Akbar Abdurrahman Mahfudz)
Presentation Session Delivered by Lecturers of The Marine Science Study Program
The seminar was closed by the secretary for Community Service from LPPM UNIB, Dr. Rini Adriani, SE., M.Si. Ak. The closing of the community service seminar was held after all the presenters in the parallel session finished explaining the results of their community service activities. At the seminar’s closing, it was stated that 52 participants attended it attended offline and 32 online. Rini said that the ABDIMAS BUMI RAFFLESIA seminar would be held again next year and expressed his gratitude and high appreciation for the main speakers, the organizing committee, and the seminar participants who had attended. The seminar was officially closed at 16.30 WIB.
contributor: Maya Anggraini Fajar Utami, Ana Ariasari
editor: Akbar Abdurrahman Mahfudz
