PKM PENGEMBANGAN BUDIDAYA BUNGA KRISAN DI KELURAHAN KAKASKASEN KOTA TOMOHON

Abstract

This community service program through the Community Partnership Program (PKM) is a training for the development of chrysanthemum cultivation in the Kakaskasen Village, Tomohon City. This activity aims to provide guidance and training to flower farmers in the City of Tomohon, dubbed as the City of flowers in order to be able to cultivate Chrysanthemum flowers without having to import from outside the region. This activity needs to be done considering that the city of Tomohon with its nickname which is the City of Flowers in each year carries out an international-scale tourism promotion program called the Tomohon International Flowers Festival (TIFF). So it is very necessary the readiness of the Flower Farmers in supporting such international scale activities. The availability of Chrysanthemum Flowers will be better if the flower farmer in Tomohon City is able to cultivate his own Chrysanthemum flowers without the need to buy from outside the area, it will be more profitable for flower farmers so that every year Tomohon City holds the International Flower Festival to become the biggest income moment for flower farmers in Kakaskasen Village Tomohon City.

Keywords: cultivation, chrysanthemum Tomohon, chrysanthemum farmers