SANTRIPRENEUR: EDUCATION ON EMPOWERMENT OF STUDENTS THROUGH AGRIBUSINESS ACTIVITIES

Abstract

Received: February, 2021; Accepted: February, 2022 Abstract This research is motivated by efforts to increase the entrepreneurial skills of students through agribusiness activities in the framework of empowerment. Pondok pesantren is the oldest non-formal educational institution in Indonesia which is engaged in the religious sector. The learning model is packaged flexibly and is not diploma oriented. This boarding school is oriented towards developing the entrepreneurial spirit of the santri with the ultimate goal so that the students can open a business unit and be independent. This study describes the implementation of empowerment of students through agribusiness activities related to the input, process, and impact of empowerment. This research uses qualitative methods with interview, observation, and documentation techniques. The research findings show that: (1) input for empowerment, namely students, natural resources, curriculum, capital / funds, and partnerships; (2) the empowerment process is carried out through several stages, namely (1) business training; (2) capitalization; (3) assistance; and (4) marketing; (3) the impact of empowerment which is carried out, namely the number of santri alumni of Islamic boarding schools who are independent and able to explore through the management of idle land into agricultural, livestock and fishery areas in increasing the income assets of the formed business groups.