Educating Society about Biotechnology and Its Impact to The Environment: an Analysis to Practical Experience at the Group of Farmer at Sukorambi Vilage, Distric of Sukorambi, Regency of Jember, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Study about biotechnology has growth fast and widely. It can be seen by the product that is resulted by researcher around the world. Although so many research shows that the product of biotechnology has great impact to the environment, pro and contra about implementation of the product also become case around the world. Many people accepted and adopted it, while the other refused. This study will explore and evaluate how biotechnology is educated to the farmers as one of users of biotechnology product. The product of biotechnology that is educated to the farmers is Effective microorganism (EM 4) that is used to make bokashi fertilizer. This study discuss more about what kind of learning design need to be implemented, what is the learning material should be given, what is the learning media should be used who and how the learning material should be presented. This study shows that training Is learning design used to educate group of farmers about biotechnology product but can be changed by the other education form. The learning material should be given is the important and right information about bokashi fertilizer and its eminence, especially to the environment and their welfare, how to make the fertilizer, and how to use the fertilizer. The media should be used in learning process is paper fill with key information of learning material, video and its actual form. And the person who should deliver the learning material l is someone who master the biotechnology product (learning material), understand about local language and how to use it to make the material more simple and understandable by the farmers.