Elisitor Nuswantara BIOSAKA Break through in Sustainable Agriculture - Ir. Suwandi - Bog

¿Elisitor Nuswantara Biosaka: Sustainable Agricultural Breakthrough towards the Land of Harmony¿, as a guide for a massive movement among farmers to increase production while minimizing external inputs and maximizing internal-local inputs, leading to environmentally friendly practices.Biosaka is taken from the word Bio which means plants and Saka is an abbreviation from Selamatkan Alam dan Kembalikan ke Alam (Save Nature and Return to Nature). This was discovered by Muhamad Ansar, a farmer from Blitar, Indonesia. He has been practicing and teaching how to make and use Biosaka to his fellow farmers since 2019. He firmly believes that nature can provide everything necessary for life, including agriculture. Initially, the Department of Agriculture and Food in Blitar Recency stated that the extension workers and the farmers were skeptical of the benefits of Biosaka, thinking it was some kind of mystical water. Nonetheless, after observing its application in various agricultural commodities for 14 months, it has shown remarkable production results, gradually changing farmers¿ perspectives on the benefits of Biosaka.