Abstract:
The role of womeo is needed in order to increase family income. Nowadays,
many women have dual role as housewives alld economic pillars of the family, and
some of them are women farmers. Gtoups of women farmers in the Makmur village
cultivate roselle plants in their yard to incfease their family income as an addition to
vegetable fatrning. Development activities is an effort to improve the ability of women
farmen through farm business management so they are able to optimize resoutces and
exploit opportunities in business. Farm Management Extension on roselle farm
management was conducted in Makmur village of Pangkalan Kerinci Regency,
Pelalawan District This extension Pfogram was conducted by goup of lecturers of the
faculty of Agriculture, Riau Univetsity in, November 2009. Farmer extension results
showed that participants in extension activities of 18 people can undetstand the
material and take benefit from the activities. Implementation of activities could be
done well by all participants so it can be applied in the roselle plant farming. After the
extension program the women farmers have the skills to apply business management
in their businesses, starting from the planning to monitoring of the business
