The purpose of this study was to determine the role of field extension workers on the productivity of rice farming. During the Covid-19 pandemic, physical contact and social contact were greatly reduced, it had an impact on the role that extension workers. To measure the data on the role of the extension worker, a Likert scale is used.. The results showed that a slowdown in extension activities, indicated by an average of over 70% of farmers saying there was no extension to farmers individually or in groups. The level of the role of the extension worker is 1.84 which is included in the Medium category. This means that from the overall average value of the role of the extension agent starting from the extension agent as an advisor, as an organizer, as a technician, as a liaison and as an agent of renewal, the role is sufficient for farmers.

Acceleration of innovation adoption can be done if the communication network patterns in farmer groups are known. The research was conducted at The Citrus Production Center in Sambas District, West Kalimantan. Farmer group samples were taken 15 groups randomly while farmer sampling was done with the Representative Sample of Intact System. The structure and role of farmers in communication networks were analyzed by communication network analysis from Rogers and Kincaid and relationship analysis with Rank Spearman method. The results showed the structure of communication, in terms of the level of connectedness of farmers in the group was low while the openness of farmer groups was high. The higher the involvement and openness of farmers in the communication network, the better behavior of farmers in marketing. In addition, the pattern of communication networks that are formed is the pattern of wheels, namely the role of leaders in groups (star) plays an important role in the distribution of information in farmer groups. The other results were efforts to overcome the marketing problems that occur in farmers, namely by delaying the harvest and delay selling.

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Pertambahan jumlah penduduk yang pesat menyebabkan meningkatnya aktivitas sosial ekonomi masyarakat sehingga banyak menghasilkansampah. Rumah tangga adalah penyumbang sampah terbesar di Kota Pontianak. Kegiatan PKM ini bekerjasama dengan Badan Keswadayaan Masyarakat Sekip Darat Kota Pontianak. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah untuk : 1)mengurangi masalah sampah baik organik dan anorganik, 2) memberikan tambahan pendapatan bagi kaum ibu dan remaja putri dari olahan sampah, 3) memotivasi kaum ibu dan remaja putri di lingkungan BKM Darat Sekip untuk mulai merintis keberadaan Bank Sampah Swadaya Masyarakat. Pelaksanaan kegiatan dilakukan demonstrasi dan pendampingan kepada anggota BKM. Kegiatan ini menunjukkan partisipan aktif dan antusias mengikuti kegiatan, yang ditunjukkan dengan banyaknya hasil kerajinan yang dihasilkan.

Housewives (IRT) in the family have a very active role in their families. Used cooking oil or used cooking oil is waste left over from cooking activities carried out by housewives. So far, used cooking oil has never been used to make other materials, and is generally just thrown away so that over time it will damage the environment around us. This community service aims to utilize waste cooking oil into items that can be reused and have use value. The training on using used cooking oil in soap that was developed among housewives in Pontianak city, especially in Akcaya Village, South Pontianak District, is expected to be applied by IRT so that used cooking oil is no longer a wasted material, but can become a material that can be used. The soap produced can be used alone or later can also be traded so that it will increase family income. Abstrak Ibu-ibu Rumah Tangga (IRT) di dalam keluarga punya peran yang sangat aktif di dalam keluarganya. Minyak goreng bekas atau minyak jelantah adalah limbah tersisa dari aktifitas memasak yang dilakukan oleh para ibu rumah tangga. Minyak jelantah selama ini belum pernah dimanfaatkan menjadi bahan lain, dan umumnya hanya dibuang saja sehingga lama kelamaan akan merusak lingkungan di sekitar kita. Pengabdian pada  masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk memanfaatkan limbah minyak jelantah menjadi barang yang dapat digunakan kembali serta mempunyai nilai guna. Pelatihan pemanfaatan minyak jelantah menjadi sabun yang dikembangkan di kalangan ibu rumah tangga di kota Pontianak khususnya di Kelurahan Akcaya, Kecamatan Pontianak Selatan diharapkan dapat diaplikasikan oleh IRT sehingga minyak jelantah tidak lagi menjadi bahan yang terbuang, melainkan dapat menjadi bahan yang dapat digunakan. Sabun yang dihasilkan dapat dipergunakan sendiri atau nantinya dapat pula diperjualbelikan sehingga akan menambah pendapatan keluarga.