Basic Knowledge in Agriculture #36

Hello everyone On this occasion I would like to participate in a contest held by @hive-118902 about the Steem-agro Contest: "Basic Agricultural Knowledge #36" following my previous entry I would like to invite my friends @sabbirakib @anjinoor @chiagoziee to participate in this contest

Agrotourism (agrion = farm in Greek) or agricultural tourism is a kind of tourism that capitalizes on the potential of agriculture as a tourist attraction, by offering educational experiences, relaxation, and economic benefits to rural areas. Nature (or agro) tourism involves tourists in work done in the fields–planting, weeding, harvesting, feeding livestock- up till ⁸⁴ processing the produce into the final product. This idea links agriculture with tourism, provides sustainable rural area concept.

Agrotourism and rural development plays a very important role. The first of all is that agrotourism creates new employment opportunities within the village, either directly when people in the village operate the sites or indirectly, as it stimulates the market and the products of the local area. First is, the economic benefit from agrotourism will strengthen the regional economy through income diversification on the farmers as well as UMKMs. Because agrotourism is generally managed by relying on local wisdom and the beauty of the surrounding nature, then the third benefit of agrotourism is the preservation of cultural and environmental preservation.

Types of Agrotourism

Agrotourism has different categories according to its season activity. Some common types include:

Horticultural Agrotourism: This is where tourists get an opportunity to be welcomed on fruit or vegetable farm to pick the products personally, for instance strawberry, apple or tomato garden.

Plantation Agrotourism: From commodities of tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber, Harvest-Processing-Finished Product tourists can see the milling process from start to finish.

Agricultural Livestock Agrotourism: Tourists can participatory cattle milking, goat feeding and chicken feeding.

Fishery Agrotourism: It is an activity where the tourists enjoy fishing, feeding fish, and witnessing fish farming in the ponds and fish farms.

Benefits of Agrotourism

Agrotourism has many advantages in economic, social, and educational aspects. Economically, agrotourism boosts the income of rural populations and expands economic resilience for communities.