Pengolahan Bokashi sebagai Upaya untuk Meningkatkan Pendapatan Kelompok Peternak Sapi Potong Paltetus di Desa Baumata Utara (Bokashi Processing as an Effort to Increase Paltetus Farmers’ Group Income in North Baumata Village)

Abstract

Kelompok Tani Paltetus di Desa Baumata Utara menjalankan usaha penggemukan sapi mereka di kandang kelompok berkapasitas 12 ekor/periode. Permasalahannya adalah kotoran sapi hanya ditumpuk di belakang kandang sehingga sanitasi kandang tidak higinenis. Oleh karena itu, suatu PKM tentang pengolahan bokashi telah dilaksanakan untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut. Tujuan PKM ini adalah untuk meningkatkan: 1) pengetahuan dan keterampilan petani mitra dalam mengolah limbah peternakan menjadi pupuk bokashi dan memasarkannya sehingga menambah pendapatan; and 2) sanitasi kandang. Metode pelaksanaan PKM mencakup penyuluhan, pelatihan, demonstrasi, pendampingan, dan evaluasi. Hasil PKM menunjukkan bahwa mitra berpartisipasi aktif selama kegiatan PKM sehingga pengetahuan, , dan motivasi mereka meningkat dalam mengolah dan memasarkan bokashi sehingga memperoleh pendapatan, serta meningkatkan sanitasi kandang. Kesimpulannya adalah bahwa PKM ini dapat meningkatkan: 1) pengetahuan, keterampilan, dan motivasi mitra dalam mengolah dan memasarkan bokashii; 2) sanitasi kandang. Disarankan agar: 1) aktivitas pengolahan bokashi dapat dilakukan secara berkelanjutan sehingga pendapatan dan sanitasi kandang meningkat.

 Key-words: Desa Baumata Utara, limbah peternakan, PKM, pupuk organik, sapi.

 ABSTRACT

 A farmer group called Paltetus in North Baumata Village fatten their cattle in a group cattleshed for 12 cattle heads/ period. The problem was the farmers just collecting the cattle waste besides the cattleshed area makes poor sanitation. Therefore a technology transfer namely Community Joint Program  (PKM) was done to solve the problem. The PKM objectives were to: 1) increase the farmers knowledge and skill in processing the cattle waste to be organic fertilizer called bokashi and sell it to gain an income; and 2) improve the cattleshed sanitation. Method applieds were extension, training, demonstration, and mentoring. The result shows that the group members were participate actively, so their knowledge, skill, and motivation in producing bokashi were increased and they can gain an income by selling the bokashi. Further,  the cattleshed sanitation was improved. In conclusion, the PKM can: 1) increase the farmers’ knowledge, skill, and motivation in processing and marketing the bokashi; 2) can improve the cattleshed sanitation. The suggestions were: 1) the activity of processing bokashi should be done continuously to support the cattleshed sanitation and income generating.

 Key-words: animal waste, cattle, organic fertilizer,  PKM, Baumata Utara Village