Pemberdayaan Petani Melalui Pelatihan Pembuatan Tricho Pukan Menggunakan Teknologi Komposting Takakura Di Gapoktan Makmur Desa Kemuning Lor

Abstract

Kemuning Lor Village in Arjasa District with an area of ​​10.89 km² is known as one of the villages in Jember Regency which still relies on the agricultural sector as the basis and driving force for the regional economy. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency for Jember Regency in 2019, 3,563 people or around 68.82% of the total population working in Kemuning Lor Village work as farmers or agricultural laborers. The Makmur Farmer Group Association (Gapoktan Makmur) is a community group in Dusun Darungan, Desa Kemuning Lor which is engaged in the agricultural sector. So far, farmers in this area rely on rice, corn, dragon fruit and coffee farming for their livelihoods. Gapoktan Makmur encountered several obstacles or problems in carrying out its farming, including the high price of chemical fertilizers, lack of knowledge and skills in managing livestock waste into organic fertilizer, and the absence of a business unit that can help farmers increase their income and welfare. Some of the solutions offered to deal with partner problems include socialization / education on the benefits and prospects of using organic fertilizers as a substitute for chemical fertilizers, training in making organic fertilizers with raw materials for goat livestock waste with biological agent biodecomposers Trichoderma sp with Takakura Composting Technology, and organic fertilizer business assistance. The output of this activity is that partners can use organic fertilizers to substitute chemical fertilizers, partners have technical skills in making Tricho-Pukan, and partners can package organic fertilizers and make it a business start-up.