Eri Mustari
Pancawati Village is an agricultural village where the majority of the population work as farmers and livestock breeders. Pancawati Village is a fertile village with abundant water so that agricultural activities for rice, corn and vegetables are very good. The problem currently occurring is that there is a large amount of agricultural waste that is abundant but has not been processed and is not utilized properly. Therefore, society urgently needs to be assisted with appropriate technology. Most people in Pancawati village throw away their agricultural waste or burn it. The accumulation of agricultural waste is a problem and disrupts environmental sustainability. In this program, solving the agricultural waste problem will be carried out through training and the application of appropriate technology transfer to the community with assistance from experts who are competent in their fields of expertise. This activity aims to increase the understanding of Farmer group members and the community regarding the principles of zero waste and sustainability in the production process of making organic fertilizer, increase the knowledge and skills of Farmer group members in processing agricultural/vegetable waste into organic fertilizer, provide knowledge of production management and marketing of organic fertilizer ( liquid or solid). Waste is the remainder of daily human activities and/or natural processes in solid or liquid form, including agricultural waste. Waste management is a systematic, comprehensive and sustainable activity which includes reducing and handling waste, it is necessary to have a government policy on waste management, it is necessary to carry out integrated and sustainable waste management, to develop waste management technology, to collaborate with parties related to waste management. , need financial support, a change in mindset towards waste management, need community participation and need public awareness. This activity of utilizing agricultural waste, as an alternative to making organic fertilizer, is expected to help farmers who have difficulty in procuring fertilizer and to help reduce the cost of purchasing fertilizer through the use of agricultural waste. It is hoped that this activity will increase public knowledge about the potential of agricultural waste and that using this waste can also reduce the economic burden, especially on farmers who initially buy and use chemical fertilizers. The waste utilization activity will be carried out in several steps, including managing agricultural waste using fermentation technology in containers, after being decomposed, filtered, packaged, bagged for solid fertilizer as compost, while liquid fertilizer is packaged in labeled bottles, so that it can sold as additional income to the community. This community service activity has involved more than 65 people, the training participants include lecturers from KK-SBT, Chair of BLPP Pancawati Village, Padi Jaya Farmers Group 1, Pasir Kuda Jaya Farmers Group 2, Sugih Mukti Farmers Group 1, Sugih Farmers Group Mukti 2, Sinapel Farmers Group, students from Tarbiayul Huda Vocational School, AL Watasi Vocational School, AL Madrasah Aliyah Aziziyah and residents of Pancawati Village who live around Batuah Farming Pancawati. It is hoped that this activity can transfer the knowledge, know-how and technology to other farmer group members, so that it can help farmers who have difficulty providing solid fertilizer and liquid fertilizer. The output of this community service activity is in the form of publications in mass media and copyright in the form of videos or activity teaching modules. This activity will involve 5 students, namely 2 students from the Agricultural Engineering Study Program and 3 students from the Biological Engineering Study Program, at the Faculty/School of Life Sciences and Technology, Bandung Institute of Technology, who are taking part in the Independent Learning and Independent Campus (MBKM) program. This activity has increased the knowledge of residents around Pancawati Village regarding the manufacture of liquid organic fertilizer and solid organic fertilizer, apart from that it has had an impact on the understanding that agricultural waste can be transformed with the technology of making organic fertilizer into something valuable and can become a business opportunity that can be developed in the village. This Pancawati.
Increase the understanding of Farmer group members and the community about the principles of zero waste and sustainability in the production process of making organic fertilizer. Increase the knowledge and skills of Farmer group members in processing agricultural/vegetable waste into organic fertilizer. Provide knowledge of production management and marketing of organic fertilizers (liquid and solid).
Utilization activities can: 1. reduce agricultural waste, 2. increase understanding of farmers and the public about making liquid and solid organic fertilizers, 3. as an alternative to using synthetic chemical fertilizers, 4. can help farmers who have difficulty in procuring fertilizer 5. help reducing the cost of purchasing fertilizer through the use of agricultural waste, 6. Ready-made liquid fertilizer and solid fertilizer can be a business opportunity that can be sold.