INTRODUKSI TEKNOLOGI INTEGRASI TERNAK SAPI DAN PADI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PENDAPATAN PETANI DI DESA SAWARU

Abstract

The low production yields of rice among farmers in Sawaru Village is caused by the scarcity of chemical fertilizer and its high price in planting season, so farmers cannot buy fertilizers as needed by plants. In contrast, farmers have cows whose droppings or waste has potential to become fertilizers, in both solid and liquid forms. At the same time, waste of rice straws can be processed and used as food sources during dry season and planting season, when fresh feed is limited. Cow and rice integration system is the best solution to increase farmer’s income. The activities aim at optimalizing the resources owned by the farmers through cow and rice integration activities, applying the technology of rice waste utilization to be cattle feed, applying the technology of cow droppings utilization to be organic fertilizer applied on rice plants. The location of activities is in Sawaru Village Camba Subdistrict South Sulawesi Province and it took place from March to June 2018, The method used is in the form of counselling, training, demonstration plot (demplot) making and supervision. The results of the activities show the farmer’s increasing knowledge and skills in applying cow and rice system, the making of fermented feed from waste of rice straws, the making of organic fertilizer, increasing utilization of resources owned by the farmers, and increasing agriculture business income that doubles the previous income before the application of integration pattern.