Pemberdayaan Petani Melalui Pupuk Organik Cair Tembolok Ayam Berbioaktivator Eco-Enzyme di Desa Sumberkare

Abstract

Chicken crop is poultry offal that remains underutilized by chicken slaughtering businesses in Wonomerto District, while most local farmers continue to rely on increasingly costly chemical fertilizers. This community service activity aimed to socialize and mentor the application of liquid organic fertilizer (LOF) made from chicken crop waste using eco-enzyme as a local bioactivator, involving 15 PkM student implementers and approximately 10 members of farmer groups across Wonomerto District, who took part through coordination with the local Agriculture Office using a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach. The success of the activity was assessed participatively by observing participants' active involvement at each stage, from material presentation to hands-on practice in producing eco-enzyme and LOF. The results show that the eco-enzyme and LOF fermentation process proceeded according to the taught procedure, marked by the characteristic color and aroma change of fermentation, although the final fertilizer product could not be fully evaluated as it required a further 14 to 21 days of fermentation. A more tangible indicator of success emerged from the initiative of several farmer group members who began independently practicing eco-enzyme and LOF production at their own homes after the activity ended. These findings confirm that integrating chicken crop waste with a self-produced eco-enzyme bioactivator within a PAR framework is a novel approach that not only reduces production costs but has also proven to encourage independent replication by farmers as an indicator of successful dissemination of sustainable waste management skills.