Singaraja- The Covid-19 pandemic has not dampened the steps of students from the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences (FHIS) at the University of Education of Ganesha to successfully implement the Holistic Village Development and Empowerment Program (PHP2D) in 2020 which targets the Manik Tirta Livestock Farmer Group (KTT) in the Village of Chase, Kintamani District, Bangli. Saturday (17/10/2020), students who are members of the Community Service Student Activity Unit (UKM-P2M) filled out training on making organic fertilizer. This activity was presented by guest speaker Ida Ayu Putu Suryani, S.Sc., M.Sc, Undiksha Biology Education lecturer.
The head of the PHP2D team, Luh Ayu Martasari stated that this activity was one of the solutions offered by students in order to optimize the potential of cow dung belonging to the Manik Tirta Farmers Group (KTT). The resulting fertilizer is expected to be able to overcome the problem of the need for fertilizer in agriculture while reducing the use of chemical fertilizers that have a negative impact on the environment.
The head of Pengjaran Village Head, I Wayan Arta fully supports the positive activities initiated by these students. According to him, the program being rolled out is a good example and should be emulated by other students to remain productive during the Covid-19 pandemic. He also hopes that in the future the activities that have been initiated by students can be followed up with a partnership between the village government and the campus so that the technology in agriculture and animal husbandry owned by the campus can be immediately enjoyed by farmers/breeders.
Supervisor, I Wayan Pardi, S.Pd., M.Pd., also explained that this training was one of the activities to support the development of Integrated Agricultural Systems (Integrated Farming System). Through this training, partners will not only enjoy the economic results from selling cattle but the organic fertilizer from the training can also be resold by partners. In addition, in this PHP2D program, Undiksha students are also developing a biogas reactor by utilizing partners’ cow dung. This step will of course reduce the dependence of the community on the use of LPG so that it will save people’s monthly expenses. (rls)
