Peningkatan Kapasitas Petani Melalui Pelatihan Pembuatan Pupuk Organik Bokashi di Daerah Perbatasan Darat Kalimantan Barat

Abstract

This activity was motivated by the fact that the people in Mentibar Village, Paloh Sub-district of Sambas
Regency are farmers who had only relied on their farming activities using of inorganic fertilizer especially Urea
fertilizer from Malaysia, which the price is not cheap and sometimes the unavailable. The farmers in Mentibar
village are new to Bokashi organic fertilizer, which its main ingredients are widely available in the village such as
livestock, fine bran, straw, etc. In this study, we conducted training and counselling to improve farmers' knowledge
and skills in making organic fertilizer. Bokashi as an alternative fertilizer can be used by farmers in their rice
cultivation and at the same time to less reliant to inorganic fertilizer. The purpose of this Community Service
activities are: First, to increase the knowledge and skills of farmers in making Bokashi organic fertilizer. Second, to
provide an understanding that relying on inorganic fertilizer can damage the soil and produce pollution. Third,
farmers will be able to utilize the materials around them to be used as Bokashi fertilizers such as livestock, bran,
husks and rice straw.