Abstract
This community service was conducted to asssist catfish farmers to solve their problem in producing catfish fry. Several problems identified in the initial survey were low quality of catfish fry as some broodstock were too old, high cost of feed, lack of capital and lack of production and financial management. Some activities undertaken in this community service were: introduction of broodstock, concrete ponds, workshop on induced spawning and probiotic production, training of production and financial management, demo-pond and monitoring and evaluation. The results of demo-ponds showed that introduction of broodstock, concreate ponds, induced spawning method, application of probiotics increased the catfish fry production up to 59,1 % which then improved the farmers income up to 49,4%.
Highlights
Desa Junrejo merupakan salah satu desa yang terletak di Kecamatan Junrejo
This community service was conducted to asssist catfish farmers to solve their problem in producing catfish fry
Several problems identified in the initial survey were low quality of catfish fry as some broodstock were too old, high cost of feed, lack of capital and lack of production and financial management
Summary
Desa Junrejo merupakan salah satu desa yang terletak di Kecamatan Junrejo. Batas-batas Desa Junrejo adalah Desa Mojorejo dan Desa Beji (utara), Desa Dadaprejo (Timur), Desa Sumber Sekar (Selatan) dan Desa Tlekung (Barat). Luas desa Junrejo adalah 433.157 km dengan jumlah KK sebanyak 2423 keluarga. Jumlah penduduk di desa Junrejo 9102 orang pada tahun 2012 (BPS Batu, 2013). Meskipun mata pencaharian penduduk desa Junrejo sangatlah beragam (pegawai negeri, TNI, pedagang, wiraswasta, petani sayur, peternak sapi, dan petani ikan), namun sebagian besar penduduk mengusahakan pertanian dengan menanam sayur sebesar 25%. Beberapa banyak warga juga terlibat di sektor peternakan dengan memelihara sapi perah
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