Peningkatan Kualitas Ikan Teri Kering di Desa Sathean, Kecamatan Kei Kecil, Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara

Abstract

The business of dry anchovy processing in Sathean Village, Kei Kecil Southeast Maluku was considered as a household scale with traditional open drying methods that potentially lack of hygiene and sanitation, as well as management product, recording and marketing. To overcome this problem, the Perikanan Negeri Tual team of community services was implementing transfer science and technology focusing on building capacity in simple business administration as well as developing manufacture equipment and technique of drying anchovies. There were four program’s activities that conducted, included 1) Initial community education and service; 2) Counseling on hygiene and sanitation of anchovy drying equipment; 3) Extension on simple management of business administration; and 4) Training on manufacturing and technique of anchovy dryer and its production capacity. The output was measured by the achievement of program implementation, and the result was described as follows: 1) The understanding improvement of partners on dry fish processing business, 2) The ability to make a manufacture equipment of anchovy dryers that proved by constructing two dry anchovy dryers with the size p x l x t = 308 x 208 x 250 cm, 3) The capacity to produce 35–40 kg of dried anchovy with hygienic production process, and 4) The skill to manage simple business administration.