Moving the Village, PKK Ormawa Himakua IPB University Turns Empty Land into a Source Cuan Fish Pond in Purwasari Village
Unused land that was previously not empowered by residents of Purwasari Village, Dramaga District, Bogor Regency is now transformed into a fish pond by the creative hands of IPB University students who are members of the Student Organization Capacity Strengthening Program (PPK Ormawa) team of the Aquaculture Student Association (Himakua), Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science (FPIK). The pond can now be used by local residents for fish farming activities so that it becomes an economic source for them.
According to Surya Baskara, President of the PPK Ormawa Himakua IPB University team, making the fish pond is part of the effort to create a more independent and prosperous community economy. In addition, this program is also adjusted to the existing potential, namely fish farming.
"Usually the people here tend to cultivate consumption fish rather than ornamental fish, for example such as tilapia, tawes, pomfret, catfish, mujaer and gourami," said Oji, a resident of Purwasari Village.
According to Oji, the potential for tilapia in the market is still quite high, so this fish cultivation is still considered relevant for development. He stated that the village will continue to try to participate in and assist this cultivation, starting from making ponds, cultivation techniques, maintenance to the marketing process.
This program is indeed very suitable for the environmental conditions of the village. Yusuf, President of Purwasari Village, said that the abundant availability of water is a plus point in the use of fish farming. In addition, so that the existing potential can run more optimally, it is necessary to have good management.
"For this reason, the village is also preparing infrastructure support where it is planned to build a room for cultivation equipment. We will also carry out the construction of a saung which we hope will become a place for residents to drink coffee,” he continued.
The total number of ponds to be prepared is two ponds. The pond is used as the maintenance of tilapia broodstock with a size of 15 m x 10 m with a depth of about 1.5 m. About 40 tilapia broodstock stocked with a ratio of 1:3 for males and females. The process of making the pond has been going on for three days, assisted by residents of Purwasari Village.
"If this activity is successful later, we will expand more widely to make similar pools in other surrounding villages. For now, we are focusing on RW 01 and RW 07," said Surya Baskara.
Yusuf hopes that this activity will spur residents to participate. "Now you can see, residents are starting to come every afternoon to just hang out or see the activities in the pool or gazebo. This means that there are already seeds of curiosity from residents. We just need to show the results later," he said. (*/Rz) (IAAS/Hap)
