EXTENSION COMMUNICATION IN DEVELOPMENT OF FRESHWATER FISH CULTIVATION WITH BIOFLOCK SYSTEM THROUGH MONOHOME MSME LEARNING HOUSE IN SOUTH LAMPUNG REGENCY

Abstract

Biofloc system outreach activities are an effort to develop the potential of fisheries areas through Monohome MSME learning house training in Palas District. This research was carried out in Bandan Hurip Village, Palas District, South Lampung Regency. The location selection was carried out purposively with the consideration that the Bandan Hurip Village area is a center for fisheries cultivation and a pilot place for tilapia cultivation using the Bioflok system in the Palas sub-district. The research was carried out in December 2023. The research analysis was descriptive using the focus group discussion method. Respondents were members of the Monohome MSME group as well as 30 fisheries business actors and the sampling technique was quota sampling technique. This research uses primary data and secondary data. The research results showed that at the fisheries sector level, indicators of potential and profits from the fishery cultivation business were the priority. The extension and development program for local fish cultivation using biofloc technology through the UMKM Monohome learning house in Palas District seeks to increase the income of business actors through outreach communication which will later become a provision of knowledge in the future and increase insight for business actors in achieving effective tilapia cultivation by adopting the biofloc system.