PENERAPAN SISTEM TIGA STRATA (STS) UNTUK MENGATASI MASALAH HIJAUAN MAKANAN TERNAK PADA PETANI TERNAK SAPI DI DESA PENGOTAN, KABUPATEN BANGLI

• Main Authors: I. B. Gaga Partama, D.P. M.A. Candrawati, I. W. Sudiastra, N. N. Candraasih Kusumawati, I. G. N. Kayana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Udayana 2013-12-01
• Series: Buletin Udayana Mengabdi
• Online Access: http://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/jum/article/view/7357

This community service was conducted in a livestock groups of Bali cattle, one of the livestock groups is located<br />at Pengotan village. Their members are peoples of Pengotan village, Bangli Regency. They are mostly farmers who<br />are still having productive farm lands with very limited extensions. Nowadays, along with the care for their cattle,<br />they usually give their cattle green forage from natural grasses. Usually, the farmers offered the cattle by rice<br />straws from their waste of rice harvest which is plentiful enough along the year. They are only do it if they are in<br />difficulties of getting enough fresh natural forages. Due to this condition, therefore socialization and demonstration<br />how to place of planting high forages feedstuff (leguminoseae and nonleguminoseae) by Three Forages Stratum<br />System (STS) for planting high quality of forages and practice of biofermentation technology for increasing the rice<br />straw which helps to raise digestion for the livestocks. With this community service program, the expected result<br />is the members of group have knowledge and comprehension that rice straw could be used as source of forages<br />which could be stored within 3 to 4 months with a Microorganisms culture (EM-4) fermentation method. From<br />this program, the participants have got appropriate knowledge to increase 90% about Three Forages Stratum<br />System (STS) for planting high quality forages and leguminoseae threes. It is concluded that by using both the<br />fermented rice straw and plantation of high quality of forages by Three Forages Stratum System (STS) the farmer<br />would not be in difficulties to obtain green forages sources for their cattle.