Potensi Peningkatan Kesejahteraan Ekonomi Keluarga melalui Pengolahan Maggot Kering di KWT Pulau Pari di Pulau Seribu, Jakarta

Abstract

Maggots have the ability to decompose food waste or other organic waste so that they can overcome the waste problem. Limited access to the Final Disposal Site (TPA) on Pari Island exacerbates this problem. In addition, unmanaged waste can pollute the environment and endanger public health and worsen the image of Pari Island in the eyes of tourists. Maggots can convert organic waste into useful products. Maggot cultivation in households has the potential to improve the family economy. Processing maggots into dry maggots can increase added value. The purpose of this activity is to increase the knowledge and skills of KWT Pulau Pari regarding the cultivation and processing of maggots in the form of dry maggots that can be sold for animal feed. Activities carried out in the community service consist of socialization and training in making dry maggots. This training activity was able to improve community attitudes towards maggot cultivation and processing by 18.42%, increase understanding by 46.43%, and increase knowledge by 27.87%. Maggot processing also has the potential to increase community economic income, assuming the potential for organic waste on Pari Island is 556,365 kg per year. If converted into dry maggots, it will produce 11,127.3 kg. Based on these calculations, the potential economic income from dry maggot processing in one year is IDR 333,819,000. Drying maggots can reduce household organic waste and produce dry maggots that can be sold as animal feed.