Program Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat Universitas Hasanuddin-Program Kemitraan Masyarakat (PPMU-PK-M) bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan peternak dalam manajemen pemeliharaan ternak itik khususnya pengembangan teknologi silase ransum komplit dalam memanfaatkan potensi sumber daya pakan lokal yang ada sebagai pakan alternatif untuk unggas khususnya itik. Target khusus yang ingin dicapai adalah terpenuhinya kebutuhan nutrisi ternak, khususnya ternak itik, dengan memanfaatkan sumber daya lokal dengan introduksi teknologi pengolahan pakan silase ransum. Permasalahan mitra yang menjadi fokus kegiatan adalah belum mengenal teknologi pakan alternatif dan pakan tidak tersedia secara kontinyu, serta manajemen pemeliharaan ternak itik  masih tradisional. Solusi yang ditawarkan adalah melaksanakan penyuluhan dan demostrasi pengolahan silase ransum komplit, serta pendampingan manajemen pemeliharaan ternak itik. Hasil pelaksanaan kegiatan penyuluhan menunjukkan tingkat pemahaman peserta terhadap materi yang disampaikan dapat dimengerti ditunjukkan dengan keaktifan peserta dalam diskusi dan interaksi selama berlangsungnya penyuluhan. Demonstrasi pembuatan silase ransum komplit mendapat respon yang sangat tinggi dari anggota kelompok ternak. Hal ini terlihat tingkat partisipasi dalam melibatkan diri dari setiap tahapan pembuatan silase ransum komplit dan peternak dapat melakukan sendiri. Kegiatan pendampingan dapat merubah pola pikir peternak dalam manajemen budidaya ternak itik bahwa memiliki potensi untuk dikembangkan menjadi skala bisnis, dan mengharapkan kegiatan pendampingan dapat dilaksanakan secara berkesinambungan.

Permasalahan mitra pengabdian yaitu penyediaan pakan untuk ternak itik masih terbatas pada saat musim tanam di sawah, sehingga peternak harus menjamin ternak itiknya dengan pakan pabrikan yang harganya mahal dan juga mengandalkan sisa makanan di dapur.  Adanya keterbatasan biaya pakan, sehingga peternak itik harus mencari alternatif untuk menekan biaya pakan tersebut. Salah satu solusi yang diberikan adalah melakukan kegiatan penyuluhan dan pelatihan mengenai budidaya maggot.  Kegiatan ini  bertujuan meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan masyarakat khususnya kelompok Tani Samalewae dalam budidaya maggot. Diharapkan, hasil akhir dari kegiatan ini, peternak bisa menambah populasi ternak itiknya dengan mengurangi pembelian pakan pabrikan dan pada kondisi  tidak ada panen di sawah. Metode pengabdian yang dilakukan yaitu ceramah, diskusi dan praktek. Hasil kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini terlihat bahwa selama pemberian materi berlangsung dari awal sampai akhir, para peserta terlihat sangat serius dan antusias dalam menerima dan menanggapi materi yang disampaikan. Begitu Pula pada saat praktek, terlihat partisipasi peserta membantu tim pengabdian membuat kandang maggot dan mengatur peralatan bahan dan peralatan di kandang maggot.  Hasil monitoring pasca kegiatan pengabdian terlihat bahwa sudah ada pengetahuan peternak mengenai budidaya maggot, walaupun belum maksimal.  Untuk keberlanjutannya diharapkan pihak pemerintah setempat melakukan pendampingan dengan tujuan budidaya maggot ini dapat berkembang di daerahnya.

Abstrak The Maiwa Breeding Center program was a communiversity program from Hasanuddin University in the form of a Bali cattle nursery. The aim of this program was to preserve Bali cattle germplasm and improve the genetic quality of Bali cattle while increasing farmer income. The participation of farmers in implementing the MBC program was the key to the success of the program. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of farmer participation in the MBC program in Barru District. The number of respondents was 72 people who were randomly selected from 234 MBC partner farmers. Data was collected by enumerators who have been trained using questionnaires. The measured variable was the level of farmer participation during program planning, program implementation, program monitoring and evaluation and utilization of the results of the nursery program. Variables were measured using scores 1 - 4, namely from not participating, low participation, high participation and very high participation. Data analysis uses frequency distribution and continuum value table. The results showed that the participation of farmers in planning and monitoring and evaluation was in the low category. The participation of farmers in the implementation and utilization of results was in the high category. Overall, farmer participation in Bali cattle breeding activities was in the high category.

A technology dissemination program aimed at the community is carried out with a focus on the main problems experienced by partners and provides sustainable solutions based on the potential and resources owned by internal partners themselves. The implementation of this program aims to increase the capacity of farmers by providing information on the potential utilization of natural resources in their land. That resources especially agricultural and livestock waste that can be used as a medium for developing feed ingredients from insects i.e., BSF larvae (maggot). It will be used as an alternative feed for native chickens. Service activities are carried out through several stages including preparation, socialization, extension and demonstrations, as well as assistance so that farmers can independently carry out technology transfer packages themselves. During the activity, group members showed a high level of participation. Demonstration plots for rearing BSF larvae followed by feeding either processed or fresh larvae to native chickens. It was focused on one member of the group who was more ready to receive the technology package. From the evaluation results obtained that partners have additional information on how to cultivate maggot as an alternative source of protein feed, get to know local feed raw materials around and management of free-range chickens. Maggot cultivation results that are harvested at the age of 15 days are directly given to members’ chickens. At the end of the service activities, partners get a lot of experience and new skills, namely maggot cultivation.

<p class="MDPI17abstract"><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aim was to determine the factors that influence the adoption of agricultural waste utilization as dairy feed among farmers in Enrekang Regency.</p><p class="MDPI17abstract"><strong>Methods: </strong>This research was conducted from July to September 2019 in Cendana and Anggeraja Districts, which are the centers for dairy cows in Enrekang district. The number of farmers in these two sub-districts were 261 people or 72% of the total population of dairy farmers in Enrekang district. The number of respondents were 77 who were selected using the simple random sampling method. Data collection was carried out by trained enumerators using a questionnaire. Data analysis used the F test to determine the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable (adoption of agricultural waste utilization) and the t test for the partial test of each independent variable. The mathematical model used was a logistic regression model because the variable adoption of agricultural waste utilization was a dichotomous variable.</p><p class="MDPI17abstract"><strong>Results</strong><strong>: </strong>The results showed that the most common types of agricultural waste used as feed in the dry season were sweet potato leaves and rejected sweet potatoes (50.6%), while in the rainy season it was sweet corn straw (30.6%). The method of utilizing agricultutral waste as feed was: directly given to dairy cattle (53%), withered first (25%), fermented (11%) and mixed with concentrate (11%). Factors that influence the adoption of agricultural waste as feed were the number of lactating dairy cattle (X1), contact with extension workers (X4) and the age of farmers (X5). Meanwhile, the cosmopolite variables (X2), formal education (X3), length of farming (X6) and number of families (X7) did not affect the adoption of agricultural was as feed.<strong></strong></p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>To increase the adoption of agricultural waste as feed, the intensity of extension needs to be increased, especially for older breeders with 1 - 3 heads of lactating cattle.