Sukorejo Village, Sambirejo District, Sragen Regency is one of the villages that has a strong commitment to improving the welfare of its people. Village Head Sukrisno, S.Pd.SD, S.H. stated that the community’s economy can be improved with the synergy of activities between the village government, related agencies and universities as sources of appropriate technology providers. For this reason, the cooperation between Sukorejo Village and Diponegoro University is further enhanced with an agreement to implement Community Service activities that have a direct impact on the community. The Head of the Animal Husbandry Masters Study Program, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Agriculture, UNDIP, Tuesday, August 27, 2024 together with Master of Animal Husbandry students visited Sukorejo Village. From discussions with the Sukorejo Village apparatus, especially with the Village Head, several activities in the fields of agriculture and animal husbandry have been agreed upon that will increase the income of livestock farmers. Dr. Ir. Cahya Setya Utama, M.Sc., IPM, as the Head of the Master of Animal Husbandry Study Program, explained that the Master of Animal Husbandry Study Program as a place to continue studies from undergraduate animal husbandry is indeed expected to produce graduates who care and play an active role in development, so that the role of the campus will be felt more clearly by the community in accordance with the slogan UNDIP is Useful and UNDIP is Dignified. Community service activities will be carried out in October 2024 by specifically training underprivileged families to raise laying hens on a household scale in the Science and Technology for Undip Fostered Villages (IDBU) activity. In addition, because many Sukorejo residents raise catfish, increasing the productivity of catfish businesses from the aspect of providing feed is a program priority.
This program from FPP UNDIP is also in line with the program that will be implemented by the Sukorejo Village Government. In the Stunting Discussion, which was held at the Sukorejo Village Office hall, it was also agreed that the Additional Feeding (PMT) activity would be carried out. The PMT program can be realized by providing local animal protein food sources, namely those from catfish. Catfish meat processing training is expected to reduce stunting and can grow new MSME entrepreneurs through various catfish culinary. FPP Undip will collaborate with other faculties such as the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Faculty of Engineering, etc. in order to bridge the interests of solving problems in Sukorejo Village through the Thematic KKN program in Sukorejo Village.
“This integrated activity is expected to improve the economy of residents which will also reduce cases of stunting,” said Sukrisno, S.Pd.SD, S.H. The emergence of new MSMEs is also expected to be an inspiration for residents who are still classified as underprivileged families to try in the fields of agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries towards prosperous families.
MASTER OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY FPP UNDIP HELP TO OVERCOME STUNTING AND POVERTY IN SUKOREJO VILLAGE, SRAGEN REGENCY
