Iptek bagi Masyarakat dalam Mengolah Biomassa menjadi Biochar dan Asap Cair Menggunakan Pirolisator Portabel

Abstract

Diseminasi iptek bagi masyarakat desa menjadi sarana penting untuk mendorong hilirisasi penelitian sehingga inovasi dan invensi tidak hanya di lingkungan civitas akademik saja. Bentuk diseminasi dalam kegiatan ini adalah iptek bagi masyarakat dalam mengolah biomassa menjadi biochar dan asap cair menggunakan pirolisator portabel yang dapat dirakit sendiri. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah memberi kesadaran dan pemahaman kepada kelompok tani di Desa Karang Indah agar mampu mengolah biomassa sisa petanian dan peternakan menjadi biochar dan asap cair serta mengimplementasikannya agar meningkatkan produktivitas pertanian di lahan sulfat masam yang pada akhirnya menurunkan biaya operasional kegiatan budidaya tanaman. Hal ini berdampak langsung pada pencapaian SDGs Desa yang dicanangkan Kementerian Desa, Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal, dan Transmigrasi serta searah dengan SDGs Dunia. Diseminasi hasil penelitian dan difusi teknologi yang diinisiasi dengan menerapkan metode Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) ternyata efektif mendorong penetrasi iptek kepada petani. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan peningkatan pengetahuan tentang fungsi biochar dan asap cair sebesar 54.1%, pemahaman tentang cara pengolahan biomassa organik menjadi biochar dan asap cair serta kemamampuan merekonstuksi/ reka-cipta iptek alat pirolisator dengan metode amati-tiru-modifikasi mengalami peningkatan berturut-turut sebesar 31.1% dan 52.6%, sehingga akumulasi rata-rata persentase peningkatan pemahaman peserta untuk keseluruhan indikator capaian setelah dilakukan kegiatan sebesar 45.93%.

Science and Technology for Villagers in Processing Biomass into Biochar and Liquid Smoke Using Portable Pyrolysators

Science and technology dissemination for village communities is a key means to encourage downstream research so that innovation and invention are not only within the academic community. The form of dissemination in this activity is science and technology for the district in processing biomass into biochar and liquid smoke using a portable pyrolysator that can be assembled by yourself. The purpose of this activity is to provide awareness and understanding to farmer groups in Karang Indah Village so that they can process leftover biomass from agriculture and livestock into biochar and liquid smoke and implement it to increase agricultural productivity in acid sulfate soil which ultimately reduces the operational costs of plant cultivation activities. It has a direct impact on achieving the Village SDGs launched by the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration and is in line with the World SDGs. Dissemination of research results and technology diffusion initiated by applying the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) method turned out to be effective in encouraging science and technology penetration to farmers. The results of the activity showed an increase in knowledge about the function of biochar and liquid smoke by 54.1%, an understanding of how to process organic biomass into biochar and liquid smoke, and the ability to reconstruct/invent science and technology of pyrolysator equipment using the observe-copy-modification method experienced a successive increase of 31.1 % and 52.6% so that the accumulated average percentage of increased understanding of participants for all achievement indicators after the activity was 45.93%.