Bio-diversity

Project goal: To conserve biodiversity through cultivation of endemic chicken species which also has high monetary value - this could be a good alternative source of income for local community. Project objective : 1. To increase local community s awareness on nature conservation effort; 2. To increase community skill in making use of biodiversity to increase welfare s; 3. To decrease the use of pesticide to control floral pest; 4. To utilize of households solid waste; 5. To develop an alternative feed for intensive chicken farming; 6. To maintain ecological food chain cycle; 7. To increase land fertility through the implementation of earth worm living media as fertilizer with the alternative to chemicals; 8. To conserve biodiversity - in this case : purity of local gene. Activities to be carried out under the project : 1. Preparation. a) CBO members identification and CBO strengthening; b) Networking and establishing partnership; c) Household waste processing for chicken s food living media (earth worm, etc.); d) Planting for green fodder Chicken pens establishment. 2. Local training and education in the field. a) Processing of alternative chicken feed; b) Chicken pens structuring; c) Selecting good quality seeds techniques. 3. Outreach Approach. a) Publication and dissemination of sentul chicken breeding techniques; b) A potential implementation of the technique for other species. 4. Technical Assistance. a) Alternative chicken food processing; b) Chicken farming and breeding techniques. 5. Evaluation and Reporting. Project Participants and/or beneficiaries : 1. Perhimpunan Kelompok Pelestari Hutan (POKLAN). 2. Community in Mekarmanik village, Cimenyan sub-district, Bandung, West Java. Anticipated result of project : 1. Increased the participation of the community in nature conservation effort (in this case : biodiversity); 2. Cross breeding (inter species breed) practices to be decreased; 3. Increased in intensive chicken cultivation done by local community; 4. Increased in the usage of alternative feed in chicken farming; 5. Increased of the local community skill in processing alternative chicken feed; 6. Increased of the local community welfare through alternative income source development; 7. Increased in the utilization of household solid waste as living media for chicken feed; 8. Information media on cultivating sentul chicken with alternative feed as a way to attract awareness to be developed; 9. Publication on sentul chicken cultivation technique to be published

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