PENINGKATAN PENDAPATAN MASYARAKAT MELALUI BUDIDAYA SISTEMUGAKODI DI KECAMATAN GALESONGKABUPATEN TAKALAR

Abstract

An integrated aquaculture system "UGAKODI" (udang galah, koi, dan padi or the giant prawn,
koi, and paddy) is one of the alternative business that can be done to increase the community
income. Thus, the UGAKODI system is a very potential and prospective system to be developed.
This culture system has several advantages; (1) the culture of giant prawns and koi can be
simultaneously conducted with rice in the paddy field, (2) this system does not require lots of
lands, (3) the farmer's income can increase because the yields can not only be obtained from the
rice harvest but also from the prawns and koi, and (4) the farmer income cycles are more than
twice a year. Galesong District of Takalar Regency, as the location of this community
development activity, has great potential for aquaculture system "Ugakodi", because the district
has a large rice field with an abundant water source that comes from irrigation. Some of the
farmers who are partners of these activities have long been engaged in rice cultivation, but the rice
farming has not shown significant economic improvement due to low yields and the earnings
cycles are only twice a year. Therefore, through this system, people can optimize the agricultural
land they manage through the package of technology offered to increase the income of farmers and
the community.