USAHA KEGIATAN MASYARAKAT PENGERING IKAN DI KECAMATAN PITUMPANUA-SIWA KAB. WAJO SULAWESI SELATAN

Priority issues for both partners are; (1) Production problem; dirty water source used and bad quality of raw material of dried fish Becouse drying method used was conventional method, so that the volume and quality of dried fish produced are very low and, (2). Management problem; lack of knowledge of financial bookkeeping management and bad marketing strategy. Offered solution to the partners was the use of fish drying machine as one of the effective, efficient costeffective methods of higienes drying fish during the rainy season. Output of IbM's activities was the use of low-voltage gas and electric of fish dryers. According to the partners, profit obtained after IbM activities was able to produce dried fish up to 50% of normal production. Although the price of dry fish rose by 10% only during the rainy season, but with the dryer, the partner still earns a maximum profit of 5% rom normal sales.