By: Agnes Rita Sulistyawaty
With one breath, Sarjiyo jembreng to the theory that the food chain easily accepted sense. When his interlocutor came from Java, the vocabulary here and there. For him, the awareness of the food chain and energy cycles inilan the main driver of the community to make biogas.
Men from Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, is known as a maker of biogas installations. Since 2004 he traveled with the theory of biogas installations and air-experiment to make buildings and systems that can process a variety of organic waste into two products at once, biogas and compost. The first biogas installations as well as laboratory testing for the biogas was in his yard in Kulom Progo.
It took a year for Sarjiyo to get the design and size that fits biogas installations. He also calculates the amount of livestock manure or theletong. From his notes, a cow produces at least 10-15 pounds of wet manure per day.
Theletong was then inserted into the fermentation chamber biogas. For the needs of one or two families, an airtight chamber (digester) is needed in measuring about 30 cubic meters. Installing it is enough to process the manure generated two cows. The results of two head of cattle dung fermentation equivalent of 0.5 liters of kerosene and fuel can meet the needs of a family cooking.
If there is no cow, biogas can still be produced from various types of manure, waste production know, peanut shells, or other organic wastes. All that can diceplungkan to the tube as prudusen methane fermentation.
It took one year for Sarjiyo to obtain a perfect building construction biogas. The cost of the pilot to make an installation bioags to process manure from two cows were approximately Rp. 4.7 million.Whenever there is a weakness, construction of biogas directly repaired. Now, the price of making the installation of biogas was Rp. 90-10 million because of rising material prices.
Starting from the AgriculturalThe story of the biogas Sarjiyo originated from agriculture. At that time, he followed the training of organic farming and biogas which held one of the NGOs in Yogyakarta. There are some friends who also joined the training. Sarjiyo said, what he did was continue the theory into practice immediately.
Issues biogas Sarjiyo understood as part of organic farming. Biogas produced from manure or agricultural limah. After fermentation, not only the biogas obtained, but also solid and liquid compost. Odorless compost that can be used in the rice-Burkan likes to farm.After the result of human harvesting of agricultural, waste used for animal feed. Assist livestock farmers working in rice fields. Of livestock also, theletong produced.
"Theletong biogas could be again," said Sarjiyo explain the unity of the chain-eaten food and renewable energy flow as well as an integrated farming.
"Perpetrators of biogas it his own, so it depends not diligent or not. Kalu diligent, yes compost was taken to the fields, rice fields were fertile. Cage also clean because dirt swept into the hole biogas installations. It's a social aspect, "he said.
Therefore, Sarjiyo diligently around to spread the knowledge of the balance-eaten food chains, integrated farming, and zero waste to biogas. Farmers can also save money because it no longer need to buy fuel for cooking.
This is called Sarjiyo with facts, something that could be seen as tangible benefits. The fact also makes him indifferent to ridicule some friends when Sarjiyo just beginning to build the installation. Ridicule was made because the calculation of biogas installations Sarjiyo style does not fit with the theory in the book. Theory in the books have become a fact. He believes with hitungannnya own.
The proof, after the installation of biogas woke up, the installation work is much more durable than the maximum and the installation of artificial people. In some places, Sarjiyo even built a new plant adjacent to the installation of biogas made one of the colleges.
After a successful, Sarjiyo more incentive to bring biogas into various circles. Not only farmers, but also the various communities interested in building a biogas plant Sarjiyo style.
In Kulom Progo, Sarjiyo helped the 80's people aged 18-40 years who joined in the studio Sustainable Farmers Solidarity. They also help Sarjiyo working on biogas installations in various places.Since 2004, there are 400 biogas installations are made Sarjiyo. That was new to the region of Yogyakarta province. When added to the installation of various regions in Indonesia, the number could be thousands."Because of Biogas, I can walk to various places, from Sabang to Merauke. Of course, while discussing the biogas, "he said
Be Sarjiyo around the archipelago "market" biogas, homemade installation, and integrated farming. That was the origin of the title he jokingly gave MM for himself. "Sarjiyo MM mingkem aka me, let him. This is because I too often selling words (about biogas and integrated farming) ha-ha-ha, "says this man who loved humor. |
