Sikakap Village is in Sikakap District, Regency of Kepulauan Mentawai located on the island of North Pagai with a very high fishery potential. One of the activities undertaken by the community as a source of income in the village is salted dried fish business. However, the process to produce the salted dried fish only relies on solar energy. Due to its location which is surrounded by oceans, the climate in this region is strongly influenced by the wind season. Rainfall ranges from 2,500 - 4,700 mm / year with the number of rainy days between 132 - 267 rain days per year. Therefore, there should be a drying technology in overcoming the high rainfall level. In addition, capabilities of to govern organization of communinity who joint Kelompok Jaring Apung (KJA) Selat Sikakap and KJA Saruso Mudo should be improved to run the business properly. Through the IbM program, team carries out activities: (1) manufacture of hybrid dryers and performance evaluation tools, (2) introduction of tools to partners, and (3) conduct training on organizational governance, bookkeeping and marketing. The results show that the partners are very helpful in doing the business of salted fish production in the presence of hybrid dryers. The introduced hybrid dryers have a size of 220 cm x 90 cm x 100 cm (p x l x t) with solar and Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) energy sources. In addition, through this activity there is an increased knowledge and skills of KJA groups in terms of organizational governance and financial management as well as business marketing strategies.
Keywords: Hybrid dryer, Salted dried fish, Organization, Marketing.