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Blitar regency has been well known as the main poultry producer area in East Java. Beside chicken farms, duck farm has also been established. Mitra Karya duck farmer group is a group of farmers who engages in the same business, namely broiler and layer duck. The objective of public services was to know the characteristics of mitra Karya duck farmers and strategy for empowerment. The method was survey and interview with leaders and members of Mitra Karya. The teams from UB have already conducted a survey, it can be reported that most of members were male (63.16%), of 41 years old and more (68.42%), most of them starting 1-2 years ago (57.89%) of raising duck experience, motivation of raising duck was to increase income (84.21%), own her/his broiler duck of 100 or less (57.89%) and 10 farmers had their own layer duck (52.63%) and all farmers agree that raising duck was profitable, even the money was a big obstacle to raise duck. Based on the problems aroused during the initial meeting it could be reported that then it was decided to introduce a unit of feed processing and run a two-package revolving program of 100 broiler ducks each including feed required for 40 days at marketing age. In conclusion, Mitra Karya is potentially developed as a new source of income but it needs companion program for more succesfull.