Pemberdayaan Masyarakat dalam Pengolahan Bonggol Pisang di Palopo

Abstract

One of the initiatives of students at the University of Muhammadiyah Palopo to create a business that allows housewives to do is to know the technique of processing banana cobs by making chips. Processed food products made from banana trees were chosen as a business for entrepreneurship because they have good prospects, because apart from the fruit there are other parts that can also be used, such as banana cobs. Given the benefits and good nutritional content, banana weevil diversification is needed so that the product is more acceptable to the market. The purpose of this activity is to inspire community service partners about an idea and entrepreneurial spirit with good sources of raw materials easily available and available around them so that they can increase household income. This program carried out through two stages, namely the processing of banana weevils into ready-to-eat crackers that are healthy and packaging technology transfer. Through this community service activity, training is carried out and development of technology for processing banana weevils into economic commodity products in the form of crackers, which can provide new economic business alternatives in the community. The positive impact of this activity is the increased skills and knowledge of partners related to the manufacture of processed products from trees bananas, including regarding packaging techniques as seen from the increase in skills in packing products. There is an increase in the ability of partners in entrepreneurship in producing and selling products