Pelatihan Kewirausahaan Olahan Pangan bagi Wanita Tani di Desa Pancasila Kecamatan Natar Kabupaten Lampung Selatan

Abstract

Purpose: The interest in entrepreneurship in Desa Pancasila still has to be grown. Women farmers can increase their role as secondary workers to help increasing income for the family so as to create welfare of the family. The entrepreneurship training for women farmers aims to increase knowledge and skills in food processing and to improve the family economy in Desa Pancasila.

Methodology/approach: The implementation of the community service activities was held on October 30^th, 2016 in Desa Pancasila. The activities are carried out by explaining the material training about food processing and facilitating discussion among participants. Participants were evaluated using a pre-test and post-test.

Results/findings: The results of the post-test showed that the level of knowledge of participants with a value above 50 was 77.27% (17 participants) and that of participants with a value below 50 decreased in the post-test by 22.73% (5 participants) compared to the pre-test of 54.55% (12 participants). The results of the pre-test and post-test showed an increase in participants' understanding of the training material presented.

Conclusion: Continuous service activities need to be carried out through mentoring and monitoring so that the benefits of the service activities can be felt optimally. Overall, this activity was carried out well and successfully.