PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT MELALUI PENYULUHAN INOVASI PENGOLAHAN PANGAN LOKAL SEBAGAI UPAYA PENGEMBANGAN PRODUK PANGAN FUNGSIONAL DI GAMPONG COT SEUMEREUNG

Abstract

Technology and information that are increasingly developing today have not been utilized properly by rural communities. This can be seen from the lack of creation of processed forms of food sourced from local food ingredients available in the village including yellow pumpkin, moringa and turmeric which are only processed into vegetables and cooking spices. Even though these ingredients have the potential as functional foods that have high health and economic value. One of the villages that is still lacking in utilizing local commodities is Cot Seumeurung village, Samatiga District. The purpose of this community service activity is to empower the community through counseling and training on making functional food products from yellow pumpkin, moringa and turmeric to increase community knowledge and skills in processing commodities that were initially less marketable into products that have high selling value and are beneficial to health. This activity consists of 2 stages of activities, namely the first stage in the form of extension activities and the second stage in the form of product processing activities which are all carried out within 1 day. The results of this service activity can be seen that there is an increase in skills from the Cinta Rasa Farmer Women's Group in making kuni pumpkin noodles, moringa pudding and sour turmeric drinks that can be used to improve the economy and improve the quality of health of villagers.