BERDIKARI : Jurnal Inovasi dan Penerapan Ipteks
Vol 7, No 1 (2019): February

Pengolahan Empon-Empon Menjadi Minuman Kesehatan Berbasis Zero Waste Home Industry

Wahyuningsih, Iis (Unknown)
Widiyastuti, Lina (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2019

Abstract

Gedoro village is one of the villages in Nglegi, Patuk, Gunung Kidul. This village is located in the north area ofGunung Kidul. This is an agricultural conservation area of herb Some of them are Zingiber oficinale (jahe), Curcumaxanthorrhiza (temulawak),Curcuma domestica (kunir) dan Cymbopogon citratus (serai). This village is located inhills where the access to transportation is quite difficult. This problem often causes delays in harvest distribution, sothat a lot of herb rot before they are sold at the central market in Gunung Kidul. The survey result also showed thatthe people in Gedoro Village have not had enough knowledge in processing empon-empon into processed productsthat are able to increase its stability and durability when they are not immediately sold. Those problems are thefactors which cause decrease in economic value of herb. Herb actually has high price because it contains antioxidantsthat can be used to treat cancer and degenerative diseases. The aim of this empowerment program is toincrease the knowledge of people in Gedoro Village in processing herb into healthy drinks based on zero wastehome industry with the women as the target. This program is in the format of KKN PPM which was given in theform of counseling, training, practicing and accompanying the processing of empon-empon into healthy drinks.This program is proven to be able to increase knowledge, skills and community participation as well as communityself-help in processing herb into healthy drinks.

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