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Optimalisasi Sumber Daya Alam Lokal melalui Inovasi Keripik Batang Pisang untuk Penguatan UMKM Perempuan di Desa Matang Baloy Hasibuan, Muktar Isnan; Usammah, Usammah; Ula, Khayranil; Saputri, Nadia; Mauliza, Mauliza; Hasanah, Uswatun; Wardhana, Muhammad Masardi; Ismaira, Wilda; Nurtasyha, Nurtasyha; Fitri, Muzizah; Supratman, Supratman; Ramna, Siti; Vasliana, Dedek; Nabila, Putri
Ibrah : Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Vol 4 No 2 (2025): Ibrah: Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat (LPPM) IAIN Lhokseumawe

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47766/ibrah.v4i2.5914

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Limited economic diversification in rural communities often results not from the absence of natural resources, but from insufficient community capacity to transform local potential into products with economic value. This community service program aims to optimize the natural resources of Matang Baloy Village through the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) based on banana stem chip innovation as an effort to empower rural women. The program employed a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach, actively involving the community—particularly groups of housewives—throughout the stages of problem identification, program planning, action implementation, and activity evaluation. Data were collected through participatory observation, focus group discussions, and continuous mentoring during the training and production processes. The results indicate an improvement in community knowledge and skills in processing banana stems into marketable food products, along with the growing readiness of women’s groups to develop home-based enterprises. Beyond generating product innovation, the program also encouraged positive changes in community attitudes toward the utilization of local natural resources that had previously been underused. The PAR approach played a crucial role in bridging the gap between natural resource potential and community capacity, while strengthening women’s roles as key economic actors at the village level. The conceptual model of PAR–natural resources–MSMEs–women’s empowerment developed in this program demonstrates that innovation based on local potential can serve as a sustainable empowerment instrument when supported by participatory processes.
Co-Authors Afnan, Afnan Afrijal Afrijal Ahmad Fauzan Ahmad Fauzi Syahputra Yani Ahmad Sabiq Aklimawati Aklimawati, Aklimawati Al Muqsith, Al Muqsith Amalia, Nazwa Warda Andi Saputra Arini, Nashirah Berlina, Liza Burhanuddin Burhanuddin Chairina, Nanda Cut Asmaul Husna Cut Asmaul Husna, Cut Asmaul Cut Khairunnisa Cut Sidrah Nadira EDI YUSUF, EDI Fardian , Nur Febyola, Febby Fadya Fitri, Muzizah Fona, Tischa Rahayu Fonna, Tischa Rahayu Fuadi Fuadi Ghinanda, Refi Syifa Gunawan, Surya Hamidah . Hasibuan, Muktar Isnan Hauria, Hauria Herlina Dimiati, Herlina Ichsan Ichsan Imran Imran Iskandar Iskandar Ismaira, Wilda Jannah, Jauza Raudhatul Jofrishal Jofrishal Julia Fitriany Julia Fitriany, Julia Julistia, Rini Mardiati Mardiati Marevia, Mayang Sukma Mastura, Mastura Masya, Saifullah Maulina Debbyousha Muhammad Bayu Rizaldy Muliana, Muliana Muna, Zurratul Muslim Akmal Mutammimul Ula nabila inong ramadhana, salsa Nabila, Putri Nazimah Nazimah Nilahayati Nilawati Nilawati Nofriadi Nofriadi Nova Nova novalia, vera Noviana Zara Nur Fardian, Nur Nurhafidhah, Nurhafidhah Nurtasyha, Nurtasyha Oktaviani, Coryna Putri , Baluqia Iskandar Putri, Narisha Amelia Rahmi Surayya Rahmi, Nita Ramna, Siti Rizka, Adi Rovi, Ami Dhania Rubiah, Siti Sahputri, Juwita Saiful Saiful Salwa Nisrina Authar Nyakcut Daulat Saputri, Nadia Saputri, Natasya Dewanti Sarah Amanda, Siti Sarah Rahmayani Siregar Sari, Ratih Permana Sawitri, Harvina Seprianto*, Seprianto Seprianto, Seprianto Siregar, Mutia Rahmah Siregar, Peni Rahmadani Siti Aisyah Sofia, Rizka Sri Wahyuni Sri Wahyuni Supratman Supratman, Supratman Surura, Hedya Nadhrati Syafridah, Anita Syarafina, Haezah Syukriah Syukriah, Syukriah Ula, Khayranil Usammah, Usammah Uswatun Hasanah Utariningsih, Wheny Vasliana, Dedek Wahyuni, Siratul Wardhana, Muhammad Masardi Wati, Julina Windiani, Santri Yakob, Muhammad Yani, Ahmad Fauzi Syahputra Yudhi Iqbal, Teuku Yukwa, Bernard Alpha Yuliana Yuliana