Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (Indonesian Journal of Community Engagement)
Vol 6, No 3 (2020): September

Women farmer group empowerment in Gunungpati Sub-District, Semarang, Indonesia

Fidia Fibriana (Department of Integrated Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Semarang)
Miranita Khusniati (Department of Integrated Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Semarang)
Ni Luh Tirtasari (Laboratory of Integrated Science Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Semarang)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Sep 2020

Abstract

The Women Farmer Group in Semarang was established in 2013, and it has been developing small businesses in the processing of local fresh milk into various snack products. However, the selling value has not reached the optimum results since it faces a problem in packagingquality. Therefore, as one of the goals of Tridarma of Indonesian higher education which have directed the university to care about problems in society, an accompaniment to the business was carried out for improving the quality of product packaging. There were three activities conducted, i.e., training; re-designing; and monitoring. The results of the community service showed that the program was highly effective to enhance the understanding of Women Farmer Group members on the importance of product packaging as a strategy of marketing proved by the results of the average posttest score at 80.55. Product testing to consumers shows that the new packaging could increase consumer buying interest in comparison to the old one. Also, with the new packaging, the non-preservative snacks could have a longer storability compared tothe old packaging. In this community service activity, an empowerment model can be obtained and can be further developed.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpkm

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management

Description

Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (Indonesian Journal of Community Engagement), with registered number ISSN 2460-9447 (print), ISSN 2541-5883 (online) is a scientific multidisciplinary journal published by Directorate of Community Services Universitas Gadjah Mada. It is in the national level that ...