Pengolahan Tanaman Tebu Sebagai Pembuatan Gula Merah Di Desa Buter Balik, Kecamatan Kute Panang, Kabupaten Aceh Tengah

Agung Rida Ilahi
Cut Julita
Lili Rahmayanti
Fatimah Fatimah
Sofi Imamah Banurea
Mahmud Basuki

Karunia: Jurnal Hasil Pengabdian Masyarakat Indonesia
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023): September : Jurnal Hasil Pengabdian Masyarakat Indonesia

Buter Balik Village, Kute Panang District, located in Central Aceh District, has fertile land and the majority of the people are farmers. Buter Balik Village has several community livelihoods, including coffee, chili, avocado, sugarcane, and so on. Most of the people in the village have sugarcane plantations on average. The community cultivates their own sugarcane plantations without depending on other people or outside the area. The community also processes the sugarcane plants themselves into processed products in the form of brown sugar. The method used in this article is descriptive qualitative. The purpose of this observation is to find out the process of making brown sugar from sugarcane in Buter Balik Village. The results of the observations have concluded that brown sugar from sugar cane juice has several benefits including preventing fatigue, meeting the body's mineral needs, maintaining bone health, and there are many benefits to be gained from brown sugar.