Community Empowerment
Vol. 11 No. 3 (2026)

Rural economic resilience: Empowering Pattiro Deceng MSMEs through strategic management, financial literacy, and digital adoption

Nur Rachma (Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Nobel Indonesia)
Abdullah Abdullah (Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Nobel Indonesia)
Arwita Irawati (Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Nobel Indonesia)
Heeranah Heeranah (Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Nobel Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2026

Abstract

Village economic empowerment is an important strategy in improving community welfare and strengthening local economic resilience through the optimization of regional potential. However, most MSME actors in rural areas still face various constraints, such as low managerial capacity, financial literacy, product innovation, and digital marketing utilization. This community service activity aims to strengthen the capacity of MSME actors in Pattiro Deceng Village, Maros Regency, through participatory training and assistance focusing on business management, simple financial management, product innovation, and the utilization of digital marketing. This program uses a participatory-educational approach through observation, interviews, workshops, direct assistance, and evaluation using a pre-test and post-test. The results of the activity showed a significant increase in the competence of participants after the program was implemented. Entrepreneurship understanding increased from 40% to 85%, while financial literacy and digital marketing capability also experienced a fairly significant increase. In addition, the number of MSMEs utilizing digital marketing platforms increased from 15% to 45% after the activity took place. These findings indicate that a participatory-based and hands-on practice empowerment approach is effective in improving MSME capacity, driving digital business transformation, and strengthening sustainable village economic development.

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Arts Humanities Education Public Health Social Sciences

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Community empowerment is a medium for academicians, government, private companies, and social institutions to communicate community empowerment activities. Each published article is expected to provide new insights and inspire activities elsewhere on related ...