Analysis of the Willingness of Tempe Home Industry Business Actors to Implement Phytoremediation Methods Using Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica Forsk) in Pliken Village, Kembaran District, Banyumas Regency

Rahel Rosana Pramudiva (Universitas Diponegoro)
Rully Rahadian (Universitas Diponegoro)
Pertiwi Andarani (Universitas Diponegoro)

Formosa Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (FJMR)
Vol. 4 No. 5 (2025): May 2025

The purpose of this study was to analyze the willingness of the community, namely tempe home industry business actors and the constraints faced in the application of phytoremediation methods using water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) for the treatment of tempe liquid waste. Data collection was carried out through interview methods and distributing questionnaires with Likert scale calculations to 30 tempe business respondents. The results showed that the average home industry tempeh factory business actors in Pliken Village partially agreed with the implementation of the phytoremediation program in the management of tempeh liquid waste using water spinach plants (Ipomoea aquatica). The obstacles faced in implementing the research results of the phytoremediation program in the community in Pliken Village are: (I) Time factor; (II) Economic factor, (III) Mindset factor, (IV) Lack of knowledge factor.