Jurnal Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Madani (JPMM)

Training of Business Prospects for Ornamental Plants and Superior Fruit Nursing: Study of Development of Self Tourism Village Based on Agricultural Economy

2023-06-30T18:45:53+07:00

Community Service this training on business prospects for ornamental plants and superior fruit nurseries was carried out in Cisaat village, Sukabumi-Subang sub-district, where some tourist villages have superior ornamental plants and superior fruit that can be cultivated. Utilization of fertile land can be increased so that it becomes a potential agro-business tourism to be developed and become a superior product. This community service also provides business analysis training. The competencies obtained in this community service are 1. Farmers can select and produce superior seeds, 2. Farmers are able to develop nurseries with various media, 3. Farmers can develop nurseries by utilizing agricultural land, 4. Farmers can analyze production costs and business prospects. The method implemented is in the form of training with people who own land but it is not used optimally, as well as ornamental and fruit plant farmers. With training on business prospects, development of superior ornamental and fruit plants. Provision of seeds so that further development can be carried out for farmers. The next hope is that farmers will be able to produce superior ornamental plants and fruit in tourist villages with BumDes.

Food Safety Education for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers, Toddlers, Adolescents, and the Elderly

2023-06-30T22:29:48+07:00

Quality food products, halal, free from microbial and chemical contamination, and containing harmless ingredients are the criteria for food products that are suitable for consumption. Especially the use of food products for pregnant and lactating mothers, toddlers, and the elderly must be products that should not be careless. This food safety information can be obtained through education provided in community service activities. Community service activities are carried out by religious leaders and influential community leaders, namely PKK cadres in Ketitang Lor Village, Bojong District, PKK cadres in Sabarwangi Village, Kajen District, Aisyiyah Regional Leaders (PDA) Pekalongan Regency, Nasyiatul Aisyiyah Regional Leaders (PDNA) Pekalongan Regency. This activity is expected to provide an overview and knowledge about the safety of food products for pregnant and lactating mothers, toddlers, children, adolescents and the elderly. The implementation method used is to conduct Communication, Information, and Education (KIE) counseling with the lecture method and discussion. Assessment of knowledge improvement by giving pretest and posttest questionnaires. This activity provides an overview for participants to be able to inform pregnant, lactating mothers, foster parents of infants and adolescents, and the elderly to consume safe and healthy food. Participants are interested and cooperative in participating in the activities. The results of the activity showed an increase in knowledge of 3.21%.

Processing of Corn Weevil and Elephant Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) to Improve the Quality of Cattle Feed Production

2023-06-30T18:45:39+07:00

Cows are one of the farm animals that are very popular with farmers. In the villages many people have cattle in their homes. Likewise with the Wono Asri 3 Farmer Group which also has several members who choose to become cattle breeders. Raising cattle is indeed very profitable, but farmers need to have skills and understanding in order to get these benefits. One of the things that needs to be considered in raising cows is feed. Cattle farmers have various types, including some who like to give forage feed (such as grass, weeds, and corn weevils) only, and some like to mix it with concentrate feed. Forage feed is relatively cheaper, but it requires more effort in providing it, while concentrate feed is easier to provide but the price is more expensive. This then affects the farmer's expenditure on feed preparations. Therefore, there is a need for new innovations so that farmers can provide feed at a lower price, but it is easy to provide and of course the quality of the products produced. The activities offered from this PkM are mentoring, and training on processing Corn Weevil and elephant grass (pennisetum purpureum) for members of the Wono Asri 3 Farmer Group. This activity aims to equip the knowledge and skills of processing Corn Weevil and elephant grass into quality animal feed. This activity will be carried out using various appropriate implementation methods such as deliberation, brainstorming, interviews, demonstrations and practices. The planned stages of activities are coordination of teams and partners, identification of target group learning needs including farm conditions and corn weevil processing equipment needed, planning activities involving target groups, training, and mentoring.

Technology-Based Interactive Learning Media Training for Lecturers

2023-06-30T18:45:30+07:00

The progress of ICT is closely related to teaching and learning activities in an educational institution. Coupled with the distance learning situation, the learning process must be interactive and attract students' interest in learning. To improve the quality of learning, lecturers need to present an innovative and interesting learning media. This community service activity is held to develop the ability of lecturers in teaching through Prezi and Canva media training. The activity was held by virtual zoom and was attended by 48 lecturers from Musi Rawas University, Malikussaleh University and STIEBI Prana Putra. This study uses qualitative methods to observe the object naturally. Participants' performance will be evaluated by pre- and post-tests. The post-test results show an increase in lecturers' skills in mastering Prezi and Canva media. The results of the satisfaction survey also showed that all participants were satisfied with this activity and expected similar activities to be held regularly.

Research Data Processing Through Structural Equation Model-Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) Method

2023-06-30T18:45:24+07:00

Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is one type of multivariate analysis in the social sciences. Multivariate analysis is the application of statistical methods to analyze several research variables simultaneously. This community service activity was held and aimed at the academic community (lecturers and students) from partner campuses of the Faculty of Economics, State University of Jakarta, they are FEB UHAMKA, STIE Indonesia, and Tempo Polytechnic with the aim of providing knowledge about research methodologies, especially the Structural Equation Modeling method (SEM) – Partial Least Squares (PLS) which has various advantages compared to other PLS software as described above. Another goal is expected to help improve the ability of the partner academic community in making scientific articles to be published in national and international journals. In addition, in this training, partners are also trained for hands-on practice using the Warp PLS Ver Software. 5.0. The method of implementing this community service activity is in the form of a workshop that includes providing material related to the SEM-PLS method as well as direct practice in using the WarpPLS software. During the workshop, the partner academic community was also given time to discuss and ask questions directly with the instructor.

Socialization Socialization and Technical Guidance of Road Specifications to Glodog Village Appliances, Palang District, Tuban Regency in the Framework of Village Road Development

2023-06-30T18:45:19+07:00

Roads are an indispensable infrastructure in supporting community economic activities, both in urban and rural areas. This community service activity was carried out with the aim of providing socialization and technical guidance on road specifications to the Glodog Village Government apparatus, Palang, Tuban East Java, in the context of village road construction. This theme was chosen because of the problem of proposing village roads to Regional Apparatus Organization (OPD) who do not have the authority to handle them. The method used is to hold a face-to-face meeting followed by participants consisting of village government officials, the head of the BPD and community leaders in Glodog Village, Palang District, Tuban East Java. The results of the implementation of this community activity went quite smoothly, followed quite enthusiastically, and received a warm welcome because it provided very useful knowledge in the construction of village roads. To get more optimal benefits, it is recommended that further socialization activities involve elements of OPD and contractors so that all problems encountered can be solved in a directed and integrated manner.

Implementation of Digital Marketing E-Commerce in Innovative Products of Processed Squid as a Business Opportunity in Lamu Village

2023-06-30T18:45:14+07:00

It is commonplace that nowadays a housewife becomes a business actor and only deals with gadgets without having a physical store with only gadgets and knowledge of e- commerce to market her selling products. With the many benefits of using e-commerce, e-commerce training was carried out to market innovative products processed by squid as a business opportunity for fishermen housewives in Lamu village, Batudaa Pantai sub-district, Gorontalo Regency. The stages in this activity include observation and interviews, activity planning, implementation, and the output is a marketplace account that has been created by activity participants. The implementation of the activity was divided into 2 sessions, namely session 1 providing material related to the general description of e-commerce and session 2 conducting hands-on practice on creating a marketplace accompanied by a community service team. The e-commerce training by creating a marketplace account and selling processed squid products for fishermen housewives was successfully carried out and received great appreciation and enthusiasm from the participants and the government of Lamu village. This is a business opportunity for fishermen housewives as well as adding knowledge and insight for participants to use e-commerce in selling processed squid products.

The Urgence of Establishing the Character of Independent Students with Achievements An-Nur Foundation, Sumberurip Village Pronojiwo Lumajang

2023-06-30T18:45:09+07:00

Education is one of the important factors to support one's future. Madrasas are one of the places of education that currently tend to be an option. This existence is caused by religious values which are more emphasized in madrasas. In madrasa students are expected to be independent and achieve, in accordance with the slogan of the madrasa itself. Independent is meant to be able to know, recognize himself and then be able to develop himself. While the word 'achievement,' has the meaning of an effort from independence and proud performance. However, observations at the An-Nur Foundation found that further guidance was needed to shape the character of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah students who were independent achievers. This research was conducted using the Community Based Research (CBR) method, which is a research conducted with the community in solving the problems they are experiencing. The emergence of CBR begins with the development of relationships between researchers and community organizations that jointly carry out research activities using scientific methods and community-based approaches. The results of this study are in the form of a pocketbook entitled Majmu>‘a>t al-Adhka>r wa al-S}alawa>t (A Collection of Remembrance and Salawat) which is a summary of a series of madrasa activities at the An-Nur Foundation. The existence of this pocketbook is expected to be able to assist in carrying out the existing series of activities.

Training of Operating Video Conference for Online Learning During Covid-19

2023-06-30T18:45:03+07:00

Lecturers required to have more capabilities in using technology as a facilitate in doing instructional process. In Covid-19 era, Indonesian Government enforced all level of education to use online learning method to prevent the spread of the disease. This policy also applies to university level education. Online learning is the only possible chosen method to keep continue the learning process as a substitute of offline learning. Facing this situation, lecturers need to upgrade their skill in using some software application to support online learning method, especially skill in operating video conference software application. Need assessment result showed that only 40% lecturers have capability in operating video conference software application. This article aims to describe the utilization of technology as a supporting system in online learning especially using vide conference to facilitate instructional process. The author uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive model in which the data and exposure presented in this paper sourced from the training. Data collection is taken by interviewing and distributing questionnaires. A training of operating video conference application and using LMS for online learning was held for lecturers in Baturaja University. The result shows that participants feel satisfied and get benefit from the implementation of this training.

Scientific Article Publication Training in Reputable International Journals

2023-06-30T18:44:58+07:00

One of the main criteria of the Tridharma of Higher Education by lecturers is to conduct research and publish the results of their research. The relevance of lecturers conducting investigations, research, and publishing scientific articles is raised substantially by the demands for publication by the higher education community. Referring to the Regulation of the Minister of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform, academic promotions for lecturers are required to publish their work in accredited national or international scientific journals in their fields. This rule provides direction so that scientific publications and functional positions of Lecturers in Indonesia continue to increase. The ability to publish scientific articles is very important for researchers in Indonesia. Unfortunately, many of them continue to struggle with putting together scientific publications outlining their findings and publishing them in high-quality, peer-reviewed international journals. For this reason, the PKM program in Indonesia publishes scientific articles written by students, professors, and researchers to help them improve their writing skills. There were researchers, professors, and students present from all throughout Indonesia. The seminar's attendees walked away with a wealth of information on publishing their research in high-quality international journals, thanks to this event.

The Role of PKK Saving Loan Against Community Economic Empowerment Malang City

2023-06-30T19:26:26+07:00

PKK savings and loans activities are an activity that flows from members' deposits or commonly called savings and money from member deposits will be turned into loans for members. The purpose of holding this savings and loans activity is to assist the community in flowing unused funds and assist the community in meeting the needs of the pressed or who are dependent on loan shark debt. In order to get deeper results, this study used the descriptive method of qualityf. Family Empowerment and Welfare or PKK rt 4 is located in rt 4 rw 12 Purwodadi village, Blimbing district, Malang City. The purpose of PKK rt 4 in the role of savings and loans is to reduce the community's dependence on loan sharks and provide business capital to small sector businesses that are still in the context of rt 4. The role of Savings and Loans in community economic empowerment, especially in reducing dependence on loan sharks, has been going well so some members have switched because the interest is lower than loan sharks and the interest itself will be distributed thoroughly to members in the form of Residual Business Results (SHU) at the end of the period.

Development of Web-based Commerce Lapaksenggol.com as a Medium of Promotion and Marketing for SMEs in East Jakarta

2023-06-30T18:44:46+07:00

The situation during Covid-19 requires businesspeople to adapt to existing conditions and survive in an industry. It should be realized that not all SMEs have the same digital literacy, so it needs support from various parties to provide understanding and assistance to improve the skills of SMEs in utilizing digital platforms in business activities. The contribution of Lapaksenggol.com in community service activities to the Jakarta SMEs group (Jakpreneur), which is under the guidance of the East Jakarta Sub-Department of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and SMEs is in its second year, where through this proposal, the team seeks to improve service quality by developing the service features of the Lapaksenggol.com website. The workshop was carried out for six months, starting from April to September 2022. Considering the Covid-19 pandemic, various activities will be implemented face-to-face (on the network) through Zoom. The results obtained from the socializations are the introduction of the Lapaksenggol.com marketplace and provided understanding to SMEs about the importance of doing social media advertising, managing finances in business activities, and introducing the SIAPIK application to support the business activities of SMEs in East Jakarta.