PENGEMBANGAN PRODUK UNGGULAN DESA (KERIPIK PISANG DAN INISIASI INDUSTRI BATIK MOTIF NATUNA) DI PENGADAH KABUPATEN NATUNA

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Pengadah Village is one of the backward village in the ‘outermost’ region of Natuna Regency, Riau IslandsProvince, Indonesia. The populations of Pengadah Village are 556 people with 171 families. The majority of localpeoples work as fishermen and farmers, depend on the season. Housewives dont have side jobs as a source of additionalincome for their families. Pengadah Village have the potential tourism that cannot be underestimated, there are Semitanrivers with mangrove forests on the right and left sides of the river, Semitan beach, Tanjung Datuk beach, Lubang Kamakbeach and waterfalls. In economical sector, some local community have been independent to process agriculturalproducts into various chips. The village superior products from chips include banana chips, sweet potato chips, fishcrackers and major seafood processed products such as bilis. Based on the Subserve Doctor Programs (DM) of BrawijayaUniversity that was conducted in 2018, the community of Pegadah Village were requested to be given training of batikwith Natuna motive in 2019. with the large potential of Pengadah Village, the team of Subserve Doctor Programs in 2019carry out a series of superior programs including: (i) initiation of batik with Natuna motive, (ii) diversification ofbeverage products from coconuts, (iii) introduction of organic and inorganic waste processing, (iv) initiation ofpackaging technology and marketing of banana chips and fish crackers, and (iv) conductivity of online promotions in aneffort to develops superior products in Pengadah Village. The scope of this community empowerment programs focusedon three sectors, namely: agriculture, fisheries, and tourism in Pengadah Village.