Abstract
Besides coffee productivity, the most prominent problem in the coffee production is related to the consistency of quality. This community service program is specifically aimed to resolved coffee quality and productivity problems encountered by Sridonoretno coffee processing and producing unit in UPH Sekar Rindu. The approach in addressing those problems includes four steps. First step is the community empowerment through training on coffee quality and introduction on selective picking/harvesting method. Secondly, writing and documenting standard operating procedures for harvesting, for some common coffee post harvest processing methods as well as an appropriate storage procedure that could be applied by the community. Thirdly, the introduction of machinery including coffee huller and scale to improve coffee productivity. The last effort is to perform certification and grading of the quality of Sridonoretno green coffee beans.
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IntroductionOf Post-Harvest Processing Tehcnology To Increase Production Capacity And Quality Of Coffee Processed By Uph Sekar Rindu, Dampit, Malang Regency
Of Post-Harvest Processing Tehcnology To Increase Production Capacity And Quality Of Coffee Processed By Uph Sekar Rindu, Dampit, Malang Regency.Wenny Bekti Sunarharum1*, Sudarminto Setyo Yuwono1, Erni Sofia Murtini1, Kiki Fibrianto1, Elok Waziiroh1, Eka Shinta Wulandari1, Laila Yum Wahibah1 1Faculty of Agricultural Technology Universitas Brawijaya ABSTRACTBesides coffee productivity, the most prominent problem in the coffee production is related to the consistency of quality
It has an influence to socio-economic factors including people’s welfare, especially coffee farmers’ welfare. This community service program was aimed to resolved coffee quality and productivity problems encountered by Sridonoretno coffee processing and producing unit in UPH Sekar Rindu, Sukodono Village, Dampit, Malang Regency through community empowerment
Summary
Quality Of Coffee Processed By Uph Sekar Rindu, Dampit, Malang Regency. Sukodono Village is one of three villages joined in the Sridonoretno cooperative area, which has some Processing Unit of Products (UPH) of coffee. The extension activities and trainings on the processing and quality of coffee were conducted further This activity was followed by the farmers of UPH Sekar Rindu. There were only a small percentage of farmers in the area of UPH Sekar Rindu who were aware of the importance of quality coffee production and willing to join the farmer group. The smallholders farmers used to rent the machine and adding the production cost which is quite expensive The increase in those cost will disadvantage farmers considering the price of Robusta (green bean) is quite cheap, at round Rp. 29.000,00 per kilogram for the red picking category and Rp. 25.000,00 per kilogram for mixed category (mixture of green, orange, semi red). The results showed that Sridonoretno green coffee beans were of high grade (grade 1)
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