MOBILIZING VILLAGE CREATIVITY CREATING A COMMUNITY ECONOMY IN PAGERHARJO

Abstract

Pagerharjo Samigaluh Kulonprogo is an agricultural area whose main income comes from agriculture. Some of the people make a living as farmers. Coffee is one of Kulonprogo's main products. Since the Dutch era, Pagerharjo has been a coffee-producing area, but with independence and a change in leadership, the coffee plants were replaced with Besiah trees / senton wood. The impact of this tree is not good for the environment because it absorbs excess water, and sometimes causes landslides. On the creative initiative of several youths, MSMEs and KWTs (Farmer Women's Group)in the Pagerharjo area who were fostered by the local district government and Bumdesa Binangun Raharjo carried out natural resource conservation by planting 24,000 coffee plants in Pagerharjo. Bumdesa Binangun Raharjo brings enthusiasm to making the economic journey of the Pagerharjo community more alive. Empowerment assistance is also carried out by the Matching Fund-Kedaireka UNY team through MSME management assistance in the fields of online marketing, conflict management, capacity building, and procuring coffee puller machines, grater machines, and chopper machines. This assistance can increase community empowerment so that they have independence and sovereignty in the economy. This assistance is expected to be able to optimize creativity to create an economic system in the village.