Pengolahan Empon-Empon Menjadi Minuman Kesehatan Berbasis Zero Waste Home Industry

Abstract

Gedoro village is one of the villages in Nglegi, Patuk, Gunung Kidul. This village is located in the north area of Gunung Kidul. This is an agricultural conservation area of herb Some of them are Zingiber oficinale (jahe), Curcuma xanthorrhiza (temulawak),Curcuma domestica (kunir) dan Cymbopogon citratus (serai). This village is located in hills where the access to transportation is quite difficult. This problem often causes delays in harvest distribution, so that a lot of herb rot before they are sold at the central market in Gunung Kidul. The survey result also showed that the people in Gedoro Village have not had enough knowledge in processing empon-empon into processed products that are able to increase its stability and durability when they are not immediately sold. Those problems are the factors which cause decrease in economic value of herb. Herb actually has high price because it contains antioxidants that can be used to treat cancer and degenerative diseases. The aim of this empowerment program is to increase the knowledge of people in Gedoro Village in processing herb into healthy drinks based on zero waste home industry with the women as the target. This program is in the format of KKN PPM which was given in the form of counseling, training, practicing and accompanying the processing of empon-empon into healthy drinks. This program is proven to be able to increase knowledge, skills and community participation as well as community self-help in processing herb into healthy drinks.