Abstract

Abstract—Cashew plants or with the Latin name Anacardium occidentale L. is one of the plantation commodities in Indonesia that has high economic value. Cashew nut shell waste can be used as a vegetable insecticide for whitefly ( Bemisia tabaci ). This activity aims for soybean farmers to be able to provide their own antivirals at low prices and easily obtained. The method used for: 1) observation is an interview and observation, 2) the method of socialization with lectures and discussions or questions and answers; 3) training methods with lectures and demonstrations and direct practice. Based on the analysis of community service programs, the following conclusions are obtained: 1) in terms of achievements based on the objectives, substance and efforts of this community service program, it is considered to be very effective in building community independence based on local potential, namely waste originating from cashew nut shells and soybean planting in forest shade area; 2) in terms of the results, benefits and impacts resulting from this community service program are numerous, namely: increasing public awareness to utilize waste originating from cashew nut shell waste for vegetable antivirals, increasing community knowledge and skills in the field of processing waste cashew nut shell for mosaic virus antiviral in soybean plants.

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