Epin Saepudin
This community service program is the implementation of technical principles in the context of community empowerment, namely a culture system that is built as a result of technology utilization to improve the quality of life of the community. The introduction of new technologies that are in accordance with their times to the life of the people will present an imbalance in the situation of the community, therefore it takes time, habituation and strengthening so that people want to accept various technological innovations for welfare so that a better balance can be achieved than the previous life situation. The P3mi Kkik FSRD ITB program departs from various potential and problems owned by the community in the target area. Departing from a number of potentials and problems identified, the team then designed a community service program with the Problem Statement & Ldquo; Application of Technical Principles in Empowerment of Community Economic Potential through Entrepreneurship Training (Packaging and Marketing of Processed Banana Production) in Cibereum Village, Tarumanagara Village, Cigeulis District Pandeglang Banten & Rdquo Province;
Application of appropriate technology to
Problems that can inhibit the development of potential possessed, among others; (a) Income of Tarumanagara villagers under 50,000 / day, (b) bananas as one of the main commodities of new communities limited to being processed into chips and with sales techniques is only discovered in stalls on the campus alone, (c) the community yet Able to innovate in developing potential plantations owned, both in terms of packaging and marketing techniques for banana processed products, where communities only use conventional techniques that are less attractive and the packaging they produce is not valuable and has high selling, (d) internet and social media (Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and so on) It has been widely used by the community, but has not been used for positive things such as product marketing and others, which is only limited to increased self-existence and darling communication with colleagues. In fact, if the community is able to read opportunities, the existence of social media can be used as a massive media marketing medium, wide-range, and can be accessed by anyone, and (e) there has been no training on the packaging techniques and marketing of banana processed products received by the community. < / P>