Tati Suryati Syamsudin
Mentawai Islands Regency with its position facing the Indian Ocean is one of the outermost districts in Indonesia. This 2022 community service activity is a continuation of community service activities in 2021 which was carried out in South Siberut District. Evaluation of Activities in 2021 Records the request from the citizen of Muara Village, there is training or activities that can provide added value by utilizing local materials (for example processed pineapple, banana, taro etc.), can be consumed by the family and it is possible to increase income. From a visit to the Matotonan Village in 2021, the location in the interior (middle of the island of Siberut, bordering the Siberut National Park, the distance from about 3 to 4 hours boating along the river) We see the potential of biological resources and land is very potential for food development. The main food so far is sago, taro & amp; banana. The purpose of community service activities in 2022 is the use and development of local biological resources through training and demonstrations using cultivation technology and appropriate technology to support family needs so as to provide added value. The activity that has been carried out in the Matotonan Village is a bididaya technique by providing knowledge about the types of food crops (tubers) and the nutritional value; The importance of the process of choosing food crop seedlings, training in cultivation of tubers in accordance with local land conditions; Knowledge of plant maintenance from planting to harvesting and practices of tubers cultivation (planting taro and canna) and vegetables of nutritional value. The right technology has been implemented through the manufacture of local taro flour and its processed products. The resulting taro flour, can be processed further and successfully practiced making sponge cakes from taro with satisfying results. In Muara Village, it has been practiced by making banana sponge, making pineapple jam and taro flour. In addition, it has been given modules for processing of taro flour-based food processing, pineapple and bananas. The activity has stimulated the enthusiasm of residents, especially PKK mothers to process the harvest further.