Mia Rosmiati
Cassava is one of the agricultural commodities that has a distinctive characteristic that is rapidly damaged, seasonal, risk and high uncertainty, bulky, etc. One of the cassava centers in Sumedang Regency is in Pamulihan Subdistrict and Darmaraja District. The phenomenon that often occurs in cassava commodities is if at the time of harvest, the price of cassava is very cheap (around Rp. 700-1000 per kg), so cassava farmers suffer losses. To overcome this, the Community Service Team (PPM), the school of Hayati Science and Technology (SITH) -Itb introduce technology to process cassava into fermented cassava flour / modified Cassava Flour (Mocaf). The benefits of this PM activity, one of which is a member of the farmer group to know and be able to make Mocaf, implementing the right business management, making various kinds of derivative products made from mocaf raw. While the program's sustainability plan, the group can be used as partners for biological technology science schools as field laboratories to support the teaching and learning process at ITB. It can also be used as a place of service to sustainably and used as a research location for both lecturers and students.
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People in Pamulihan Subdistrict and Darmaaraja Subdistrict, Sumedang Regency, are mostly careful as farmers, one of which is a business cassava. The obstacles faced by cassava farmers are the price of cassava that often fluctuates. At the time of the harvest, the price of cassava is very low, so they need technology that can process cassava into new products that have high economic value.