PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DALAM MEMBENTUK USAHA VIRGIN COCONUT OIL (VCO) DI DESA PAL IX KABUPATEN KUBU RAYA KALIMANTAN BARAT

Abstract

The potential of Pal IX Village, Kubu Raya Regency, is in the form of beautiful natural panoramas with rice fields and plantations. The life of an agrarian society has unique customs with garden products, one of which is coconut. Based on these results, if a VCO business is made and managed properly, it will have prospects for increasing people's income. The problem is that so far the abundant coconut resources owned by Pal IX Village have not been maximized properly. VCO as one of the products that can be produced from coconut potential has not been produced in Pal IX Village and distributed from other regencies. Community members' understanding of the natural potential they have in utilizing plantation products is still low. Through community service activities in forming a VCO business, it is hoped that it will provide many benefits to the community. This activity aims to increase skills and income, as well increasing opportunities for expanding the plantation community business in Pal IX Village, Kubu Raya Regency. This activity was carried out by holding training on making VCO with the yeast fermentation method, as well as packaging and marketing VCO products. After this training, it is expected to produce several processed products from coconut and increase people's income from coconut plantations.