Pemberdayaan Masyarakat dengan Edukasi Pemanfaatan Ekoenzim sebagai Pupuk dan Pestisida Alami di Desa Lempangan Kecamatan Bajeng Kabupaten Gowa

Abstract

Household waste is a problem that is always present as a by-product of daily human activities. One of them occurred in Lempangan Village, Bajeng District, Gowa Regency. Lack of public understanding and unavailability of cleaning facilities and infrastructure are significant problem factors in solving the household waste problem. Therefore, community empowerment activities were carried out with the aim of increasing the understanding of the community in Lempangan Village, Bajeng District, Gowa Regency, especially housewives regarding the use of household-based fruit and vegetable waste into ecoenzymes. Ecoenzymes are the result of processing fruit, flower or vegetable waste which undergoes a fermentation process with the help of sugar (molasses) with the addition of water. These three ingredients are very easy to obtain in the local community. Socialization is carried out using counseling methods and direct assistance to the participating community. This community empowerment program by making household-based ecoenzymes was declared right on target because of the active role and response of the community in the process of making ecoenzymes. Thus, in the future it is hoped that waste in Lempangan Village can be reduced by processing waste produced by the community into something useful, one of which is ecoenzymes.