Sosialisasi Pengolahan Tepung Ubi Jalar Pada Warga Binaan Dinas Sosial Kabupaten Pesawaran Provinsi Lampung

Abstract

The socialization of processing and developing sweet potato products into flour has been done to PTD Mardi Guna inmates in Pesawaran. Acquisition of knowledge related to processing sweet potato products into flour can lead them to increase the use of agricultural products into preserved and added value product. After training, there was increases in knowledge and skill of the participants from the position of do not know to have a little understanding and know criteria. The most significant change was in the aspect of sweet potato fluor process where percent participant with this knowledge increased 68.75 %. In the aspect of knowledge in the processing of sweet potatoes into other products also increased 62.50 %. The participants' knowledge regarding the analysis of sweet potato processing business reaches 75% after training. Likewise, the knowledge of participants about the nutritional and health benefits of fermented yellow sweet potato (pikel and prebiotic drinks) processed products increased by 68.75%.  Beside the knowledge,  Training improved the skills of the participnat in how to use yellow sweet potatoes as raw material for flour as much as 68.75%.   Based on these results, it can be concluded that the socialization has provided an increases of the knowledge regarding the processing  and handling of sweet potatoes into flour.