The importance of community empowerment and assistance in improving the quality of Human Resources, including infrastructure facilities to support business activities. MSMEs are a great opportunity to develop businesses, especially during the Covid 19 pandemic where there are many layoffs or a decrease in labor wages. Creative ideas, as well as expertise and skill, are very important in developing MSMEs. Chips are very practical because they are dry so they are more durable and easy to serve anytime. Chips are one type of snack product that is widely consumed and favored by the community so that it becomes a great opportunity in developing a taro chips business, one of which has great potential in earning income and improving the welfare of the people of Tambakan village, Blitar Regency. Through legality assistance activities, it is hoped that the community can start processing Home Industry Food Production Permits (PIRT). The legality of taro chips SMEs business actors can certainly increase their productivity because consumers feel safe with the products they consume so that it fosters consumer confidence which in turn can increase consumer purchasing power and is expected to be marketed outside the region. The taro chips product developed by partners that were previously only marketed in local villages with permits and existing brands is expected to continue to grow and increase the income of the local village community
The community service program to assist the Small Micro Medium Enterprise in Tambakan Village, Blitar Regency East Java, has been done. The program's purpose was to improve the productivity of Taro chips as the prime product of Berkah Mulya Small Micro Medium Enterprise by introducing the appropriate technology to the taro chips making process. Currently, taro chips are produced manually. People did all the steps from cutting, frying, oil separating, and packaging by hand. It was time-consuming. The products sometimes were not uniform in thickness beside the oil content was relatively high, so the product was easy to be rancid. We introduced the cutting machine and the spinner to improve Taro Chips production's quality and quantity in this program. The methods used in this program started with a field survey, observation, socialization, the introduction of the appropriate technology (cutting and spinner machine), workshop and training, and evaluation. By applying the technology, the productivity increased from 5 kg/ day become 25 kg/day. The product's quality also becomes uniform in thickness, and the expiration date becomes longer
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