This study aims to reveal how product innovation assistance from palm oil waste during the Covid-19 period was carried out in Sei Piring Village, Asahan Regency. The oil palm industry is a macro industry for the source of income for the sei plate villagers. Oil palm is the only resource managed by local communities. As a result of the large number of palm oil industries, the waste of oil palm sticks has become the center of attention by the local community. Especially the housewives in Sei Piring village who wanted to turn the palm oil stick waste into goods that had high selling value as a source of additional income. The lack of skills in the utilization of palm oil stick waste has made local housewives only use palm oil waste to become household broom sticks. The lack of skills in this stick waste innovation has made the villagers of Sei Piring village, especially housewives, unable to develop other crafts. So that the sticky waste is not used very much and has less selling power in the market. Especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, the invasion / decline in the economy was felt by the people of Sei Piring village.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap bagaimana pendampingan inovasi produk dari limbah lidi kelapa sawit pada masa covid-19 dilakukan di Desa Sei Piring Kabupaten Asahan. Industri kelapa sawit merupakan industri makro bagi sumber penghasilan masyarakat desa sei piring. Kelapa sawit merupakan satu- satunya sumber yang dikelola oleh masyarakat setempat. Akibat dari banyaknya industri kelapa sawit, maka limbah lidi kelapa sawit menjadi pusat perhatian oleh masyarakat setempat. Khusunya para ibu-ibu rumah tangga di desa sei piring yang ingin menyulap limbah lidi kelapa sawit menjadi barang yang bernilai jual tinggi sebagai sumber penghasilan tambahan. Minimnya keterampilan terhadap pemanfaatan limbah lidi kelapa sawit ini, membuat para ibu rumah tangga setempat hanya menggunakan limbah lidi sawit menjadi sapu lidi rumahan. Minimnya keterampilan akan inovasi limbah lidi ini, membuat masyrakat desa sei piring , khususnya ibu rumah tangga tidak mampu mengembangkan kerajinan lainnya. Sehingga limbah lidi ini tidak begitu termanfaatkan dan kurang memiliki daya jual dipasaran. Terlebih di masa pandemic covid-19 ini, invansi/ penurunan perekonomian sangat dirasakan oleh masyarakat desa sei piring