Empowerment of Housewives in Antirogo Village, District of Jember through Training on Production of Cassava Rengginang

Abstract

Empowerment of housewives through training on production of cassava rengginang is an action designed to enhance their skills and creativity. This program was planed and aimed to create a productive activities that analysed its impact on their income. This research is a descriptive, qualitative study with a participatory action research (PAR) approach. The place of the research was determined using a purposive area method, and for the subject was determined using purposive sampling method. The subjects in this study were unemployed housewives. The data were obtained by observation, interviews, training and documentation. This empowerment is carried out through five stages, namely to know, to understand, to plan, to action and to reflection. The advantages of these empowerment activities are; 1) ability of housewives to make rengginang from cassava; 2) independent businesses run by housewives; 3) ability to analyze the business of rengginang from cassava; 4) assistance for business activities of rengginang from cassava. However, to increase the sustainability of this activity, facilitation from the government is needed such as business capital, assistance so that it becomes a truly independent business.