Pendampingan Kelompok Masyarakat Pesisir Dalam Usaha Budidaya Rumput Laut di Desa Sengkol

Abstrak

Empowerment of the poor, including coastal communities, is a national movement launched by the government through various empowerment programs. In order to accelerate development in coastal areas, it is necessary to have programs that can reduce poverty, reduce unemployment and increase economic growth. The purpose of the service activity is the impact of applying seaweed cultivation, analyzing production patterns, and analyzing income from seaweed cultivation. The method of service activities is carried out through an adult education approach. The adult education approach is carried out using the method of mentoring and training for coastal communities. Demonstrations were given to 15 people to cultivate seaweed and each was given 65 kg of seaweed seeds. The result of the service is that there is a positive impact from the application of the seaweed base peg method on the production of household income for coastal communities. The average yield of the first planting was 152.75 kg of wet seaweed for each person and 320 kg for the second planting. The income of coastal communities from seaweed cultivation is an average of IDR 1,280,000