PENGUATAN ASPEK PRODUKSI PADA KWT AMANAH UNTUK PENINGKATAN PRODUKTIVITAS

Amanah farmer women group (KWT) is an association of housewives who live in the village of Binangun, Bumiaji, Batu City. Amanah farmer women's groups began to stand in 2016. The problem faced is the limited production equipment, especially on the packaging process. The rare of banana as raw materials for chips also become problems and make the production process stop. The concept of PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Action) are applying to solve problems in KWT Amanah. The program used a participatory approach that directly involved KWT Amanah in the FGD (focus group discussion), brainstorming, interviews, and consultations regarding activities and solutions to be carried out. The results of the analysis and evaluation show the increased productivity in the banana chips production process, especially in the packaging process. KWT Amanah also has additional knowledge and skills in using new equipment, which is sealer machines and cassava chopper machines. The new variant of the product will increase revenue and become asolution if there is a lack of banana as raw material