Students from the Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM), who are part of the Kuliah Kerja Nyata–Pembelajaran dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (KKN–PPM) Period II 2025 Saga Mandar team, along with Field Supervisor Arom Figyantika, S.Hut., M.Sc., Ph.D., successfully implemented a community service program titled “Si Padi & Si Kelapa: Optimizing Rice Farming Productivity through Silica Fertilizer Production and Utilizing Coconut Fiber Waste into Dishwashing Sponges” in Katumbangan Lemo Village, Campalagian Subdistrict, Polewali Mandar Regency, West Sulawesi. read more

Antonius Bagas Westranto, a 2022 student of the Agricultural Extension and Communication Study Program at the Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM), together with the “Citta Bulukumba” KKN-PPM team, conducted a training program on processing coconut waste into economically valuable derivative products namely cocopeat and cocofibre. The activity took place on 12 July 2025, in Balang Pangi 1 Hamlet, Pantama Village, Kajang District, Bulukumba Regency.

This training program was part of the team’s efforts to address a local challenge: the abundance of unutilized coconut waste. Coconut husks often considered leftover harvest waste and simply burned actually hold high economic potential. Through simple processing, they can be transformed into cocopeat, an eco-friendly planting medium, and cocofibre, a raw material for household products such as doormats and brooms. Around 25 local residents, mostly housewives and youth, took part in the activity not only as participants but also as active practitioners in the processing steps. read more

Dani Abyan Adam, a student of Agricultural Extension and Communication at the Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM), embarked on his Kuliah Kerja Nyata Pembelajaran Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (KKN-PPM) as a tangible form of active engagement with the community. His passion for education and empowerment became a strong foundation for his role as an agent of change within society.

During this KKN period, Adam joined Citta Bulukumba, a multidisciplinary team integrating various clusters of expertise with a collaborative spirit to address local issues through cross-sector approaches, under the guidance of Dr. Dwi Ertiningsih, S.Si., M.Si as the Field Supervisor (DPL). read more