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

The Kuliah Kerja Nyata–Pembelajaran Pengabdian Masyarakat (KKN-PPM) Bromo Bestari 2025, Period II, held in Wringinanom District from 20 June to 8 August 2025, concluded successfully and smoothly. During this period, the Bromo Bestari KKN-PPM team carried out several major programs that attracted significant public interest and offered fresh perspectives to the community.

One of the main programs was a socialization session titled “Introduction, Cultivation, and Utilization of Family Medicinal Plants (TOGA)”. The initiative was led by two students from the Faculty of Agriculture Otniel Thery (Agronomy 2022) and Nidaul Hasanah (Agronomy 2022) in collaboration with students from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Law, and Vocational School of Mechanical Engineering. read more