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.