Rijanti Rahaju Maulani
Community Service Program is the process of empowering and improving the quality of public resources directed to be able to create employment and business independently through a business activity so that community income increases. The Mount Geulis (KOPPI GULULS) coffee farmer community located in the area including Jatinangor District and Cimanggung Subdistrict, Sumedang Regency Is a group of farmers who are engaged in agriculture (agroforestry) and conservation. Several years ago farmers were given assistance in the form of Arabica coffee seeds planted on the sidelines of forestry plants in the Geulis Mountain conservation area. So far, community members have carried out activities that are very closely related to land conservation in the mountain area by planting various kinds of plants such as forestry plants, fruit plants, including coffee plants. In the cultivation process and processing of coffee plants, the technology used is still Relative simple, even technology for handling and processing coffee still uses simple ways. Based on this, program has been done Empowerment of members of the coffee farmer community through increasing knowledge and skills in the process of handling and processing coffee to produce coffee whose quality can compete. The method of activities used in community service activities is the participatory method, with individual and group approaches.
Application of appropriate technology, the implementation of social care activities in the form of education / counseling / mentoring
Ketramoilan in the process of handling coffee fruit and processing to produce seeds Quality coffee needs to be upgraded among community members. The problem that has been still felt by community members can be identified as follows: Coffee cultivation techniques are still done in a simple and only way based on experience. The cultivation technique carried out is traditional and relying on natural conditions, harvesting coffee fruit is done manually but has not carried out the selection of cooked coffee (coffee cherry). It is necessary to be given knowledge of the properties of coffee fruit that is ready to be harvested and the quality of coffee beans produced. The processing of coffee fruit into coffee beans is still done manually and simply. The increasing number of coffee that can be harvested will further require great energy in processing if it does not use the machine. The processing method carried out is natural processing. It is necessary to introduce other technologies in processing coffee beans to produce coffee beans with the best quality which is a characteristic of KOPPI GULULS. And don't have enough knowledge about the quality of the quality of coffee beans that sell well The market, both local and national, even international (export quality). Knowledge about the quality standards of coffee beans need to be submitted to community members to get it produce processed coffee beans that meet standards, especially trading standards, So that the produced coffee bean products can compete in the market.