THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGARWOOD CHOPPER MACHINES TO INCREASE AGARWOOD FARMERS' EFFICIENCY DURING THE PANDEMIC

Abstract

Partner Village Development (PDM) State University of Malang is an activity that aims to develop regional superior potential to improve the economy of partner villages, develop science and technology and increase income generating for universities in the context of mass production of research and service products. One of the partner villages that needs to be developed is Mitra Senggreng Village, Sumber Pucung, Malang district which has the superior potential of agarwood which is very abundant. So far, agarwood is directly sold in an unprocessed condition, even though after processing the agarwood has a very high selling value. high, in this case the production of tasbih and perfume. Armed with the problems mentioned above, it is necessary to develop a Chopper Machine for Chopping Agarwood integrated with the Smart Gaharu application to make it easier for partner village communities to process agarwood into tasbih and perfume. which focuses on developing the potential of Agarwood wood and becomes a pioneer for future development. In general, the development of this gaharu chopper machine went through 5 stages of the implementation method process, which started from 1) preparation, 2) making the chopper machine, 3) socialization, 4) evaluation, and 5) reporting. The result of this service activity is the development of a Chopper Machine that can effectively be used by gaharu farmers to chop agarwood quickly and easily, the average effectiveness results of 81% obtained from an open questionnaire distributed by farmers through a trial mechanism of 82%, and test results agarwood products by 80%.