FIB Unpad Students’ Innovation Overcomes Malnutrition and Poverty in Citengah Village Through Local Food

JATINANGOR, 26 Juli 2025  – The Community Service Programme (PPM) and Field Study Programme (PPM) Students of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences at Universitas Padjadjaran in Citengah Village, Sumedang Regency, have produced innovations to address malnutrition and poverty. Through an activity entitled ‘Development of Local Food Products Based on Koro Pedang Beans Through Children’s Literacy’, the implementing team sought to empower the community by utilising the abundant potential of sword beans.

Local foods such as sword beans have high nutritional value, but are not widely known by the community. Therefore, the PPM team and KKN students integrated food development efforts with nutrition education and literacy for children and housewives. Through training and hands-on practice, housewives in Citengah Village are taught how to process sword beans into value-added food products such as nuggets and cookies. This activity aims to explore the creativity of mothers in processing local food ingredients into products with commercial value. By actively participating in the production of highly nutritious foods from sword beans, they are expected to contribute significantly to increasing family income and welfare. 

The activity was initiated by Dr. Dewi Ratnasari, M. Hum. Kamelia Gantrisia, M.Hum. and Genita Cansrina, M.A. from the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, in collaboration with the Office of Population Control, Family Planning, Women’s Empowerment, and Child Protection (DPPKBP3A), as well as Generasi Berencana Indonesia, Sumedang Regency. By involving various parties, this programme is expected to have a real impact in terms of community education and empowerment, creating concrete solutions to malnutrition and poverty.

Red. Lusiana Dewi Saefudin