Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Melalui Usaha Ekonomi Produktif Pengolahan Kerupuk Ikan di Desa Pangkil Kabupaten Bintan

Abstract

Riau Islands Province has natural resources, especially in the fisheries sector, which is very potential. Pangkil Village, Teluk Bintan District, Bintan Regency, Riau Islands Province is one of the small islands in the Riau Archipelago Province which is quite close to the capital city of the Riau Islands Province. This should be an additional point for Pangkil Village to be able to develop more advanced and improve the welfare of the community. With a fisherman's livelihood of more than 70%, the fact is that there are still many Pangkil villagers who are poor or not yet classified as prosperous. Community efforts in utilizing fish catches, processing fish into crackers are an alternative to increase the family economy. This of course still hopes for a community empowerment program by the Government to help the community to further develop their business, be independent, have good production quality and market their products to be able to compete with other fish cracker businesses. Productive Economic Business Assistance can be one of the efforts in accordance with the needs of the community. It is hoped that the residents of Pangkil village can also receive optimal benefits from the UEP so that they can improve the economy of the families of fishermen in Pangkil Village. The purpose of this research is to motivate the community and the village government to make more optimal use of existing resources and utilize existing government programs to be utilized to improve the welfare of Pangkil villagers.