Woman Empowerment Model Based Physalis angulata L. to Fight Poverty in Rural Area

Abstract

Physalis angulata L. is Indonesian Neglected Underutilized Species (NUS) plant because it's entirely ignored by agricultural researches, plant breeders, and policymakers. Meanwhile, Physalis angulata L. or ciplukan are identified growing in many regions of Indonesia. In another side, ciplukan plants are potentially for synthetic nutraparm material because it has complex nutrition for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes. So, project which is done by sociopreneur concept can be developed as an effort to empower women in the village through increasing the capability of Women Farmers Community (WFC) in Sipiran Village, Pagelaran District, Malang. This activity was held from October 2018 until February 2019 using the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) method which was carried out group training and mentoring such as : ciplukan cultivation, packaging and product marketing. The results of this activity showed high enthusiasm and cohesiveness through sustainability of the program and increase women group farmer's income than before