Establishment of Small Medium Enterprise (SMEs) at Babussalam Al-Firdaus Islamic Boarding School, Karangploso, Malang

The Babussalam Al-Firdaus Islamic Boarding School is located in the village of Bocek, Karangploso, Malang Regency, East Java. The owner of the boarding has been produced pasteurized milk which is performed by the students. Some of the obstacles faced by the students are the short shelf life of pasteurized milk about 5-7 days at 4oC storage temperature, non-standardpackaging, and the limitations of product distribution and marketing. The ownerof the Babussalam Al-Firdaus Islamic Boarding School has a planto develop dairy and bakery products. However, the students have limitation of knowledgeand skillsin processing thoseproducts, and the boarding school has limitation of processing equipment. To overcome these problems,our team,initiatethe establishment of SMEs involving students at the Babussalam Al-Firdaus Islamic Boarding School through diversification of dairy-based processed products and bakery products. Firstly, introduction of some lectures including bakery productstechnology, milk processing technology, packaging and storage technology, food quality assurance and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). Secondly, product trials and training activities are carried out offline by implementing health protocols due to the Covid-19 pandemic at the Food Production and Training Center (FPTC), Universitas Brawijaya. Some processing equipment wasgiven to Islamic boarding schools to facilitate the production of bakery and dairy products. Thenew SMEs in the field of bakery and dairy products can be executedthrough the empowerment of students so as to provide additional income for the Babussalam Al-Firdaus Islamic Boarding Schoolto be financial independence.