Effectiveness of tomato processing training in empowering women farmer groups in Bondoyudo village, Lumajang

Bondoyudo Village, Sukodono Sub-district, Lumajang District is one of the tomato-producing villages, Bondoyudo Village has the potential to make tomatoes a small business run by the women of the Women Farmers Group, which when tomatoes experience a simultaneous harvest that makes the price of tomatoes drop. So with the potential possessed by the village, there are many advantages in empowering the community, especially women. Based on these issues, women’s empowerment is an important part of the process of improving the quality of Human Resources (HR) through training activities. The method that will be used in this Community Empowerment is by transferring technology, namely transferring knowledge while providing training on how to make jam and dates made from semi-mass tomatoes to the mothers of the Bondoyudo Village Farmers Group, Sukodono District, Lumajang Regency. The results stated that almost all participants stated that it was very useful. In addition, participants acknowledged that with this training activity, it can add insight and skills that can be used in everyday life. This activity can also be used as an alternative to fill time and utilize local, easy and economical raw materials.