KLUNGKUNG (July 14, 2022) - MoSA through the Directorate General of Social
Empowerment continues to make efforts to make the community independent, with
various programs. This time, MoSA assisted the Social
Entrepreneurship Program (Prokus) for salt farmers with a tunnel system in
Kusumba village, Klungkung Bali.
On this occasion, the Director General of Social
Empowerment, Edi Suharto, was present at the Prokus dissemination activity as
well as the handover of assistance for making tunnel salt in the village of
Kusamba which was located in the Praja Mandala Room of the Klungkung Regent's
Office.
This activity was attended by representatives of
the Klungkung Regency Regional Apparatus Organization, the "Sarining
Segar" Salt Farmer Group of Kusumba Village, and representatives of the
Institute of Technology “Sepuluh November” (ITS) Surabaya.
In this dissemination activity, the signing of the
Prokus Handover Minutes (BAST) for the salt farmer group in Kusamba Village in
the form of a salt farm with a Tunnel system. BAST was signed by the
Chairperson of the "Sarining Segar" Salt Farmers Group and the ITS
Director of Research and Community Service and witnessed by the Director General of
Social Rehabilitation and the Regent of Klungkung.
Edi Suharto welcomed the collaboration and support
of the Institute of Technology (ITS) Surabaya in providing assistance and
empowerment for salt farmers in Kusamba Village.
"The development of a strategy to increase
salt production, marketing, and cooperation in building a sustainable business
ecosystem is expected to have a positive impact and improve welfare for the
beneficiaries and the surrounding community," he said.
On the same occasion, the Regent of Klungkung
appreciated the assistance provided by the Minister of Social Affairs for the
empowerment of the salt farming community in Kusumba Village in the form of the
construction of a salt tunnel to improve the quality and quantity of salt
production of salt farmer groups.
"I hope that in the future, salt
production in Kesumba Village will be able to compete in the market and have an
impact on improving the economy and the welfare of the Kesumba Village
community," he said.