Women and Entrepreneurship: Food Security Strategy

The purpose of this article is to analyze the extent of skills possessed by rural
communities, especially women in conducting entrepreneurial activities. Therefore, the
research team provided information on the importance of entrepreneurial activities and
improving community skills in processing natural products through a three-day workshop.
Participants who attended the workshop activities such as village officials, community
leaders, and women who were directly involved in entrepreneurship activities. The article
builds a model for ensuring food security through entrepreneurship activities. The research
team assisted the village community in processing and utilizing natural products,
especially bananas, pineapples, and black rice. During the mentoring activities, the village
community, especially village women can make and process bananas, pineapple, and black
rice into dodol. The research team also taught village women how to pack products and
how to market these products. The results of this activity concluded that women who want
to build villages in ensuring food security must have skills in processing natural products
and have the initiative to become an entrepreneur. Women entrepreneurship activities
support rural economic empowerment. Women and young women who participate
continue to increase in entrepreneurship activities. Women entrepreneurship has a positive
impact on the social and economic sectors of the family.