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Berambang Hamlet, located in Batu Putih Village, Sekotong Subdistrict, possesses abundant agricultural potential in the form of bananas. However, their utilization remains limited to simple processing, such as fried bananas, which offer low economic value. The housewives in this hamlet express a strong desire to develop more diverse and economically valuable banana-based products, but they face challenges due to limited skills in production, packaging, and marketing. This community service initiative aims to enhance the economic capacity of housewives through technical training in banana processing, product packaging, and effective marketing strategies. The methods applied include participatory observation, focused group discussions, hands-on practical training, and ongoing mentoring. The results of this activity indicate a significant improvement in participants' skills, particularly in processing bananas into products such as flavored banana chips. Additionally, participants are now able to design attractive packaging and market their products both locally and through digital platforms. This initiative has also succeeded in fostering new awareness of household economic potential and has encouraged entrepreneurial spirit within the community. Thus, the program not only provides short-term benefits in the form of increased skills but also creates sustainable economic opportunities for the residents of Berambang Hamlet. This capacity-building effort is expected to serve as a starting point for the development of micro-enterprises based on local potential, thereby contributing to improved family welfare and strengthening the village economy.

One activity that can increase the entrepreneurial spirit of the community is a home industry business or what is usually called a home business in making Banana Flavored Chips (KRISANGRA). Processing of higher quality banana chip products and a more contemporary design. As globalization progresses, society will be able to provide the ever-increasing need for nutritious food that everyone needs to be healthy. An opportunity for the general public to start a simple food or snack business with many banana-based preparations. With innovation and increasingly developing times, these banana chips are prepared with various flavors like the ones we make, especially balado, chocolate and cheese milk, suitable as snacking companions. Various flavors of banana chips are one of the snack products that is most popular with consumers in various circles. The methods used in this activity include lectures, questions and answers or discussions, and training. The results obtained were (1) Training on making Flavored Banana Chips (KRISANGRA) was responded well by participants; (2) The high interest and motivation of the training participants really supports the transfer of knowledge and skills from the service to the training participants, so that the training material provided can be absorbed by all; and (3) The training product for making Flavored Banana Chips (KRISANGRA) can be consumed daily and can be used as an entrepreneurial product