Added Value Improvement of Taro and Sweet Potato Commodities by Doing Snack Processing Activity

Tubers processing is one of efforts to support program on food diversification utilizing local foods. Introduction of processing technology of taro and sweet potato tubers to be flour and snack products (stick and chip) was done to disseminate the technology in farmer level in order to improve the commodities’ added value and later could improve farmer's welfare. The introduction was done in “Mekar Sari” women group in Bali on June up to December 2013. The result showed that women group can prepare good quality products by themselves. With R/C ratio is more than one, food processing activities are feasible to be done. By selling flour, prospective revenue accepted was IDR 85,125 or 3.4 times higher than selling fresh tubers and even could become IDR 191,906 or 7.7 times higher if they processed at least one of snack products (stick).