Transforming Sustainable Villages Through Local Potential-Based Empowerment, Digitalization, Food Security, Education, and Quality of Life Improvement in Soppeng Regency
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24012231Keywords:
Village Administration, local potential, economic empowerment, digitalization, food securityAbstract
Sustainable village transformation is an important approach to strengthening rural communities by optimizing local potential, improving economic conditions, strengthening food security, utilizing digital technology, and improving the quality of life. This Community Service Program (PKM) aimed to provide education and strengthen community understanding of sustainable village transformation based on local potential. The activity was conducted in Soppeng Regency through a participatory counseling approach involving lecturers from several higher education institutions. The activities included counseling, discussion, knowledge sharing, and identification of opportunities for developing local potential. The main topics covered community economic empowerment, local potential development, village digitalization, food security, education, and quality of life improvement. The implementation of the activity indicated that an integrated empowerment approach can encourage communities to recognize and develop the potential available in their local environment. Digitalization was also introduced as an important instrument for supporting product promotion, marketing, information dissemination, and the development of community networks. The activity contributed to increasing community awareness of the importance of managing local resources productively, innovatively, and sustainably. The novelty of this program lies in integrating several dimensions of village development into a single community empowerment approach that positions local potential as the foundation for economic empowerment and quality-of-life improvement. Further activities should focus on continuous mentoring, capacity development, measurement of community empowerment outcomes, and the development of local-potential-based enterprises. The program is expected to contribute to strengthening community independence and supporting sustainable village development in Soppeng Regency.
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