Year: 2023 | Faculty: FEB
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Source metadata: PKM: Project to Strengthen the Maggot Cultivation Business Model Based on Organic Waste Processing | Tim: M. Luthfi Hamidi, Chikara Nurilmi, Citra Widuri
Organic waste is one of the most common environmental challenges faced by households, markets, and food-based communities. At the same time, it can become a resource when processed through appropriate methods. UIII’s community engagement project on strengthening a maggot cultivation business model showed how environmental problem-solving can be connected to entrepreneurship and circular economy thinking.
The project, led by a team from the Faculty of Economics and Business, focused on maggot cultivation based on organic waste processing. Maggots, particularly black soldier fly larvae, are widely discussed as a way to convert organic waste into useful products, including animal feed inputs and organic residue for agriculture. The business model matters because technical processing alone is not enough; communities also need a feasible economic structure.
The activity therefore asked practical questions: how organic waste is collected, how cultivation is managed, how products can be valued, and how the model can be sustained. It also opened space to think about local entrepreneurship, job creation, and the possibility of reducing the volume of waste sent to landfills.
For UIII, the project reflects the connection between sustainability and economic empowerment. A university can help communities not only by raising awareness, but also by analyzing whether a promising practice can become financially viable and socially acceptable.
A published feature should make the process visible to general readers: waste collection, cultivation stages, community roles, and the economic logic behind the initiative. It would be strengthened by photographs, production data, and quotations from practitioners. The story has a compelling angle because it shows that what is usually seen as waste can become an educational and entrepreneurial opportunity when communities are equipped with knowledge and support.
