IA-ITB National Working Meeting Helps Bangka Belitung Carry Out Downstreaming of White Pepper

The white pepper downstream Program was one of the subjects discussed at the National Work Meeting (Rakernas) and Extraordinary Congress (KLB) of the Bandung Institute of technology alumni association (IA ITB), which was held in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka Belitung (Babel) on December 16–18, 2022. This was done in order to hasten the nation's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The white pepper downstream Program was started as a collaboration between the Babel Islands Provincial Government, the Central Management of IA ITB, and IA ITB Babel, and was signed at the Graha PT Timah building in Pangkalpinang City. This was one of the significant items on the agenda that became the record of the National Working Meeting and the IA ITB KLB.

In order to meet the demands of several European nations, including Germany, America, Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium, as well as some Asian nations, including Japan, exporters have turned to the white pepper developed by farmers in Babylon, also known as Muntok white pepper or Muntok white pepper. Agustin Perjuanganin Rangin, the chairman of the IA-ITB Rakernas and KLB Steering Committee 2022, said in a statement on Saturday (14/1), "Organizationally, IA ITB initiated the white pepper downstream program with a calling to do good things together for the people, it happened that Babylon was chosen. Of course, the program was not oriented towards financial gain.".

In order for people whose economies have been impacted by the pandemic to continue to struggle, be consistent, and receive security and comfort in their work, he said, "as a mandate from the results of the National Working Meeting with the theme "Empowered Technology, Upgraded MSMEs" is working on a number of work plans.". Agustin explained that the white pepper downstream program is still being refined at the moment.

Hopefully, the strategic moves that IA ITB will make have been prepared by now or within the next two weeks. The development of the White Pepper trade ecosystem and governance, which serves as a record of the white pepper downstream program, will undoubtedly be facilitated by the application of technology that is realisable.

Utilizing technology, IA ITB seeks to establish global distribution networks that, of course, also adjust to the quality of white pepper products in response to demand. IA ITB wants to develop new potential in the MSME product development sector and technology-based Babel plantation products, such as White Pepper, according to Gembong Primadjaja, the organization's general chair for the international market.

His party desires to be able to support regional administrations in mobilizing financial and human resources to raise public living standards. To hasten the recovery of the nation following the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, we must all adopt a proactive mindset.

In an effort to hasten this economic recovery, the ITB Alumni Association works actively in the community in coordination with the Central Government, State-Owned Enterprises, the private sector, and the larger community, he explained. At that time, Ridwan Djamaluddin, the acting governor of the Babel Islands, hoped for cooperation because the community's economic value could increase through the technology-based downstreaming of white pepper.

New experiences will be gained from the collaboration note on the downstreaming of white pepper that was signed at the National Working Meeting by the general chairman of the IA ITB, Gembong Primadjaja, and the chairman of the IA ITB, Babel, Wiyono. Farmers have so far only sold white pepper in the form of granules.

It will be transformed into powder and sold in conjunction with IA ITB. to "improve the economy of White Pepper farmers and MSME actors in the Babel Islands in terms of technology that is more empowered so that MSMEs and farmers upgrade.

He continued, (N-2) to improve the economy of MSME actors and White Pepper farmers in the Babel Islands in terms of technology that are more empowered so that MSMEs and farmers upgrade. "The collaboration in launching the white pepper downstream program is a good thing, and later it will not only be white pepper downstream but also other superior commodities to be developed by utilizing technology.". "The collaboration in launching the white pepper downstream program is a good thing, and later it will not only be white pepper downstream but also other superior commodities to be developed by utilizing technology," he continued, (N-2).

New experiences will be gained from the collaboration note on the downstreaming of white pepper that was signed at the National Working Meeting by the general chairman of the IA ITB, Gembong Primadjaja, and the chairman of the IA ITB, Babel, Wiyono.