Empowerment of Farming Communities through the Utilization of Waste Rice Husk as Briquettes Based Home Industry [Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Tani melalui Pemanfaatan Limbah Sekam Padi sebagai Industri Rumahan Berbasis Briket]

This article proposes to explain how the use of rice husk waste as home industry based briquettes. The making of briquettes from rice husk consists of two ways, specifically with the help of a heater and without a heater. To optimize its manufacture and not require much energy, briquettes from rice husk are quite made without using tools in the process of making briquettes, usually preceded by carbonation. The high element content of rice husk that does rice husk has enormous potential if it is processed into briquettes. Some of the elements contained in rice husks are carbon, silica hydrogen, protein, fat, with very low water content and ash content, a relatively high bulk density of 125 kg / m 3 and a high heating value of 1,300 kkal. In addition to the abundant rice husk, the manufacturing process is easy and practical so that it has the potential to be developed in the form of a home industry