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    "data": {
        "id": 2007757,
        "msgid": "ui-expedition-team-educates-werianggi-residents-on-processing-nutmeg-into-hand-sanitiser-1790654284",
        "date": "2026-09-29 09:38:40",
        "title": "UI Expedition Team Educates Werianggi Residents on Processing Nutmeg into Hand Sanitiser",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The University of Indonesia's Patriot Expedition Team (TEP UI) has conducted training in West Papua to help local residents transform nutmeg into hand sanitiser. The initiative aims to increase the added value of local commodities and support micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Werianglar-Werabur transmigrant area.",
        "content": "<p>The University of Indonesia\u2019s (UI) Patriot Expedition Team (TEP) has\nprovided education and training to the residents of the\nWerianggi-Werabur Transmigration Area, West Papua, on processing nutmeg\nseeds into hand sanitiser products as an effort to increase the added\nvalue of local commodities.<\/p>\n<p>The training was attended by 20 women from the Ayawata micro, small,\nand medium enterprise (MSME) group, comprising both indigenous Papuans\nand transmigrant residents, utilising nutmeg seeds which have\nhistorically had relatively low market value.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hope is that the training and knowledge from the UI Patriot\nExpedition Team does not stop here, but is continuously developed into a\nbusiness opportunity that can improve the welfare of Werianggi Village\nresidents,\u201d said training participant Katerina Bieth in an official\nstatement received in Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>During the training, the nutmeg seeds are first dried in the sun for\nfive to six days, then crushed and soaked in 70 per cent alcohol at a\nratio of 1 to 5 for three days.<\/p>\n<p>TUI UI selected nutmeg seeds based on literature studies regarding\nthe essential oil content and active compounds in the commodity;\nhowever, the effectiveness of the formulation created by the residents\nis still undergoing testing.<\/p>\n<p>TUI UI member Fhira stated that the team is still conducting further\nresearch into the content and effectiveness of the product after the\nnutmeg extract is mixed with both alcohol-based and non-alcohol-based\nformulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe identified the content from journals. It turns out there are\nindeed components for antiseptic use. However, we are also reviewing\nfurther whether the nutmeg seed content remains that significant after\nbeing mixed with alcohol and non-alcohol,\u201d said Fhira.<\/p>\n<p>Laboratory testing is being conducted on four samples: a control\ngroup without hand sanitiser, hand sanitiser made from nutmeg seeds,\nhand sanitiser made from nutmeg flesh, and nutmeg seed soak water\nwithout alcohol.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ui-expedition-team-educates-werianggi-residents-on-processing-nutmeg-into-hand-sanitiser-1790654284",
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