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Program Information

  • Funder Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs UK
  • Finance Scheme Grant Funding
  • Category Human Nutrition
  • Location Indramayu, Indonesia
  • Duration 12 months
  • Year 2025
  • Emission Reduced 75 kg CO2e/month

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Berikanpreneur is a community-based empowerment program in Eretan Kulon Village, Indramayu, Indonesia. The program addresses two interconnected challenges faced by coastal communities: persistent household poverty among fishing families and environmental damage caused by discarded low-economic-value fish. By transforming fish by-products into high-protein food products, Berikanpreneur creates new livelihood opportunities while reducing marine waste and supporting a circular coastal economy.

Implemented from November 2024 to November 2025, the program is led by the Berikan Protein Initiative in collaboration with local partners, community leaders, and government stakeholders. The core beneficiaries are fishermen’s wives, youth, and persons with disabilities who face limited access to stable income, education, and digital market opportunities.

Coastal Women Empowered

Berikanpreneur is an integrated empowerment program that combines community production, value-added fish processing, and market access to strengthen sustainable livelihoods in coastal communities.

Problem Statement

In Eretan Kulon, coastal communities face interconnected economic and environmental challenges that limit both livelihoods and marine sustainability.

  • Discarded low-value fish contribute to marine pollution, ecosystem degradation, and imbalance in coastal ecosystems.
  • Limited processing knowledge and infrastructure prevent communities from turning fish waste into valuable products.
  • Fishermen’s families, especially women, face limited income opportunities due to low education levels, limited digital skills, and reliance on informal labor.

Solution We Offer

Berikanpreneur combines community production, skills development, and market access through three integrated approaches:

01

Community Production House

A community-owned production house that enables safe, consistent, and scalable processing of value-added fish products while strengthening women’s collective management.

02

Value-Added Product Development

Low-value fish by-products are transformed into a high-protein fish skin katsuobushi snack, reducing waste and improving resource efficiency.

03

Capacity Building & Market Acces

Through 13 targeted trainings and ongoing mentoring, participants build skills in production, business management, and digital marketing to access wider markets.

Output Program

  • 50 fisherwives empowered as direct beneficiaries through skills training and participation in value-added fish processing.
  • value-added product developed from fish waste, generating new income streams for coastal communities.
  • 2,000 pieces of fish skin snacks produced monthly, creating stable and recurring community-based revenue.
  • 50 kg of fish waste upcycled monthly into high-value products, contributing to resource efficiency and circular economy practices.
  • An estimated 75 kg CO₂e emissions reduced per month through waste-to-value innovation and reduced organic waste disposal.

Sustainable Beyond the Project

Berikanpreneur is designed to continue beyond project support through community-owned production, income-generating activities, and growing local ownership, with potential for scaling through strategic partnerships.

From Bycatch to Better Nutrition and Empowerment

transformed into a high-protein product produced by fishermen’s wives in Eretan Kulon. Through community-based processing, this initiative reduces marine waste while creating better nutrition and new livelihood opportunities for coastal families.Once considered waste, fish skin from low-value and bycatch fish is now.

Key Product

Fish skin katsuobushi