The Challenge of Developing Innovative Mangrove Plants as Food by The People of Tanjung Rejo Village, Percut Sei Tuan District, Deli Serdang Regency

This paper is based on the results of mini research in lectures that discuss the challenges of developing innovative mangrove plants as food by the people of Tanjung Rejo village, Percut Sei Tuan District, Deli Serdang Regency. In general, this study seeks to reveal the problems faced by the people of Tanjung Rejo Village in developing culinary innovations made from mangrove plants. It should be noted that at first the local knowledge of the people of Tanjung Rejo Village on the uses and benefits of mangrove plants was only as firewood. Basically, the innovation of culinary offerings made from mangrove plants has good opportunities in the culinary industry, but it still has a number of challenges that hinder its development. The inhibiting factors for the development of innovation faced by society from the perspective of Sociology and Anthropology became the focus of the study in this mini research.