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Batu City is a potential agricultural area for the development of horticultural-based agroindustry among other potatoes and potato chips which is one of the objectives in the Batu City for the next 5 years to give priority to development in the SME,s agriculture and tourism business as a function of community empowerment. SMEs"Rama"is a potato chip production partner in the village of Bulukerto, Batu City with problems are technological limitations in the process of drying potato chips manually and not yet efficient for productivity, only reaching 50% of consumer demand. The drying process relies on sunlight for 10-12 hours (dry season) and 2-3 days (rainy season). The purpose of the application of this appropriate technology is to improve the efficiency of the drying process of potato chips by disseminating Green House Dryers so that the products are more engineered. The results achieved increased efficiency and productivity in the use of labor (time spent working for the drying process will decrease initially 75% to 30%), production capacity and product supply can be achieved according to consumer demand and energy efficiency because it combines heat from the sun and energy which is regulated by a control system so that it will be more energy efficient, minimal production costs and optimal drying time.