Judul: Peranan lembaga-lembaga perkreditan di pedesaan terhadap peningkatan pendapatan petani: kasus perkreditan usahatani padi sawah di Sulawesi Selatan
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk {a) memperoleh gambaran tingkat kemampuan dan mutu pelayanan lerobaga kredit formal dan informal sebagai sumber permodalan petani (b) mengetahui keuntungan jasa pelayanan kredit dari lembaga kredit formal dan informal ; (c) mengukur tingkat pendapatan petani yang memperoleh kredit dari lembaga-lembaga perkreditan dan (d) rnengetahui berbagai faktor yang mempengaruhi besarnya pinjaman kredit usahatani. Data primer dari 152 petani contoh yang ditentukan dengan cara Stratified Random Sampling dan informasi dari sumber kredit (lembaga kredit), dianalisis dan diuji dengan menggunakan; Uji Koefisien Rorelasi "Pearson" untuk memperoleh garobaran tingkat kemampuan dan mutu pelayanan lembaga kredit. Dalam mengukur keuntungan jasa pelayanan kredit dan tingkat pendapatan petani digunakan analisis deskriptif dan analisis pendapatan. Untuk mengetahui fakktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi besarnya pinjaman kredit Jgunakan analisis regresi. ...
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Judul: Peranan Kredit dalam Pembiayaan Usahatani Padi.
Abstrak: Salah satu jenis permodalan pertanian yaitu kredit usahatani. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat peran kredit usahatani dalam produksi dan pendapatan. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu Analisis deskriptif dalam menganalisis pendapatan petani dengan metode R/C rasio serta menggunakan analisis return to family labor dan return to farm equity capital. Lokasi penelitian di KUD Rejasa dengan sampel sebanyak 70 petani. Hasil dari penelitian ini yaitu proporsi penggunaan kredit (pupuk dan obat pemeberantas hama) dari total biaya sekitar 10 persen untuk petani dengan lahan <0.34 Ha dan 12 persen untuk petani dengan lahan ≥0.34 Ha. Terdapat perbedaan secara signifikan antara luas lahan yang dimiliki petani dengan besar kredit yang diterima. Selain itu didapatkan hasil bahwa terdapat perbedaan secara nyata terhadap produksi dan pendapatan usahatani padi antara petani dengan lahan lebih kecil dan petani dengan lahan lebih luas. Semakin banyak kredit yang diterima akibat luas lahan maka semakin besar produksi dan pendapatan usahatani walaupun proporsi kredit masih kecil.
Keyword: kredit, return to family labor, return to farm equity capital, pendapatan usahatani

Judul: Biology and ecology of the buffalo fly, haematobia exigua de meijere (diptera:muscidae)
Abstrak: The life history of the buffalo fly was observed at room temperature of 27°-29.5°C and at a relative humidity of 48-68 percent. The eggs hatched after 17-22 hours, with an average of 18 hours. First instar larvae measured 1.25 + 0.16 mm long and 0.27 + 0.037 mm wide. reach the second larval stage. It took 6-12 hours to the second instar larvae measured 2.676 +0.187 mm long and 0.353 +0.028 mm wide. The second instar took about 12-24 hours to reach the third larval stage. The third instar measured 6.833 + 0.189 mm long and 0.919 + 0.051 mm wide. It took about 2-3 days for the third instar to become pupae. Duration of the pupal stage was about 5-7 days before the adults emerged. Under laboratory condition, the buffalo fly completed its life cycle in 9.5 to 10.5 days, whereas under field condition it took 9-14 days with an average of 10.5 days. The growth ratio which was based on the measurements of the cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton of each instar was 1.797. The preoviposition period was 8-12 days and mating usually occurred on the 6th or 7th day. The longevity of the male was 29 days, whereas it was 32 days in the female. The range of egg production under laboratory condition was between 20-139 per female fly. The belly and hind legs of the carabao were the most preferred habitat either during cloudy and cool dry or shiny and warm day. When the weather was clear and the carabao was in the shade, the flies tended to be more distributed particularly on the shoulder, dewlap, back and horns. The carabaos had relatively fewer Musca sp. and Stomoxys calcitrans than cattle; never the less carabaos had a higher infestation of buffalo fly than cattle. Oviposition occured either during the day or night but the buffalo flies were more active during the night than in the day time. The effect of various lengths of exposure time of manure in relation to the oviposition was profound. observed, the maximum number of the buffalo flies was occurred when the dung was exposed for 30 minutes. With increasing time of exposure the number and variety of insects also increase. It was evident that Sepsidae and psychodidae were the most dominant insects emerging from the dung. The number of buffalo flies also increased with increasing
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