Judul: An analysis on operational feasibility of packing house for mangosteen commodity, in hegarmanah village, Cicantayan sub-district, Sukabumi regency
Abstrak: Along with the high demand for mangosteen fruit from domestic and export, it is necessary to have a good post-harvest handling to be able to manage the sales of mangosteen products. For this purpose, Hegarmanah Village, Cicantayan Sub-district, Sukabumi Regency built a packing house called Mega Fruit (Mustika Lestari XI), which is managed by a mangosteen farmer group. In 2009 the government provided assistance in the form of a building for packing house and its facilities. To analysis whether the packing house operation with the addition of the government aid is feasible or not definitely requires research on the analysis of operational feasibility of Mega Fruit (Mustika Lestari XI).The data used in this research was obtained through interviews with managers and studies on related literature. In this study the operational feasibility analysis included financial, technical and managerial aspects. The financial aspect analysis included production cost and investment feasibility. The technical aspect analysis covered production process and material flow pattern of mangosteen products. The management analysis involved such aspects as business entity, labor division, and organizational structure. The total cost of mangosteen production was Rp 2,749,085,666. With the basic cost of Rp 8,086 / kg, it was still below the selling price of Rp 8,300 / kg, so that the sales of mangosteen could provide a profit of Rp 214 / kg. The break even point of packing house operations was 135,459 kg / year. The average production reached 340,000 kg / year, meaning that the packing house was running at a profitable level. The result of financial feasibility analysis showed that the packing house was feasible to operate with the NPV value of the project's life of (grant of packing house) nine years ahead on a discount factor of 15% Rp 192,350,661, the IRR of 32.77%, the net value B / C of 1.74, and the payback period of 3.1 years. The result of sensitivity analysis to changes in the operational costs of transportation, production volumes and selling prices at the packing house showed that the selling price was an element of change which was so sensitive that in the future the selling price should be higher. The technical analysis showed that the packing house was run by a regular sequence of production activities with the U-shaped pattern of material flow so that the desired end product was at the location adjacent to the initial process. The analysis showed that based on the management aspect of the ownership status, the packing house was owned by a group of farmers. The operational management of packing house was done by workers in line with the need so that production could run well.
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Judul: Analisis Efisiesi Tataniaga Komoditas Manggis: Studi Kasus Di Desa Kacarak, Kecamatan Leuwiliang, Bogor
Abstrak: Mangosteen is a tropical fruit with high economic value. Its high potencial for trading require a good and efficient marketing. Bogor is placed in the second of the biggest mangosteen centers of West Java after Tasikmalaya. It has high potency in mangosteen production, especially in Karacak village, sub district of Leuwiliang. The weak of farmers' bargaining position made the selling price in farmer level become low. Unfair margin and share distribution made the bargaining position of the farmer became worsen. The high selling price both in the domestic and overseas supposed to increase the farmers profits, however the major benefit only gained by marketing institutions. Based on the research, the marketing of mangosteen in Karacak Village was inefficient.The market structure was formed into the structure that leads to imperfectly competitive markets. There were five marketing forms of mangosteen in Karacak village. Market conduct was shown by selling and purchasing practice with the deal between actors of marketing system, price formation from bargaining that tend to set into higher level by the marketing institutions. Based on the analysis of marketing margins, the farmer's share, and the ratio of benefits and costs shown that an efficient marketing mangosteen for export purposes can use the third marketing channels while domestic marketing can use the fifth channel.
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Judul: Babesiosis pada kuda
Abstrak: Babesiosis pada kuda adalah penyakit menular yang di- sebabkan oleh Babesia caballi dan Babesia equi, yaitu pa- rasit protozoa perusak sel darah yang termasuk dalam genus Babesia. B. equi diduga oleh beberapa ahli termasuk dalam genus Theileria. Karena itu klasifikasi genus Babesia di- bicarakan dan siklus hidup B. caballi dan B. equi diulas. Kuda pada semua umur dapat terserang oleh dua parasite tersebut di atas. Tetapi kuda-kuda yang sudah dewasa (tua) lebih rentan jika dibandingkan dengan kuda-kuda yang masih muda. Kasus-kasus yang paling sering dijumpai adalah kasus-kasus yang bersifat akut walaupun kasus-kasus yang bersifat perakut, subakut dan kronik kadang-kadang terlihat. Serangan oleh parasit Babesia biasanya menyebabkan kerusаkan sel darah merah yang hebat sehingga kuda-kuda yang terserang menderita anemia hebat yang dapat menyebabkan kematian bila tidak segera diobati. Untuk mengatasi hal tersebut perlu dilakukan diagnosis yang tepat dan sedini mungkin. Diagnosis dapat dilakukan dengan cara memeriksa gejala-gejala klinik, preparat ulas darah, inokulasi hewan lain dan dengan mengadakan pemeriksaan secara serologik. Gejala-gejala klinik babesiosis pada kuda yang bersifat akut yang paling sering terlihat, ialah : nafsu makan menurun/hilang, lesu, bulu suram dan tidak mau bergerak. Kuda yang dilepaskan di padang rumput akan mengasingkan diri dan jalan sempoyongan. Faeces yang keluar berwarna cok- lat gelap, diselaputi lendir yang berwarna kekuningan dan urimenya berwarna merah tua. Temperatur tubuh meningkat menjadi 39.5 - 41°C dan pulsus meningkat. Terlihat dispnoe, perdarahan petechi pada mukosa membrana nictitans dan conjunctiva yang lebih pucat dari normal dan juga icteris. Kasus-kasus yang bersifat subakut gejala-gejalanya lebih ringan, tetapi bila tidak segera diobati maka gejala- gejala tersebut secara cepat menjadi hebat. Persendian lutut dan persendian gelang puyuh membengkak dan padanya ter- lihat oedema. Pada abdomen, dada dan kepala juga dapat di- temukan oedema. Gejala-gejala klinik yang terlihat pada kasus kronik adalah penurunan kondisi tubuh kuda secara progresif walaupun diberi makan yang banyak. Perubahan temperatur tidak jelas, nafsu makan berubah-ubah, icterus tidak jelas dan anemia mungkin hanya dapat dideteksi dengan menghitung sel darah merah dan kadar hematocrit…dst
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