Judul: Tingkat Kinerja Penyuluh Kehutanan di Kabupaten Bogor
Abstrak: This study aimed to explain the performance level of forestry extension agents in Bogor district and the relation between internal and external factors to the performance level of forestry extension agents. Forestry extension agents and farmers were as units of analysis in this study. Performance level of forestry extension agents assessed by farmers, while internal and external factors were assessed by the extension agents themselves. The performance level of all the forestry extension agents were in the low category. The factors related to low levels of forestry extension agents’s performance are not identified.
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Judul: Analisis Gender dalam Kinerja Penyuluh di Badan Pelaksana Penyuluhan Pertanian, Perikanan dan Kehutanan (BP4K) Kabupaten Bogor
Abstrak: Agriculture sector has central position in economic development in Indonesia. However, its development is facing obstacles such as low quality of human resources. According to government acknowledgment, cooperative extension system has been less function. Recent study also acknowledged about the extension worker performance. However, those studies did not include analysis of extension worker performance based on gender perspective whereas it was mentioned in President Instruction No. 9 Year 2000 that all stakeholders should include gender mainstreaming in policy and development programs. It is also stated in Law of Agriculture Extension No. 16 Year 2006 about agriculture extension with gender equality strategy. Based on these reasons, research on agriculture extension performance with gender perspective has been conducted. The purposes of this study were to: analyze the profile of BP4K Kabupaten Bogor on organization structure, job description and function and also human resources profile; extension worker performance based on gender perspective and; problems faced by extension worker to do their duties. This research involved 49 respondent consist of 42 male extension workers and seven female extension workers. This research used quantitative approach with survey method. Field observation was also conducted to see extension worker performance. Generally, skilled extension worker and expert extension worker have access toward all extension programs. It was found that the majority of all extension workers did not participate in PUAP and Prima Tani project. The problems faced by extension workers were low amount of extension worker resource, minimum facilities and inappropriate of PEMENPAN No. 2 Year 2008 with actual condition.
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Judul: Hydroxyapatite-Chitosan Composite Coating on Stainless Steel 316 to Improve Corrosion Resistance
Abstrak: Metals that were used in bone implantation should have good corrosion resistance that were not easily corroded when implanted into the body. Metal corrosion resistance of stainless steel 316 can be enhanced through the metal coating by hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite with composition ratio of hydroxyapatite (gram) and chitosan 3% (mL) 0.2:0, 0.2:0.1, 0.2:0.5, 0.2:1.0, and 0.2:1.5. Besides improving the corrosion resistance of metal, the presence of chitosan also maintain the position of hydroxyapatite on metal surfaces. Corrosion resistance increases with increasing amount of chitosan added and the best composition of hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite was 0.2:1.0.
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