Judul: Relationship between Group Dynamics and the Stages of acceptance of Garden Tower Innovation
Abstrak: Dinamika kelompok dapat membantu memfasilitasi tahap penerimaan inovasi yang menggunakan kelompok sebagai sasarannya karena di dalamnya melibatkan pengambilan keputusan bersama, seperti KWT Asri GWKP dan KWT Sawargi yang diberikan inovasi Garden Tower. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis hubungan dinamika kelompok dan tahap penerimaan inovasi Garden Tower pada KWT Asri GWKP dan KWT Sawargi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif yang didukung oleh data kualitatif. Teknik pemilihan responden yang digunakan yakni teknik sampel jenuh. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa tingkat penilaian terhadap karakteristik inovasi seperti keuntungan relatif, kesesuaian, kompleksitas, kemungkinan dicoba dan kemudahan inovasi diamati tergolong cukup tinggi. Adapun dinamika kelompok pada kedua KWT tergolong tinggi. Hasil uji korelasi menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada hubungan antara karakteristik individu dan tahap pengetahuan pada penerimaan inovasi Garden Tower. Terdapat hubungan antara karakteristik inovasi dengan tahap persuasi. Terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara dinamika kelompok dan kelima tahap penerimaan inovasi. Terdapat hubungan yang antar tahapan penerimaan inovasi Garden Tower., Group dynamics can help facilitate the adoption process of innovations that use groups as their target because it involves joint decision making, such as KWT Asri GWKP and KWT Sawargi who were given the Garden Tower innovation. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between group dynamics and the adoption process of Garden Tower innovation in KWT Asri GWKP and KWT Sawargi. This research uses quantitative methods supported by qualitative data. The respondent selection technique used was saturated sample technique. The results of this study indicate that the level of assessment of innovation characteristics such as relative advantage, suitability, complexity, possibility of being tried and ease of innovation being observed is quite high. The group dynamics in both KWTs are high. The correlation test results showed that there was no relationship between individual characteristics and the knowledge stage of the Garden Tower innovation adoption process. There is a relationship between innovation characteristics and the persuasion stage. There is a significant relationship between group dynamics and all five stages of the innovation adoption process.
Keyword: group dynamics, garden tower, stages of acceptance of innovation

Judul: Partisipasi anggota kelompok wanita tani dalam kegiatan kelompok menerapkan inovasi
Abstrak: Tujuan penelitian adalah mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi partisipasi anggota Kelompok Wanita Tani ( K.IV.T. ) dalam kegiatan kelompok menerapkan inovasi. Penelitian juga bertujuan untuk memahami hubungan antara tingkat partisipasi anggota K,W,T, dengan Dinamika Kelompok Wanita Tani, selain itu juga bertujuan memahami siapa yang berperan dalam pengambilan keputusan menerapkan inovasi dalam keluarga. Inovasi dimaksudkan pembaharuan dalam rnemanfaatkan tanah pekarangan, pemeliharaan kesehatan lingkungan dan pemakaian alat kontrasepsi untuk mengatur kelahiran anak ( pelaksanaan: Keluarga Berencana). Kegiatan Kelompok Wanita Tani dimaksudkan adalah : (a) diskusi kelompok, ( b) penyusunan rencana kerja, ( c) mencari dan menyebarkan inovasi dan ( d) kegiatan bersama. Sedangkan unsur dinamika kelompok adalah: (1) struktur kelompok, (2) fungsi tugas, (3) pemeliharaan dan pengembangan kelompok, (4) suasana kelompok dan (5) desakan kelompok/tekanan kelompok.
Keyword: Participation;, Gender;, Farm groups;, Bogor Agricultural University;

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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