Judul: Optimization of Dry Land Through Climate Smart Agriculture System (SPCI) in Dry Climate Dry Land (Case Study of Kupang Regency)
Abstrak: Corn is the most important food crop commodity after rice and ranks third in the world the most widely cultivated, thus contributing quite a lot to gross regional domestic product (PDRB). Corn plants are very potentially developed in addition to being a substitute material of rice also contains carbohydrates, calories, and proteins, and is very beneficial for food, feed, and industrial raw materials. The needs and demand for corn continue to increase, especially in the feed industry as well as the food and beverage industry. But on the other hand, the availability of corn is still very limited, one of the causes is that the lace productivity of corn and planting area is also still limited. The low productivity of corn cannot be separated from several factors including the influence of climate change that causes changes in rain patterns and the beginning of the rainy season that has an impact on limited water availability that causes harmony. In addition, the area of agricultural land is still limited because it is predominantly developed in wetlands, which in fact continue to decrease due to conversion for buildings and infrastructure. Dryland is one of the potential lands because the area is quite large, which is 144.5 million ha, but not optimal utilization. This is because dry land is faced with several limiting factors including low land fertility rates, limited water availability, and easily degraded during the rainy season. Efforts in optimizing dry land use, including increasing adaptation power through efficient water utilization according to crop needs, improvement of soil nutrients, and land processing as small as possible to avoid land degradation (erosion). One fairly representative approach to be applied to dry land is the application of the concept of "Climate-Smart Agricultural System" (SPCI) or Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), and more familiar with its main pillars that are simple and conservative-based, and location-specific, among others (1) increasing adaptation to climate change, one of which is the efficient use of water (2) to improve mitigation. through conservation-based agriculture, including the processing of land as small as possible such as planting holes and the use of organic fertilizers, as a planting medium in planting holes (3) sustainable farming (4) to raise the productivity and income of farmers. East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is one of the eastern parts of Indonesia known as dry climate dry land. The limitation of NTT's dry land is the limited availability of water because it depends only on rainfall, while the rainfall is only 1,500 mm / year and lasts 3-4 months and the rain is erratic, which is characterized as non-continuous and often disappears 5-7 days after daily rain. This research aims to (1) Implement the concept of SPCI / CSA at the farmer level through the use of natural resources to increase land productivity and crop production and increase water use efficiency, (2) to promote the effect of implementing the SPCI / CSA concept in increasing land and corn productivity, (3) Analyze farmers' income through the concept of SPCI / CSA on dry land dry climate. This research was conducted on the
Keyword: Dry land, dry climate, corn crops, climate-smart agriculture, water use efficiency, fertilizers, planting holes

Judul: Efisiensi Pemanfaatan Air dan Radiasi Surya untuk Peningkatan Produktivitas Jagung Melalui Kombinasi Pengaturan Air Irigasi dan Pemangkasan Daun Bawah pada Lahan Kering Beriklim Kering
Abstrak: The research of the influence of dose management on water irrigation and Corn’s below leaf prune to the Lamuru productivity in the dry climate area has been done. This research was conducted on the Naibonat Expriment Farm, East Kupang Sub District, Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur, from June to October 2011. The area has been used is 72 m x 32 m using Split Plot Design Methods. This research was using two treatments; the first treatment is conducted on the main plot with water irrigation dose given 100%, 80%, 60%, and the dose control is appropriate with the Farmer’s custom. The second is conducted to the Corn’s leaf at the generative phase through with and without leaf pruning on the determined sub main plot. The result has showed that water irrigation dose treatment between 80% and 60% is significant to the Corn’s productivity that is 7.7 ton/ha and 5.3 ton/ha, but not significant to the control (7.0 ton/ha). On the other hand, the treatment with and without leaf prune are not significant to the growth component because the prune is conducted at the generative phase. The Anova test result has not showed the significance between the treatment of with and without leaf prune to the Corn’s productivity. The 80% dose of water irrigation could thrift the water until 842 m3 or 20% per one planting season in one hectare. Meanwhile, the farmer’s custom has lavished of the water until 2.105 m3 or 50% per one planting season in one hectare. Based on the analysis, the optimizing of water irrigation interval is seven times along one planting period which is more efficient than Farmer’s used with fourteen times along one planting period.
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Judul: Infeksi Virus Parainfluenza Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Virus parainfluenza anjing termasuk famili Paramyxoviridae, berbentuk pleomorf dengan ukuran bervariasi (bergaris tengah antara 100-500 nm), berpembungkus peka ether, berisi genom RNA dan secara serologis mempunyai kesamaan dengan virus SV-5 kera; dikenak sebagai salah satu kausa penting dari sindrom "kennel cough". Infeksinya dapat mengenai anjing semua umur yang belum pernah terinfeksi atau mendapatkan vaksinasi mengakibatkan gejala klinis ringan yang terbatas pada traktus respirasi atu infeksi yang secara klinis tidak memperlihatkan gejala nyata. Gejala klinis yang nampak setelah masa inkubasi (1-5 hari) terlewati berupa batuk yang tidak berat selama beberapa hari, berbagai tingkat tonsilitis dan pharyngitis dan kadang-kadang ditemukan kenaikan temperatur rektal antara 1-2 derajat C dari temperatur normal rat-rata. Anjing terinfeksi mengandung virus pada traktus respirasi bagian atas dan bawah serta limfonoduli sampai hari ke 9 setelah infeksi. Penyebaran virus antar anjing terjadi secara aerogen.
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