Judul: Analisis motivasi pemanenan kayu rakyat berdasarkan karakteristik petani hutan rakyat: kasus di Desa Padasari, Kecamatan Cimalaka, Kabupaten Sumedang, Jawa Barat
Abstrak: Timber business from community forests untill today generally are still regarded as a side business or as savings because of long-time cycle of planting and low-income contribution. The management of community forests are focused at the housewifery level or community forest farming families. They have their own characteristics. One part of the management of community forests is timber harvesting. The objectives of this research are: (1) identify the characteristics of community forest farmers; (2) find out the motivation of timber harvesting; and (3) analyzing the motivation of timber harvesting based on characteristics of community forest farmers. This research uses a survey method with purposive sampling. The samples or respondents are the community forest farmers who have harvested their timber. The respondents were selected puposively, totally 60 persons. The community forest farmers in the village of Padasari harvested their timber with different motivations. The highest percentage of motivation is to build a house (38.67%). The other motivations sequentially according to its percentage from the highest untill the lowest are business capital (16%), repaire a house (14.67%), buying land (10.67%), education costs (9.33%), debts payment (2.67%), buy a house (2.67%), medical expenses (1.33%), wedding expenses (1.33%), daily necessities (1.33%), and pilgrim costs (1.33%). Based on characteristics of community forest farmers, the motivation to build a house generally appear in the respondents aged between 40–44 years old and 60–64 years old, male, elementary school and junior high school education, principal occupation as farmers, 10–19 years farming experience, land ownership below 0.29 ha, has family members 3–4 persons, and average monthly income Rp 1,300,000.00/month untill Rp 2,590,000.00/month.
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Judul: Analisis pendapatan rumah tangga petani hutan rakyat: studi kasus di Desa Padasari, Kecamatan Cimalaka, Kabupaten Sumedang, Jawa Barat
Abstrak: Forest could give valuable tangible and intangible benefits. But now, there are many unproductive and critical land as the result of land management without considering conservation aspect and the increase of population that pressure the forest. On the other hand, timber supply from natural forests is not enough to fulfill human demands. One of the alternative for solving those problem is community forest development. Objective of this study was to identify the technique of management that has been implemented in community forest and to analyse the influence of community forest to the income of forest farmer households. The selection of respondents was carried out using purposive sampling method, consisted of community forest farmers. Furthermore, selected samples were stratified based on the extent of land area, therefore it was found area of land ownership of strata I < 0,21 hectare, strata II 0,21 – 0,58 hectare and strata III > 0,58 hectare. Total respondents for strata I, strata II, and strata III were 8 respondents, 12 respondents, and 4 respondents respectively. Results of the study showed that total income of agriculture activities of strata I, strata II, and strata III were Rp 15.509.840/year, Rp 15.928.611/ year, and Rp 30.394.792/ year. For income from community forest of agroforestry system, for strata I, strata II, and strata III were Rp 9.588.194/year (61,82%), Rp 9.206.944/ year (57,80%), and Rp 17.966.667/ year (59,11%). Meanwhile from wood product only, the income was Rp 1.477.778/year (9,53%), Rp 2.266.667/ year (14,23%), and 2.216.667/ year (7,29%). Average total expenditure of strata I, strata II, and strata III each was Rp 15.456.000/ year, Rp 11.683.429/ year, and Rp 12.745.000/ year. Based on criteria of poverty level according to Sajogyo (expenditure > 320 kg value of rice or equal with Rp 2.880.000/year with assumption of rice price of Rp 8.900/kg), BPS (expenditure < Rp 2.191.632/capita/year), and The World Bank (income > $2/day equal with Rp 6.408.000/year with assumption of US dollar rate of Rp 8.900), community forest which has been well developed will be above this criteria of poverty. Therefore, management of community forest using agroforestry system could contribute to poverty alleviation.
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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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