Judul: Benchmark Analysis of Rice Stock Management in Indonesia towards Japan.
Abstrak: Rice is one of the important staple foods in Indonesia. Rice also has a strategic role in it affects on national stability. Moreover, rice is the most “politicized” commodity in many countries in the world, including Indonesia. The dominance of rice as a staple food of Indonesia can be indicated by the high consumption of rice every year. Lack of rice supplies and not sufficient of rice will cause unstable conditions for a country. This situation is influenced by rice stock management. The information of rice stock is very important to know the situation of food security in the country. The importance of rice stock was evident from the number of events in the emergency, natural disaster (natural) or man-made disaster (social conflict). Social conflict in Indonesia has long been underway, but more prominent since 1998 due to the economic crisis which is then triggered by the political transition. Therefore, the national rice stock has become important to address several of possibility caused by natural disasters, social conflicts and also maintain price stability. Indonesia is an archipelago country, a basic infrastructure especially transportation is unstructured, coupled with the low income of the community, so stock for emergency situation to be important and need to be controlled and managed with good management stock. Rice is not only the most important staple food in Japan, but it also the main source of livelihood farmers and agricultural households. Japan is a country that has been established manages rice stocks. Japan has succeeded in maintaining the stability of rice stock each year. Production and consumption in the country is also balanced. There are indications that the pattern of stock management which has been applied since the '60s has been successful in maintaining the stabilization of rice in the country. Japan's success in terms of rice reserves can serve as guidelines for the Indonesian government. Therefore, Japan as a benchmark in this study. This study has three main objectives that include the following: (1) to describe the condition of rice stock management in Indonesia and Japan, (2) to analyze the role of The National Food Logistic Agency (BULOG) in Indonesian rice stock management, and (3) to redesign national rice stock management model that can be applied to conditions in Indonesian rice with Japan as a benchmark. This study uses benchmark analysis. The major findings are: (1) national rice stock is not ideal, (2) BULOG was instrumental in the success of the national rice stock management, (3) Stock information system can be applied to redesign of national rice stock management. According with the purpose of research in which Japan as benchmark can be summed up as Japan has excellent stock management which ensures the stability of the rice stock and rice distribution, there are: (1) strong support intervention (although it tends to decrease) for the farmer's income, (2) support and application management and information technology consistent and disciplined. As the result of the benchmark, it is important to create the formula of the redesign the management model of the national rice stock to ensure Indonesia will be success
Keyword: benchmark, BULOG, management stock, rice

Judul: Development of Rice-food Security . Management Support System in District Level
Abstrak: Meningkatnya pembangunan ekonomi di sektor industri, sentra bisnis dan perumahan telah mengkibatkan tingkat penyusutan lahan pertanian sernakin besar. Hal ini terjadi terutarna di wilayah kabupaten-kabupaten di Pulau Jawa yang merupakan pemasok utama kebutuhan beras nasional. Jika hat ini tidak dikendalikan, selain akan rnengancam upaya swasembada beras juga akan mengakibatkan ketahanan pangan secara nasional akan menurun, dan dikhawatirkan akan menurunkan kualitas sumber daya manusia Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengembangkan Sistem Pendukung Manajemen Ketahanan Pangan Beras untuk membantu Pemerintah Kabupaten menjaga ketahanan pangan beras pada aspek ketersediaan dan keterjangkauan. Metode pemodelan sistem pendukung manajemen tersebut dilakukan dengan pendekatan sistem rnelalui analisis kebutuhan dan identifikasi sistem input-output yang menghasilkan referensi sejumlah model yang relevan dengan problem entity aspek ketersediaan dan keterjangkuan beras. Model tersebut adalah Model Kecukupan Beras (Mokuber), Model Harga beras (Mohaber)~ Model Kinerja Ketahanan Pangan Beras (Mokiber), Model Persediaan Beras (Modiaber) dan Model Simulasi Logistik Beras (Mosilober). Mokuber ditujukan untuk memberikan inforrnasi tentang kecukupan beras pada setiap kecamatan. Mohaber ditujukan untuk mengendalikan harga beras pada setiap kecamatan. Mokiber ditujukan untuk mengetahui kinerja ketahanan pangan beras dan faktor-faktor · penyebabnya. Modiaber ditujukan untuk menginformasikan tingkat persediaan beras pada gudang kecamatan, rayon dan pusat serta kinerja pelayanan pada gudang pusat. Mosilober ditujukan untuk menginforrnasikan prediksi produksi, konsumsi, harga beras, jumlah cadangan beras, kebutuhan anggaran operasional dan subsidi raskin serta kondisi pengendalian harga beras., Rice has become the staple food for the maJonty of Indonesian people. Therefore, The goverment of Indonesia put strong effort to provide rice continously. However, The availability, sustainability and security of the staple food are still a big issue in Indonesia. particularly rice-producing districts are switching functions of agricultural land into industrial, residential and business zones. The aim of this research is to design the model of rice food security system. The function of the model is to monitor and control the rice food security in availability and accessibility aspects in the regency level. This model was designed to fulfill the needs of the goverment in national and local (district), communities, farmers, collectors, dealers, traders and · non-governmental organizations. Structure of the model developed is a Decision. Support System (DSS) is equipped with model rule base and executive information. The DSS comprises the following models : (1) the rice sufficiency, (2) the rice price, (3) the rice inventory, (4) food security performance, and (5) the rice food security simulation by Monte· Carlo methods. Based on the data obtained in Mei 2010 from 23 districts in the Bekasi Regency, we found that 5 districts had critical rice insufficiency. 6 district had performance status at level below acceptable standard. The rice price was still in the limited control status but it was trend to achieve high level limit, and had to take price stabilitation action by market operation. The results of model simulation verification based on data in 2010 showed that the condition of sufficiency of rice in the district of Bekasi in a state of surplus, the amount of raskin operating budget of Rp. 652 million issued by Bekasi District Goverment and rice subsidy budget of Rp. 14.78 billion issued by the Central
Keyword: Model, Food security, Management Support System, Monte Carlo Simulation

Judul: Leukemia pada kucing
Abstrak: Leukemia pada kucing adalah suatu penyakit yang sangat patogen, disebabkan oleh sejenis virus. Virus ini dikenal sebagai Feline Leukemia Virus atau FeLV. FeLV ini oleh beberapa ahli dikatakan hanya bersifat ganas pada hewan kucing. Penularannya bisa secara horizontal maupun congenital. Kucing pada semua tingkat umur dapat terserang oleh FeLV ini. Khusus pada bentuk "thymic leukemia", virus ini hanya menyerang anak-anak kucing berumur diba- wah 1 tahun. Kucing-kucing liar atau yang tidak terpeli- hara jarang sekali terinfeksi FeLV. Selain dari serangan virus FeLV itu sendiri, maka penyakit leukemia ini bisa disebabkan oleh beberapa fak- tor yang sudah ada dalam tubuh hewan dan sangat menunjang perkembangan penyakit ini, yaitu antara lain tumor, agen toksik, cedera oleh kecelakaan dan gangguan hemopoiesis. FeLV menyerang sel-sel darah dalam tubuh hewan se- hingga pembentukan darah berjalan tidak normal. Terlihat sel-sel darah yang belum dewasa sudah beredar dalam sir- kulasi darah. Bentuk dan jumlahnya tidak lagi seimbang dalam tubuh hewan kucing tersebut. Gejala klinis antara lain kekurusan, ikterus, anemia, lemah, anoreksia, dyspnoe, sulit menelan, batuk, dan membran mukosa pucat. Selain itu kelenjar pertahanan tubuh juga membengkak, kemudian terjadi hepatomegali, spleenomegali dan pembengkakan pada ginjal. Terbentuk massa tumor pada beberapa tempat. Secara biopsy pada sumsum tulang akan terlihat be- berapa perubahan. Sumsum tulang berwarna merah tua atau abu-abu. Konsistensinya lunak dan terdapat banyak sekali memproduksi sel darah putih. Melalui gambaran darah leukemia ini lebih mudah didiagnosa. Jumlah retikulosit rendah sekali. PCV 8-15%, hemoglobin menurun, sel darah putih (WBC) meningkat, lim- fosit meningkat, Alfaglobulin juga ada peningkatan, dan banyak eosinofil yang belum dewasa beredar dalam darah…dst
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