Judul: Analisis rantai pasok Biji Kakao di Kecamatan Kalukku Kabupaten Mamuju (kasus : petani program Nestle Cocoa Plan PISAgro)
Abstrak: The increasing of cocoa processing investment was not followed by the increased of cocoa bean production and quality improvement. Supply chain approach could become a solution for these problems. The research aimed in identififying Nestle Cocoa Plan (NCP) and traditional cocoa supply chain in Kalukku, comparing the perfomance of NCP and traditional cocoa supply chain in Kalukku and identifying the implementation of PISAgro vision in supply chain NCP program. Purposive sampling technique was applied to observe and interview the farmer, proceed with the snowball sampling to study the marketing institution. The study showed that Nestle Cocoa Plan cocoa supply chain had better performance than that of traditional cacao supply chain, and it has applied the PISAgro vision.
Keyword: Supply Chain, Quality, Production, Nestle Cocoa Plan, Cocoa, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)

Judul: Analisis Kapasitas Kelembagaan dan Penerimaan Petani Anggota Poktan Program Nestle Cocoa Plan PISAgro
Abstrak: Cocoa has a strategic role in the Indonesian economy, both as a non-oil export and as the cocoa farmer source of income in some areas in Indonesia. While the world demand continues to increase, some countries try to inrease their production through several program and scheme. As a public private partnership that aims to help Indonesian goverment to address national food security by increasing agricultural production, PISAgro, through The Nestle Cocoa Plan Program, has established 100 field schools that train more than 1000 cocoa farmers in Mamuju, West Sulawesi. This study attempts to explain the level of participation and capacity of farmer’s group in implementing the program and how The NCP Program influence the cocoa production and farmer’s welfare. The results showed that the capacity degree of farmers group rely on the high level category. However it is still dominated by social activities than economy activities. Moreover, The NCP Program has a potential role in increasing the cocoa production and farmer’s income in Mamuju, West Sulawesi.
Keyword: productivity, Nestle Cocoa Program (NCP), income, Capacity of farmer’s group

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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