Judul: Designing an Action Learning Process to Promote Innovative Waste Management Practices in The Tapioca Industry in Lampung Province
Abstrak: Tapioca industry gives positive impact to the regional economy in Lampung Province. With 66 tapioca factories and 8.059.287 tonnes of tapioca starch production, it makes Lampung Province as the biggest tapioca producer in Indonesia. However, tapioca industry released large amount of waste that can contaminated the environment. Although there are some ideas and technologies that have been offered by some stakeholders in tapioca industry, poor interaction of stakeholders influences the innovation adoption of technology and regulation compliances. Innovation is an interactive and interdisciplinary phenomenon. Therefore, interactions among stakeholders are critical for accelerating the innovation adoption process in waste management. This research offers action learning as one qualitative method for observe organisations engagement for nurturing ideas of innovation. This study used case studied methodology and followed qualitative research by using field observation and interview for data collection, and interpretive approach for analysing the data. The initial findings found that the stakeholders have concerned about waste management practices in tapioca industry. However, this research reveals that undefined role of stakeholders, lack of coordination among stakeholders, and financial problem are the burden for innovation adoption process. Based on this situation, the action learning can be arranged. The approach to action learning in this research is developed according to problem analysis in current situation and the stakeholder expectation for future collaboration. Moreover, the government will play a role as a facilitator, while academics and R&D institutions take part as advisor. There are four steps of action learning: planning, action, experience, and understanding. For ensuring sustainable collaboration, agreements among stakeholders are needed.
Keyword: tapioca industry, collaboration, innovation, waste management, action learning

Judul: Kajian Penerapan Strategi Produksi Bersih Di Sentra Industri Kecil Tapioka : Kasus Kelurahan Ciluar, Kecamatan Bogor Utara
Abstrak: The centralization of small scale industry has caused accumulation of industrial wastes being able to pollute the surrounding environment. One of centralization of small scale industry having the potential to cause environment problems is tapioca industry. One of tapioca small industry centers in Bogor can be found in Ciluar, North Bogor Sub-District. Environment problems as the impact of industrial activities can be solved by applying cleaner production strategy. Cleaner production is aimed to increase the efficiency of material usage and minimizing wastes, pollution, and environmental risks directly to the source. This research was aimed to study (1) the potentials of cleaner production application and industrial environment management, (2) to formulate alternatives of the cleaner production strategy for centralized small scale tapioca industry in Ciluar. The data being used consists of primary data (field observation, interviews, and questionnaires for experts) and secondary data. The implementation of cleaner production was analyzed based on technological, financial, and political aspects. The method of analysis being used was AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process). The centralized small scale tapioca industry in Ciluar produces crude tapioca to be sold to tapioca sieving industry. The solid wastes being produced is dried (onggok) to be sold. Meanwhile the waste water is drained to river without treatment. The suggestion for improvement activities consist of good housekeeping (worker training, water usage monitoring); increasing the rendemen with gobegan, keeping the quality by washing settling tanks everyday, and workers monitoring. Those activities need Rp.10.052.000 of capital with PBP 1 year and 7 months. AHP analysis resulted in the recommendation to maximize crude tapioca production efficiency by applying cleaner production has denoted that technology (0,434) is the most important factor, followed by capital (0,377) and regional government policy (0,189). The priority of cleaner production program is socialization and training of cleaner production application (0,429), integrated waste management (0,328), and socialization and training of crude tapioca quality increasing procedures (0,243). The strategy of cleaner production implementation consists of: (1) socialization and training of cleaner production by: a) increasing the awareness and motivation of businessman in maintaining environmental quality, b) accompanying group development; (2) accelerating production efficiency, (3) increasing the role of government; (4) increasing vocalism of tapioca producer in Ciluar.
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Judul: Studi pengamatan kromosom anyelir(Dianthus caryophyllus Linn.) klon 10.8 yang diberi radiasi sinar gamma
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi keragaman kromosom akibat radiasi sinar gamma pada klon anyelir nomor 10.8. Penelitian dilakukan di empat tempat, yaitu: (1) Laboratorium Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Teknologi Isotop dan Radiasi, Badan Tenaga Nuklir Nasional (BATAN) di Pasar Jumat, Jakarta, (2) Instalasi Penelitian Tanaman Hias (INLITHI), Cipanas, di (3) Laboratorium Terpadu Pusat Antar Universitas-IPB di Darmaga, Bogor dan di (4) Herbarium Bogoriense, Laboratorium Sitologi, Bogor. Penelitian dilakukan dari Bulan Oktober 2004 sampai Maret 2005. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pada anyelir klon 10.8 yang diberi radiasi 10 gray jumlah kromosom 2n=30 tidak terdapat perbedaan pada jumlah kromosomnya. Sedangkan pada anyelir klon 10.8 yang diberi radiasi 20 gray menunjukkan perubahan jumlah kromosom. Pada anyelir klon 10.8-20 gray (2), yaitu jumlah kromosomnya menjadi 2 n-1 -1 -1 -1 = 26, sedangkan pada anyelir klon 10.8-20 gray (1) jumlah kromosomnya tetap 2n = 30. Pada anyelir klon 10.8-30 gray (1) memiliki jumlah kromosom 2 n -1-1 = 28 dan anyelir klon 10.8-30 gray (2) jumlah kromosomnya 2n + 4 = 34. Kromosom anyelir klon 10.8-40 gray (1) terdapat penambahan kromosom sehingga berjumlah 2 n+6=36 dan pada anyelir klon 10.8-40 gray (2) jumlah kromosomnya adalah 2n+2=32. Pada kromosom anyelir klon 10.8-50 gray (1) perubahan yang terjadi adalah pengurangan jumlah kromosom sehingga menjadi 2n-1-128 dan pada anyelir klon 10.8-50 gray (2) terjadi penambahan jumlah kromosom menjadi 2n + 4 = 34. Pada anyelir klon 10.8 yang diberi radiasi 60 gray tidak terdapat adanya penambahan atau pengurangan jumlah kromosom sehingga jumlahnya tetap 2n=30. Kisaran panjang kromosom anyelir klon 10.8-0 gray kontrol adalah 0.50- 0.19 µm. Kromosom anyelir klon 10.8 mutan memiliki panjang kromosom yang bervariasi, seperti pada anyelir klon 10.8-10 gray (1) memiliki panjang kromosom antara 0.83-0.38 µm, anyelir klon 10.8-10 gray (2) memiliki kisaran panjang kromosom antara 0.82-0.23 µm, sedangkan anyelir klon 10.8-10 gray (3) memiliki panjang yang berkisar antara 0.72-0.34 µm. Pada anyelir klon 10.8-20 gray (1) panjang total kromosomnya adalah antara 1.01-0.30 µm, dan untuk anyelir klon 10.8-20 gray (2) panjang total kromosomnya berkisar antara 0.88-0.41 µm. Anyelir klon 10.8-30 gray (1) memiliki panjang kromosom yang berkisar antara 0.67-0.31 µm dan anyelir klon 10.8-30 gray (2) memiliki kisaran panjang kromosom antara 0.80-0.20 µm. Untuk anyelir klon 10.8-40 gray (1) kisaran panjang kromosomnya adalah 0.85-0.26 µm, sementara anyelir klon 10.8-40 gray (2) memiliki panjang kromosom antara 0.89-0.27 µm. Panjang kromosom anyelir klon 10.8-50 gray (1) panjang total kromosomnya berkisar antara 0.87-0.22 µm, dan untuk anyelir klon 10.8-50 gray (2) panjang total kromosomnya adalah 0.69- 0.18 µm. Kisaran panjang kromosom anyelir klon 10.8-60 gray (1) adalah antara 0.63-0.21 µm, dan untuk anyelir klon 10.8-60 gray (2) panjang total kromosomnya adalah 0.64-0.19 µm...dst
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