Judul: Respon Petani terhadap Metode Pengelolaan Tanaman Terpadu (PTT) Padi di Desa Pancawati Caringin Bogor
Abstrak: Riceis a commodity that has been still the staple food of Indonesia so far. Riceis also acommodity that canaffect thesocio-economic conditions, andstate politics. However,related to the currentrice commodities in Indonesia, rice store that has suffered the drawback. Farmer sare required to participatein building the strength of the national food through increased productivity. The claimis often hampered by the powerlessness of farmers in the ability to apply (adoption) the technology. Integrated Crop Management (ICM) is one of the government's efforts to realize the successful achievement of sustainable self-sufficiency through increased productivity. ICM is a participatory holistic approach tailored to site-specific conditions. Therefore, it is not a technology package that must be applied by farmers in all locations. ICM goal is to improve the livelihoods of farmers through the application of appropriate technology to local conditions. The success of a program is influenced by knowledge, skills, and attitudes of actors/doers (farmers) in the field. Research to be conducted is expected to provide feedback information to the farmers' understanding towards this methods asthe efforts to increase rice productivity. This study took place in Pancawati village Caringin bogor. Research subjects in this study are all members of farmer groups in the Pancawati village Caringin bogor. The sampling technique used is using census technique, so the respondents in this study are the entire population of the 125 farmers. Data analysis in this study uses descriptive analysis and SEM (Structural Equation Model) by using PLS program. The analysisconducted inthis study, it can be concluded thatthe responsesof farmers towards this method in improvingrice productivityare good. This can be indicated byrespondents perceptions ofthe knowledge, skillsandgood attitude. Based on the SEM PLS,the knowledge and skills affect productivity but higher skills than the loading factor productivity of knowledge that is more influenced by the skills of farmers but farmers have not been able to make modifications because of conceptual knowledge or lack of knowledge that needed assistance because it involves the application of field and field of technical skills to be successful applying the method of PTT. In the long term knowledge is also needed so that farmers can provide innovation input, modify the method of PTT, PTT method helps application problems. It is shown by the different manner in which the attitude variable does not affect productivity.
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Judul: Pendapatan Usahatani Padi Melalui Pengelolaan Tanaman Terpadu Di Desa Purwasari, Kecamatan Banjarsari, Kabupaten Ciamis, Jawa Barat
Abstrak: Pengelolaan tanaman terpadu (PTT) merupakan sebuah inovasi teknologi yang dikembangkan oleh Kementerian Pertanian yang dapat dimanfaatkan oleh petani dalam meningkatkan produktivitas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan derajat penerapan PTT dan pendapatan usahatani padi di Desa Purwasari, Kecamatan Banjarsari. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan September hingga Oktober tahun 2015, penentuan sampel dengan cara purposive, dengan jumlah responden 30 petani PTT dan 30 petani non PTT. Hasil penelitian tingkat penerapan teknologi PTT masih tergolong rendah yaitu 79.11 persen, meskipun demikian PTT mampu meningkatkan hasil produksi petani PTT yaitu 4.79 ton per hektar lebih besar daripada petani non PTT yaitu 4.34 ton per hektar. Produksi yang tinggi mempengaruhi tingkat pendapatan petani PTT Rp9152 082.67(R/C: 1.55) dan petani non PTT Rp7 473 663.55(R/C: 1.47), namun berdasarkan hasil uji statistik tidak terdapat perbedaan pendapatan petani PTT dan non PTT pada tingkat kepercayaan 95 persen.
Keyword: pendapatan usahatani, penerapan PTT, PTT

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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