Judul: Motivation and Interest of Smallholder Farmers to Join Livestock Groups in Cisarua Village Nanggung District
Abstrak: Perubahan perilaku peternak dari individualis menjadi kolektif sebagai upaya pemberdayaan agar lebih berdaulat dan berdaya bersaing. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis tingkat motivasi berkelompok dan tingkat ketertarikan berkelompok ternak, serta mengetahui hubungan antara karakteristik peternak, motivasi berkelompok, dan tingkat ketertarikan berkelompok di Desa Cisarua, Kecamatan Nanggung. Metode survei dan wawancara melibatkan 45 orang responden (40 peternak individu, 5 peternak kelompok). Data dianalisis deskriptif dan uji korelasi rank Spearman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tingkat motivasi berkelompok tergolong sedang (1,69) pada peternak individu, tetapi tergolong tinggi (2,48) pada peternak kelompok. Motivasi berkelompok berkorelasi dengan pendapatan dan skala kepemilikan ternak. Tingkat ketertarikan berkelompok peternak individu tahap awareness tergolong rendah (1,39), tetapi pada tahap interest tergolong sedang (1,77). Tahap awareness berkorelasi dengan pendidikan, pendapatan, skala kepemilikan ternak, dan motivasi berdasarkan kebutuhan hubungan. Tahap interest tidak berkorelasi dengan karakteristik peternak, tetapi berkorelasi dengan motivasi berdasarkan kebutuhan pertumbuhan., The transformation of farmer behavior from individual to collective as an empowerment effort to become more autonomous and competitive. This study aimed to analyze the level of group motivation and the level of interest in group farmer, as well as to understand the relationship between farmer characteristics, group motivation, and interest in group farmer in Cisarua Village, Nanggung Subdistrict. The survey and interview methods involved 45 respondents (40 individual farmers and 5 group farmers). The data were analyzed descriptively and using Spearman rank correlation tests. The research results showed that the level of group motivation was moderate (1,68) among individual farmers, but high (2,48) among group farmers. Group motivation correlated with income and livestock ownership scale. The level of interest in group farmer among individual farmers was low (1,39) at the awareness stage, but moderate (1,77) at the interest stage. Awareness correlated with education, income, livestock ownership scale, and group motivation based on relatedness needs. Interest did not correlate with farmer characteristics, but correlated with motivation based on growth needs.
Keyword: farmer characteristics, farmer groups, level of interest, motivation

Judul: Hubungan karakteristik dan sikap anggota terhadap keberadaan kelompok tani ternak (studi kasus pada kelompok tani ternak domba makori di Kecamatan Jasinga Kabupaten Bogor)
Abstrak: The aim of the research was to study the group attitude toward existence of group livestock in Kecamatan Jasinga Kabupaten Bogor. The research samples were 20 farmers. The technique sampling was census sampling. Analyzing data was using the statistics of descriptive which are: frequency, percentage, and analyze of Rank Spearman. The conclusion of Rank Spearman results was regard to relationship between internal factor and external factor with the attitude of member of the group. The attitude member for the existence of the group with all aspect was classified middle category. Internal factor influencing attitude of member to existence of group of livestock is age, education, scale is effort and mount knowledge. Age related to attitude of member to activity. Education related to total attitude. Scale is effort relating to total of attitude. Mount knowledge related to total attitude. Factor of External entirely have an relation with attitude of member to existence of livestock group.
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Judul: Electrophoretic Coating of Apatite Compouds on Stainless Steel 316L.
Abstrak: Stainless steel (SS) 316L is a metal which is used to bone plate. However, this metal still has low biocompatibility in a human body. The metal is coated by HAp in order to increase its biocompatibility. HAp on SS 316L is coated by electrophoretic deposition (EPD) method. We used two variables in EPD process, such as voltage and coating time to obtain the best coating. The XRD difractogram showed that SS 316L has been coated by HAp. Physical observation used by microscope optics showed that the best coating is achieved on 120V during 2 minutes.
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