Judul: Development Strategy of Sweet Potato Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Agroindustry in Bogor Regency
Abstrak: Agroindustri UMKM ubi jalar di Kabupaten Bogor kurang berkembang. Hal itu dikarenakan kurangnya sumber daya modal dan tenaga ahli, produk dan cara pemasaran yang masih tradisional, produk UMKM tidak populer di masyarakat luas dan sedikitnya jumlah agroindustri UMKM ubi jalar di Kabupaten Bogor. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi alternatif produk UMKM ubi jalar yang prospektif di Kabupaten Bogor, merumuskan alternatif strategi pengembangan, dan mengidentifikasi strategi pengembangan yang paling tepat untuk dilaksanakan agroindustri UMKM ubi jalar bersama pemerintah Kabupaten Bogor. Metode untuk mengidentifikasi alternatif produk UMKM ubi jalar yang prospektif adalah AHP. Sedangkan, metode yang digunakan untuk merumuskan dan mengidentifikasi strategi yang paling tepat adalah matriks IFE dan EFE pada tahap masukan, matriks IE dan SWOT pada tahap pencocokan, matriks QSP pada tahap keputusan. Alternatif produk UMKM ubi jalar yang prospektif adalah snack kering. Alternatif strategi pengembangan yang dihasilkan adalah melakukan penelitian dan pengembangan mengenai variasi produk olahan ubi jalar yang memiliki keunggulan, mendapatkan sertifikasi jaminan mutu produk, melakukan perluasan pasar dan promosi menggunakan internet, meningkatkan produktivitas dan kapasitas produksi, melakukan peningkatan manajemen dalam kegiatan usaha, meningkatkan dan mempertahankan kerjasama dengan pelanggan, melakukan evaluasi menyeluruh secara berkala. Strategi pengembangan yang paling tepat adalah melakukan perluasan pasar dan promosi menggunakan internet.
Keyword: AHP, MSME agroindustry development, QSPM, SWOT, sweet potato

Judul: Kajian Klasifikasi Usahatani Ubi Jalar pada Petani Kecil Berdasarkan UU No.20 Tahun 2008, (Studi Kasus di Desa Cikarawang, Kecamatan Dramaga, Kabupaten Bogar, Provinsi Jawa Barat)
Abstrak: Sweet potato has potential as a diversified source of high carbohydrate food, can be used as a food chart, pakanm and industrial raw materials. Reviewing the size of the business in commodity sweet potatoes in pespektif SMEs considered important, sweet potato farming in the perspective of SMEs is measured by net worth and the value of revenues per year, but in the measurement of economic studies of a business can be calculated based on the performance of its business. By using the performance measures the government is much easier to classify a business in specific groups according essence helps policies potentially weak. So to know the circumstances of this research attempts to review the actual conditions experienced sweet potato farming on small farmers as one economic agent in Indonesia. Selection of study sites and respondents were purposively. The required data are the primary data and secondary data, and then analyzed quantitatively using microsoft office exel and the results were analyzed qualitatively. analysis shows the performance of farms in the "small farmers" with an average land area of 0:21 ha penelitain location, shows that farming is done "small farmers" is a productive business with the R / C 1.34 against cash cost or value of R / C 1:10 of the total costs and benefits with cash receipts amounted to USD 2 384 578.34 per year or total revenues of Rp 769 262.95 per year. And in the perspective of SMEs klasifiaksi net sales and net assets for the year in the small farmers of the research included in the scale "micro-enterprises". Microenterprises have a great amount of effort, but it has a weak economic structure in which a low value product, which is not a legal form of business, and education level were rendah.Maka businesses to achieve the essence of policies that help those who are structurally weak, the government needs to review back perspective of classification MSMEs (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) in Article 6 of Law No. 20 of 2008 in order to adapt to the actual conditions, or existing definitions can be added into UGMKM (landless Enterprises, Micro, Small and medium enterprises).
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), business performance., policy, the size of SMEs, Small farmers

Judul: Posisi Filogenetik Kura-Kura Carettochelys Insculpta  (Reptillia: Testudinata)
Abstrak: Carettochelys insculpta is an endemic freshwater turtle of southern Papua and northern Australia. Phylogenetic position of this turtle is remain unresolved until now. Most of the research conducted show close relationships of C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. However, some of the research show distance between C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. This research is conducted to analyze phylogenetic relationship between C. insculpta and other members of Testudinata using 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and both gene as markers. DNA samples were obtained from three different organisms of C. insculpta. Two species used as outgroups were Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana. Phylogenetic analysis was carried out using Neighbor-Joining method with Felsenstein 1981 (F81) modeltest. A polytomy tree of Testudinata was produced by using 12S rRNA gene. However, analysis using 16S rRNA and both genes as markers confirmed that C. insculpta was located between the Chelonidae and the Trionychidae family.
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