Judul: Landscape Management Strategy for Integrated Agricultural Tourism at Sulamu Sub District, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara
Abstrak: Rural area is a place to conserve any kind of natural resources. Variety kind of land uses (forest, crop, plantation, horticulture, farm, fishpond, and housing), agroforestry potency, natural beauty, and rural cultural landscape has potentially developed as agrotourism attraction. Thus, the local community may obtain economical, environmental, and social benefit to improve welfare (Arifin et al. 2009). Agritourism development in rural area can be made as tours that accentuated the local culture and expected to improve farmer income, maintain the culture of local wisdom that generally accordanced with the natural condition, and the educational facility (Nurisjah 2001). Because of that, the participation of the community in the agritourism development is important to be noticed. Government of Kupang regency determined local development plan for natural and cultural tourism in Kupang regency to increase local community economy by assessing some local tours that lies on the Sulamu Subdistrict area (Keputusan Bupati Daerah Tingkat II Kupang No. 26/1999). Sulamu subdistrict owns agriculture landscape with rice land, garden, fishery, and farm that has been visiting from outside tourist of Kupang eventhough it has not run its own agrotourism management system. How the characteristic of integrated agricultural landscape in Sulamu has analysed by using the classification from Mugnisjah (2007) that is characteristic of integrated agriculture in horizontal based on mixed farming, horizontal based on region, and vertical integrated agriculture. The research has three main objectives that include the following: (1) to analyze agricultural landscape characteristic, (2) to analyze the potency and problems of the area as an integrated agricultural tourism, and (3) to propose an agritourism management strategy. The research was held at Sulamu sub-district, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. Seven villages observed namely Bipolo, Oeteta, Pariti, Pantai Beringin, Pitay, Sulamu, and Pantulan. This research was conducted from January to May 2013 that used three main aspect of analyses, which are (1) agritourism suitability zone, (2) carrying capacity, and (3) the characteristic, perception, and preference of the tourists. The analyses of suitability area used five analyses which are integrated agricultural landscape, environmental quality, tourism interest, tourism supporting elements, and local acceptance to define the agritourism suitability areas. Based on agrotourism suitability zone, Bipolo, Oeteta, and Pariti are high potency villages. Oeteta and Bipolo have integrated agricultural landscape character in horizontal like farming, husbandry, and fisheries based on mixed farming and region, and in vertical integrated agriculture. Pariti has an integrated agricultural landscape character in horizontal based on mixed farming and region. Sulamu and Pantai Beringin has moderate potency of integrated agricultural landscape character in horizontal and agrotourism support. Pantulan and Pitay have low potency of integrated agricultural landscape characteristic in horizontal and vertical as well as the low value tourism support. Sulamu districts has potencies like the attractiveness 7 of agricultural landscapes, agricultural activity of the community, highly carrying capacity aspects, and the land and sea accessibilities. While some of the obstacles that are community mindset and low ability of agricultural technology, unoptimized infrastructure, and the lack of agricultural tourism management system in the area. The result of SWOT analysis of highly potency villages showed that the area
Keyword: landscape management, integrated agriculture, agritourism, rural landscape

Judul: The Landscape Potential Analysis of Pengasinan Sub-District, Depok City for Community Based Ornamental Plants Agrotourism
Abstrak: Kelurahan Pengasinan memiliki komoditas utama berupa tanaman hias yang berpotensi untuk menjadi objek agrowisata di Kota Depok. Sayangnya, kawasan ini belum dikembangkan secara optimal. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginventarisasi dan menganalisis kesesuaian lanskap di Kelurahan Pengasinan serta menentukan kawasan potensial untuk pengembangan agrowisata tanaman hias berbasis masyarakat. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah inventarisasi, analisis potensi masyarakat, analisis potensi pengembangan lahan dan analisis potensi agrowisata dengan metode skoring. Hasil penelitian berupa peta kawasan potensial, konsep, rekomendasi dan strategi pengembangan agrowisata tanaman hias berbasis masyarakat di Kelurahan Pengasinan. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, Objek wisata potensial di kawasan tersebut berupa sentra tanaman hias, wisata air Situ Pengasinan, budidaya ikan air tawar, pemancingan dan wahana permainan. Masyarakat setempat yang akan menjadi pelaku utama agrowisata telah memiliki kesiapan yang baik dari segi kepemilikan laha, keahlian profesi dan keahlian penunjang. Kondisi fisik lanskap Kelurahan Pengasinan masuk ke dalam kategori sesuai untuk pengembangan agrowisata karena memiliki tingkat kepekaan terhadap erosi yang dominan rendah, serta memiliki jenis penggunaan lahan yang sesuai. Kelurahan Pengasinan memiliki 3 zona yang potensial untuk pengembangan agrowisata tanaman hias yaitu, koridor Jalan Raya Pengasinan, area Situ Pengasinan, dan koridor Jl Panggulan – Jl Legok Semun., Pengasinan Sub-District have ornamental plants cultivation as the main commodity that potential to become an agrotourism object in Depok City. However, this area has not been optimally developed. This study aims to inventory and analyze the suitability of the landscape in the Pengasinan Sub-District and determine the potential areas for the development of community-based ornamental plant agrotourism. The method used in this research are landscape inventory, community potential analysis, land potential development analysis and scoring of agro-tourism potential. The result are potential areas, concepts, recommendations and strategies for the community-based ornamental plant agrotourism development. Based on the research, potential tourism objects in the area are ornamental plant centers, Pengasinan Lake tourism, fish farming, fishing and playground area. The local community who will become the main executor of agro-tourism already have good readiness in terms of land ownership, professional expertise, and supporting expertise. The physical condition of the Pengasinan Sub-District landscape is categorized in the suitable category for agro-tourism development because it has a low sensitivity to erosion, and has the right type of land use. There are 3 potential zones for the development of ornamental plant agro-tourism, namely, the corridor of Jl Raya Pengasinan, Pengasinan Lake area, and the Jl Panggulan – Jl Legok Semun corridor.
Keyword: community development, landscape plants, urban agricultural tourism

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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