Judul: An analysis on operational feasibility of packing house for mangosteen commodity, in hegarmanah village, Cicantayan sub-district, Sukabumi regency
Abstrak: Along with the high demand for mangosteen fruit from domestic and export, it is necessary to have a good post-harvest handling to be able to manage the sales of mangosteen products. For this purpose, Hegarmanah Village, Cicantayan Sub-district, Sukabumi Regency built a packing house called Mega Fruit (Mustika Lestari XI), which is managed by a mangosteen farmer group. In 2009 the government provided assistance in the form of a building for packing house and its facilities. To analysis whether the packing house operation with the addition of the government aid is feasible or not definitely requires research on the analysis of operational feasibility of Mega Fruit (Mustika Lestari XI).The data used in this research was obtained through interviews with managers and studies on related literature. In this study the operational feasibility analysis included financial, technical and managerial aspects. The financial aspect analysis included production cost and investment feasibility. The technical aspect analysis covered production process and material flow pattern of mangosteen products. The management analysis involved such aspects as business entity, labor division, and organizational structure. The total cost of mangosteen production was Rp 2,749,085,666. With the basic cost of Rp 8,086 / kg, it was still below the selling price of Rp 8,300 / kg, so that the sales of mangosteen could provide a profit of Rp 214 / kg. The break even point of packing house operations was 135,459 kg / year. The average production reached 340,000 kg / year, meaning that the packing house was running at a profitable level. The result of financial feasibility analysis showed that the packing house was feasible to operate with the NPV value of the project's life of (grant of packing house) nine years ahead on a discount factor of 15% Rp 192,350,661, the IRR of 32.77%, the net value B / C of 1.74, and the payback period of 3.1 years. The result of sensitivity analysis to changes in the operational costs of transportation, production volumes and selling prices at the packing house showed that the selling price was an element of change which was so sensitive that in the future the selling price should be higher. The technical analysis showed that the packing house was run by a regular sequence of production activities with the U-shaped pattern of material flow so that the desired end product was at the location adjacent to the initial process. The analysis showed that based on the management aspect of the ownership status, the packing house was owned by a group of farmers. The operational management of packing house was done by workers in line with the need so that production could run well.
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Judul: Sistem penunjang keputusan perencanaan pengembangan agroindustri Manggis (Garcinia mangostana Linn) (studi kasus di Kabupaten Bogor)
Abstrak: Mangosteen has become the Queen of commodities to export fresh fruit to foreign countries. But the numbers are still about 20% of the total production in Indonesia is mostly caused by low quality of the fruit. For that, they need diversified commodities processed mangosteen products. The objectives of this research to develop a model of decision support system for mangosteen agroindustry development in bogor district and recommend a strategy for planning and development of the agroindustry to the government of Bogor district and mangosteen prospective employers. Decision support system for mangosteen agroindustry development implemented into a computer program package called mangosteen 1.0 by using Pascal programming language in Embarcadero Delphi XE which consists of six models, including model of prospective product, site analysis model, model of analysis production centers, model of the mangosteen cultivation financial feasibility, model of agro-industry financial feasibility, and model of mangosteen development strategy. Decision support system using the comparison ekponensial method ( MPE), and analitical Hierarchy Process method (AHP). This mangosteen agro-industrial is plan to be located in Dramaga based on site selection using MPE method with a capacity of 50.000 bottles of mangosteen xanthone per month. This research programme shows that the mangosteen agro-industrial of xanthone is feasible with NPV Rp. 8.804.311.994, IRR 52%, Pay Back Period (PBP) 3 years and 3 months, and B/C Ratio 2.76.
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Judul: Babesiosis pada kuda
Abstrak: Babesiosis pada kuda adalah penyakit menular yang di- sebabkan oleh Babesia caballi dan Babesia equi, yaitu pa- rasit protozoa perusak sel darah yang termasuk dalam genus Babesia. B. equi diduga oleh beberapa ahli termasuk dalam genus Theileria. Karena itu klasifikasi genus Babesia di- bicarakan dan siklus hidup B. caballi dan B. equi diulas. Kuda pada semua umur dapat terserang oleh dua parasite tersebut di atas. Tetapi kuda-kuda yang sudah dewasa (tua) lebih rentan jika dibandingkan dengan kuda-kuda yang masih muda. Kasus-kasus yang paling sering dijumpai adalah kasus-kasus yang bersifat akut walaupun kasus-kasus yang bersifat perakut, subakut dan kronik kadang-kadang terlihat. Serangan oleh parasit Babesia biasanya menyebabkan kerusаkan sel darah merah yang hebat sehingga kuda-kuda yang terserang menderita anemia hebat yang dapat menyebabkan kematian bila tidak segera diobati. Untuk mengatasi hal tersebut perlu dilakukan diagnosis yang tepat dan sedini mungkin. Diagnosis dapat dilakukan dengan cara memeriksa gejala-gejala klinik, preparat ulas darah, inokulasi hewan lain dan dengan mengadakan pemeriksaan secara serologik. Gejala-gejala klinik babesiosis pada kuda yang bersifat akut yang paling sering terlihat, ialah : nafsu makan menurun/hilang, lesu, bulu suram dan tidak mau bergerak. Kuda yang dilepaskan di padang rumput akan mengasingkan diri dan jalan sempoyongan. Faeces yang keluar berwarna cok- lat gelap, diselaputi lendir yang berwarna kekuningan dan urimenya berwarna merah tua. Temperatur tubuh meningkat menjadi 39.5 - 41°C dan pulsus meningkat. Terlihat dispnoe, perdarahan petechi pada mukosa membrana nictitans dan conjunctiva yang lebih pucat dari normal dan juga icteris. Kasus-kasus yang bersifat subakut gejala-gejalanya lebih ringan, tetapi bila tidak segera diobati maka gejala- gejala tersebut secara cepat menjadi hebat. Persendian lutut dan persendian gelang puyuh membengkak dan padanya ter- lihat oedema. Pada abdomen, dada dan kepala juga dapat di- temukan oedema. Gejala-gejala klinik yang terlihat pada kasus kronik adalah penurunan kondisi tubuh kuda secara progresif walaupun diberi makan yang banyak. Perubahan temperatur tidak jelas, nafsu makan berubah-ubah, icterus tidak jelas dan anemia mungkin hanya dapat dideteksi dengan menghitung sel darah merah dan kadar hematocrit…dst
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