Judul: Analisis dampak dan strategi pengembangan agropolitan basis jagung terhadap perekonomian wilayah serta analisis pendapatan masyarakat petani di Provinsi Gorontalo (Studi kasus kabupaten Pohuwato)
Abstrak: Provinsi Gorontalo merupakan salah satu provinsi yang mengembangkan konsep agropolitan sebagai salah satu pendekatan dalam memacu pembangunan dan pengembangan wilayahnya. Sebagai salah satu provinsi baru, Gorontalo berkembang pesat dan menjadi salah satu provinsi yang diperhitungkan di Kawasan Timur Indonesia. Namun demikian sebagai salah satu kabupaten di Provinsi Gorontalo yang menjadi kawasan rintisan pengembangan agropolitan, Kabupaten Pohuwato masih memiliki banyak permasalahan seperti tingginya tingkat kemiskinan, rendahnya tingkat pengetahuan petani dan masih terbatasnya sarana–prasarana penunjang menjadi faktor penting yang berpengaruh terhadap keberhasilan pengembangan agropolitan basis jagung. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk melihat dampak pengembangan program agropolitan dikaitkan dalam pembangunan wilayah Kabupaten Pohuwato. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menganalisis dampak program agropolitan terhadap perekonomian wilayah dan pendapatan masyarakat petani, mengkaji tingkat partisipasi masyarakat dan merumuskan strategi pembangunan yang dapat mendorong pengembangan ekonomi kawasan agropolitan. Adapun alat analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis Location Quotient, Multiplier Short Run dan Multiplier Long Run, Analisis Shift Share, Analisis Uji Beda Pendapatan, Analisis Tingkat Partisipasi Masyarakat dalam Pembangunan dan Analisis Rapid Assessment for Local Economic Development (RALED). Pengumpulan data dilaksanakan pada bulan September – Oktober 2007.
Keyword: strategi pengembangan agropolitan, perekonomian wilayah, analisis pendapatan, masyarakat petani, Gorontalo, Pohuwato

Judul: Analisis ketimpangan pembangunan dan pertumbuhan ekonomi di Provinsi Gorontalo:
Abstrak: This study aims to analyze the change of economic structure; development imbalances resulting from the proportional imbalance in GDRP per capita, Human Development Index and Infrastructure Expenditure Ratio; form of relationship development and inequality of economic growth and to provide policy recommendations. The analysis is using Williamson Index, Gini Ratio, Shift-Share, Klassen Typhology and Regression of Unbalanced Panel. The results showed that although growth was lower than the non-agriculture but agriculture is still dominant in the economic structure. Potentially sector and the greatest economic growth occurs in regions of secondary and tertiary sector that have occurred indicate a shift in economic structure in the Province of Gorontalo during the period 2001-2008. Pohuwato and Boalemo Regency and Gorontalo Municipality has a competitive economic, including in Quadrant I on matrix typology Klassen (high growth and high income), while Gorontalo Regency and Bone Bolango in the Quadrant III (low growth and low income). Simultaneously and partial, the difference of all independent variable are significant as the main source of inequality.
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Judul: Elektrodeposisi Film Tipis Semikonduktor Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) pada Substrat Kaca ITO
Abstrak: Semiconductor Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film that can be used as absorber layers on solar cell module was made via electrodeposition method. CZTS thin film was electrodeposited on the surface of a silicate glass coated with a thin layer of indium tin oxide (ITO). Deposition process was done using potentiostatic mode at room temperature with a potential of 1.05 V for 30, 45, and 60 minutes, followed with annealing the film at 2 different temperatures, 500 ºC using furnace and 180 ºC using hot plate, both treatments for 45 minutes in N2/H2S atmosphere. The X-ray difractograms were analyzed using Match 2 program and showed that the CZTS thin films had kesterit crystalline structure, with a low percentage of CZTS phase. The thin film also contained secondary phases such as Cu2S, ZnS, and SnS. The obtained CZTS thin films had a thickness between 1.039 and 1.676 μm. Absorption study showed that the band gap energy of CZTS thin films which was annealed using furnace ranged from 1.50 to 1.52 eV, whereas that annealed using the hot plate was not observed. The band gap energy value showed that CZTS thin films can be used as sunlight absorber layers on solar cell. The formation of CZTS crystal film on this investigation was effectively performed using furnace annealing process at a temperature of 500 ºC with deposition time of 45 minutes.
Keyword: Thin film, Electrodeposition, Cu2ZnSnS4