Judul: Persepsi Petani Binaan ICDF terhadap Peranan Public Relation dalam Penerapan Budidaya dan Penanganan Pasca Panen Buah Jambu Kristal
Abstrak: Public relations (PR) is a process of mutual communication between the various parties, giving rise to mutual understanding and mutual trusting. International Coorporation and Development Fund (ICDF) used the PR’s role in the development and to make a good perception of the Crystal Guava fruit. This study aims to identify farmers' perceptions of the role of PR in the application of cultivation and post-harvest handling of Crystal Guava fruit and related factors, identify the knowledge of farmers on programs that do ICDF and related factors, as well as analyze the profile of Crystal Guava farmers in the Cikarawang’s village. As the results Crystal Guava farmers showed relatively a good perception of the PR’s role as informator and is quite good on the PR’s role as a facilitator and mediator, as well as factors related to farmers' knowledge of the ICDF program conducted training that includes knowledge of cultivation, provision of means of production, and post-harvest training. Knowledge of farmers on programs that do ICDF Crystal Guava farmers is quite high as well as related factors are age, income, farming experience, interaction with farmer groups.
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Judul: Perbandingan Analisis Kelayakan Usaha Jambu Kristal (Psidium guajava L.) Petani Mandiri dengan Petani Binaan ICDF Kabupaten Bogor
Abstrak: Kristal guava presents as popular primadona fruits. Nowdays, there is a gap between demand and production. This gap could be an opportunity to open kristal guava business. The purpose of this research is to compare feasibility analysis of kristal guava between independent farmer (Mr.Agus) and mentored farmer by ICDF (Mr.Badri). The research was conducted at Tangkil Village and Cikarawang Village. Is that ICDF bring a positive effect to the farmer. Data analysis method which is used on this research is qualitative analysis method to analyze feasibility based on non-financial aspect such as market aspect, technical aspect, management and legal aspect, and also sosial, economic, culture and environmental aspect. Quantitative analysis based on investment criteria and sensitivity analysis using switching value to analyze feasibility based on financial aspect. The result of this feasibility analysis shows that kristal guava cultivation is feasible to run. Based on the sensitivity analysis using a switching value.
Keyword: kristal guava, comparison feasibility

Judul: Karakteristik Anatomi Skelet Kepala Buaya senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii).
Abstrak: Buaya sepit atau senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) merupakan jenis buaya asli Indonesia yang berhabitat di sungai-sungai Sumatera, Kalimantan, dan juga pedalaman Sulawesi. Salah satu ciri khas buaya senyulong adalah bentuk moncong yang runcing dan sempit, namun hingga saat ini informasi mengenai struktur skelet kepala buaya senyulong sangat terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari karakteristik anatomi skelet kepala buaya senyulong yang dikatikan dengan fungsi dan perilakunya. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksploratif dengan melakukan pengamatan, pencatatan, dan pengambilan gambar dari skelet kepala buaya senyulong. Skelet kepala berukuran panjang 70 cm, lebar 29 cm, dan tingggi 17 cm dengan permukaan kasar pada os nasale, os frontale, os maxilla, os mandibula, os lacrimale, os jugale. Jumlah gigi pada buaya ini sebanyak 78 buah, terdiri dari 4 buah gigi premaxila, 16 buah gigi maxila, dan 19 buah gigi mandibula. Pada regio orbitalis ditemukan dua pasang fenestrae temporales yang berkembang baik. Fenestra supratemporale merupakan lubang oval yang membentang di sepanjang os parietale. Fenestra infratemporale berbentuk segitiga dan dibatasi oleh os squamosum, os postorbitale, os jugulare, dan os quadratum. Os mandibula hewan ini mempunyai symphysis mandibularis yang panjang yaitu garis yang melintang di corpus mandibulae. Secara fungsional ukuran symphysis mandibularis berkaitan dengan adaptasi hewan terhadap diet makan.
Keyword: kepala, moncong, Tomistoma schlegelii