Judul: Keuntungan Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat Pola Kemitraan di Wilayah Bogor Barat (Kasus Kelompok Tani Rimba Lestari dan Sejahtera Tani).
Abstrak: The partnership pattern has believed to be a way to overcome the capital problems in the developing and construction of community forests. Partnerships cooperation in developing community forest enterprises can improve opportunities chance and gain business profit. The objectives of this research were to analyze the ratio and economic profit sharing and also to know the pattern of community forest business partnerships. The research was conducted on two groups of farmers who runs a business partnership of community forests, which Sejahtera Tani Farmer Group in Cibunian village of the Pamijahan District and Rimba Lestari Farmer Group in Karacak village of the Leuwiliang District. The result showed that both of Farmer Group have developed the community forest business with partnership patern between farmers, land owners, and investors. Business profit was earned by Sejahtera Tani Farmer Group was Rp 238 500 000/hectar and Rimba Lestari Farmer Group was Rp 162 250 000/hectar. Profit sharing of Sejahtera Tani Farmer Group was allocated 30% for farmers and 70% for the investor. Meanwhile the profit sharing of Rimba Lestari Farmer Group was allocated 30% for farmers, 40% for investors, 20% for land owners and 10% for farmer group.
Keyword: Community Forest, Partnership and Profits Economic

Judul: Analisis Pola dan Hubungan Kemitraan di Hutan Rakyat Rimba Lestari Desa Karacak Kecamatan Leuwiliang
Abstrak: Capital is factor which being a constraint in any development of community forests. Partnership is believed to be a solution of this problem. Farmer group of Rimba Lestari (RL) in Karacak village develop community forest based on bussiness partnerships between smallholder farmers, land owners, and investors. The purpose of this study was to analyze the pattern and level of partnership, as well as knowing the pattern of results based on an analysis of the financial benefits. Partnership of RL community forest management was belong to Agribussiness Operational Partnership pattern. Partnership of RL community forest management is worth to be developed, it shows from the view of partnerships rate of 721.67, that is categorized as Partnership Prima Madya. The relationship of the bussiness need to be encouraged and also it needs an agreements of corporation for make a sustainable management. In addition, the level of relationship and the partnership of RL community forest management is also feasible to be developed based on the analysis of financial benefit with a value of NPV Rp339 769 771 /ha/yr and BCR 4.63 /ha/yr.
Keyword: The level of relationship., Partnership, Community Forest

Judul: Hydroxyapatite-Chitosan Composite Coating on Stainless Steel 316 to Improve Corrosion Resistance
Abstrak: Metals that were used in bone implantation should have good corrosion resistance that were not easily corroded when implanted into the body. Metal corrosion resistance of stainless steel 316 can be enhanced through the metal coating by hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite with composition ratio of hydroxyapatite (gram) and chitosan 3% (mL) 0.2:0, 0.2:0.1, 0.2:0.5, 0.2:1.0, and 0.2:1.5. Besides improving the corrosion resistance of metal, the presence of chitosan also maintain the position of hydroxyapatite on metal surfaces. Corrosion resistance increases with increasing amount of chitosan added and the best composition of hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite was 0.2:1.0.
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