Judul: The impact of economic policy in the agroindustry sector on the income distribution and poverty in Indonesia
Abstrak: Kemiskinan di Indonesia sebagian besar berada di sektor pertanian dan perdesaan dan menjadi permasalahan nasional yang serius. Masalah kemiskinan dan distribusi pendapatan terkait erat dengan strategi pembangunan ekonomi yang dilakukan. Kebijakan pengembangan agroindustri merupakan salah satu kebijakan pemerintah yang diharapkan berdampak mengurangi kemiskinan dan memperbaiki distribusi pendapatan. Penelitian bertujuan untuk menganalisis peran sektor agroindustri dalam perekonomian nasional dan dampak kebijakan ekonomi di sektor agroindustri terhadap distribusi pendapatan dan kemiskinan. Kebijakan ekonomi yang dimaksud adalah kebijakan peningkatan pengeluaran pemerintah, ekspor, investasi dan insentif pajak di sektor agroindustri dan redistribusi pendapatan. Analisis menggunakan data Sistem Neraca Sosial Ekonomi (SNSE) yang didisagregasi ke dalam agroindustri makanan dan non makanan. Simulasi kebijakan di sektor agroindustri dilanjutkan untuk menganalisis distribusi pendapatan dan kemiskinan menggunakan data SNSE dan SUSENAS., Indonesia poverty incidences are mostly found in the rural areas and in the agricultural sector. At present, the incidence is becoming more increasing and has drawn a national attention. Poverty and income distribution are closely related to the economic development. Agroindustry development policy is one of the government policies aim to have positive impacts on the income equality and poverty in Indonesia. The objective of this study is to analyze the role of agroindustry in the Indonesian economy and to analyze the impact of the government expenditure, export, investment and tax policy in agroindustry sector on the income distribution and poverty.
Keyword: Agroindustry, Social Accounting Matrix, Income distribution, Poverty, Pembangunan ekonomi, Aliran klasik, Aliran strukturalis, Strategi Agricultural-Demand-Led Industrialization, Neraca sosial ekonomi, Cross entropy

Judul: The impact of agricultural industrialization to agricutural sector performance and rural poverty in Indonesia
Abstrak: Agricultural industrialization can be aproached through supply side and demand side. From supply side, agricultu ral industrialization is interpreted through incremental productivity. This research is designed to measure the impact of productivity improvement of agricultural industry (agroindustry) on economic sector performance, macroeconomic, household income, and rural poverty. This research use a data base on Input-Output (I-O) Table and Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) of Indonesi a 2003 developed by Central Bureau of Statistic. The main analysis used is recursive dynamic of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model (CGE-AGRINDO Model) while poverty case is analyzed by using Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) poverty index. The policy simulation result shows that productivity improvement of agroindustry has strong affects on total output industry. If the productivity improvement of agroindustry is followed by productivity improvement of agriculture and financial institution, almost all sectors would increase in total output. In turn, the increase of total outp ut will result in a decrease in output selling price, on the other hand it will increase labor absorbtion. The productivity improvement affects the macroeconomic performance which indicated by real GDP improvement. This condition also affects the increasing in inflation acceleration. The productivity improvement contributes to an impact on rural and urban household’s income. The household of agricultural labor on rural area receives the biggest benefit, on the contrary the househod of nonagricultural labor at upper level on urban area receives the smallest benefit.
Keyword: CGE Model, Social Accounting Matrix, productivity improvement, financial institution, urban area

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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