Judul: Designing an Action Learning Process to Promote Innovative Waste Management Practices in The Tapioca Industry in Lampung Province
Abstrak: Tapioca industry gives positive impact to the regional economy in Lampung Province. With 66 tapioca factories and 8.059.287 tonnes of tapioca starch production, it makes Lampung Province as the biggest tapioca producer in Indonesia. However, tapioca industry released large amount of waste that can contaminated the environment. Although there are some ideas and technologies that have been offered by some stakeholders in tapioca industry, poor interaction of stakeholders influences the innovation adoption of technology and regulation compliances. Innovation is an interactive and interdisciplinary phenomenon. Therefore, interactions among stakeholders are critical for accelerating the innovation adoption process in waste management. This research offers action learning as one qualitative method for observe organisations engagement for nurturing ideas of innovation. This study used case studied methodology and followed qualitative research by using field observation and interview for data collection, and interpretive approach for analysing the data. The initial findings found that the stakeholders have concerned about waste management practices in tapioca industry. However, this research reveals that undefined role of stakeholders, lack of coordination among stakeholders, and financial problem are the burden for innovation adoption process. Based on this situation, the action learning can be arranged. The approach to action learning in this research is developed according to problem analysis in current situation and the stakeholder expectation for future collaboration. Moreover, the government will play a role as a facilitator, while academics and R&D institutions take part as advisor. There are four steps of action learning: planning, action, experience, and understanding. For ensuring sustainable collaboration, agreements among stakeholders are needed.
Keyword: tapioca industry, collaboration, innovation, waste management, action learning

Judul: IPB (Bogor Agricultural University)
Abstrak: Tapioca industry is one industry that potentially polluted the environment, especially the increase of global warming that requires improvement efforts, improvements made efforts expected to improve process efficiency while lowering operational costs. The purpose of this study is to get the tapioca processing stage for potential application of clean production of tapioca factory based on the use of water, energy, and characteristics of waste generated; produce alternative production process improvement and management of industrial waste tapioca that can increase efficiency and reduce the risk of pollution to the environment based on analysis and evaluation of economic benefits and environmental values; produce a process model of environmentally friendly industrial production of tapioca-based cleaner production.
Keyword: Lampung, Manihot esculenta Crantz

Judul: Studi pengamatan kromosom anyelir(Dianthus caryophyllus Linn.) klon 10.8 yang diberi radiasi sinar gamma
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi keragaman kromosom akibat radiasi sinar gamma pada klon anyelir nomor 10.8. Penelitian dilakukan di empat tempat, yaitu: (1) Laboratorium Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Teknologi Isotop dan Radiasi, Badan Tenaga Nuklir Nasional (BATAN) di Pasar Jumat, Jakarta, (2) Instalasi Penelitian Tanaman Hias (INLITHI), Cipanas, di (3) Laboratorium Terpadu Pusat Antar Universitas-IPB di Darmaga, Bogor dan di (4) Herbarium Bogoriense, Laboratorium Sitologi, Bogor. Penelitian dilakukan dari Bulan Oktober 2004 sampai Maret 2005. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pada anyelir klon 10.8 yang diberi radiasi 10 gray jumlah kromosom 2n=30 tidak terdapat perbedaan pada jumlah kromosomnya. Sedangkan pada anyelir klon 10.8 yang diberi radiasi 20 gray menunjukkan perubahan jumlah kromosom. Pada anyelir klon 10.8-20 gray (2), yaitu jumlah kromosomnya menjadi 2 n-1 -1 -1 -1 = 26, sedangkan pada anyelir klon 10.8-20 gray (1) jumlah kromosomnya tetap 2n = 30. Pada anyelir klon 10.8-30 gray (1) memiliki jumlah kromosom 2 n -1-1 = 28 dan anyelir klon 10.8-30 gray (2) jumlah kromosomnya 2n + 4 = 34. Kromosom anyelir klon 10.8-40 gray (1) terdapat penambahan kromosom sehingga berjumlah 2 n+6=36 dan pada anyelir klon 10.8-40 gray (2) jumlah kromosomnya adalah 2n+2=32. Pada kromosom anyelir klon 10.8-50 gray (1) perubahan yang terjadi adalah pengurangan jumlah kromosom sehingga menjadi 2n-1-128 dan pada anyelir klon 10.8-50 gray (2) terjadi penambahan jumlah kromosom menjadi 2n + 4 = 34. Pada anyelir klon 10.8 yang diberi radiasi 60 gray tidak terdapat adanya penambahan atau pengurangan jumlah kromosom sehingga jumlahnya tetap 2n=30. Kisaran panjang kromosom anyelir klon 10.8-0 gray kontrol adalah 0.50- 0.19 µm. Kromosom anyelir klon 10.8 mutan memiliki panjang kromosom yang bervariasi, seperti pada anyelir klon 10.8-10 gray (1) memiliki panjang kromosom antara 0.83-0.38 µm, anyelir klon 10.8-10 gray (2) memiliki kisaran panjang kromosom antara 0.82-0.23 µm, sedangkan anyelir klon 10.8-10 gray (3) memiliki panjang yang berkisar antara 0.72-0.34 µm. Pada anyelir klon 10.8-20 gray (1) panjang total kromosomnya adalah antara 1.01-0.30 µm, dan untuk anyelir klon 10.8-20 gray (2) panjang total kromosomnya berkisar antara 0.88-0.41 µm. Anyelir klon 10.8-30 gray (1) memiliki panjang kromosom yang berkisar antara 0.67-0.31 µm dan anyelir klon 10.8-30 gray (2) memiliki kisaran panjang kromosom antara 0.80-0.20 µm. Untuk anyelir klon 10.8-40 gray (1) kisaran panjang kromosomnya adalah 0.85-0.26 µm, sementara anyelir klon 10.8-40 gray (2) memiliki panjang kromosom antara 0.89-0.27 µm. Panjang kromosom anyelir klon 10.8-50 gray (1) panjang total kromosomnya berkisar antara 0.87-0.22 µm, dan untuk anyelir klon 10.8-50 gray (2) panjang total kromosomnya adalah 0.69- 0.18 µm. Kisaran panjang kromosom anyelir klon 10.8-60 gray (1) adalah antara 0.63-0.21 µm, dan untuk anyelir klon 10.8-60 gray (2) panjang total kromosomnya adalah 0.64-0.19 µm...dst
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