Judul: Competence and powerness of the cattle farmers to improving beef business (case on West Seram, Mollucas)
Abstrak: The research objectives are: (1) To find out and describe the factors related to the competencies and capabilities of farmers due to manage and improving beef business, (2) To find out the level of cattle farmer competencies and develop the product, and (3) To formulate or to design a strategy how to improve cattle farmer powerness in We st Seram. Structural Equation Model (SEM) was used to analyze quantitative data. From the five variable used to measure the cattle farmer competencies, it can be showed that only three of the variables significantly effect the farmer’s competencies. Those variable were human capital, physical capital and natural capital. The competencies level of the farmers on semi intensive and intensive care system were higher than extensive care system. The farmer entrepreneur competencies were higher than technical competencies. There’re significant effects of the human capital, social capital, physical capital and local government support to the powerness or capabilities of the farmers.
Keyword: marketing system, farmer empowerment, human resources, farmer entrepreneur competencies, natural resources

Judul: Pengaruh Kompetensi Terhadap Kinerja Petani Di Wilayah Agam, Sumatera Barat
Abstrak: Global market competition at present demands an improvement of the enterprise competitiveness to develop horticulture business in Indonesia. The largest producer of the commodity in Indonesia located in Agam, West Sumatra. Number of activities in developing the farmers competence were accomplished with the purpose to improve the performance and the crop yield. The objective of this research are, 1) analyzing the general description of farmers competence in region Agam, West Sumatra, 2) analyzing the perception of the farmers competence and performance in region Agam, West Sumatra, 3) analyzing the effect of competence on farmers performance in region Agam, West Sumatra, 4) providing the best recommendations regarding the competence enhancement programs that could improve the farmers performance in region Agam, West Sumatra. Based on the results of the research that quantitatively analyzed with the SEM method Partial Least Square approach, generated that the competence affects on performance. The more improved farmers competence results in the more improved farmers performance.
Keyword: SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) Partial Least Square, performance, competence

Judul: Pembuatan Film Tipis Lithium Niobat (LiNbO3) Menggunakan Metode Chemical Solution Deposition (CSD) dengan Variasi Kecepatan Putar (Rpm).
Abstrak: Film tipis merupakan salah satu aspek yang mendapat perhatian sangat besar dalam bidang material, karena film tipis merupakan material menarik yang memiliki sifat optik yang sangat tergantung pada konstanta dielektrik, indeks bias, dan energi gap. Lithium Niobat (LiNbO3 ) dapat digunakan sebagai pelapis pada film tipis karena memiliki sifat piezoelektrik, electrooptical, pyroelectrical dan photorefractive yang sangat baik. Film tipis Lithium Niobat (LiNbO3 ) ditumbuhkan menggunakan metode Chemical Solution Deposition (CSD) dengan variasi kecepatan 3500 rpm, 5000 rpm, 6500 rpm, dan 8000 rpm. Metode ini memiliki keunggulan dapat mengontrol stokiometri film tipis dengan kualitas yang baik, prosedur yang mudah dan membutukan biaya yang relatif murah. Energi band gap yang dihasilkan dari film tipis Lithium Niobat (LiNbO3) berkisar antara rentang 2.1 eV – 2.8 eV dengan indeks bias berada pada rentang 2.18-3.2. Film tipis LiNbO3 memiliki parameter kisi a=b=5.54Ǻ dan c = 16.35 Ǻ. Struktur morfologi film tipis adalah permukaan yang homogen dan ukuran kristal berada pada rentang 0.417 μm – 0.680 μm.
Keyword: sifat optik, litium niobat, chemical solution deposition, kecepatan putar