Judul: Kajian Pengembangan Sentra Tambak Garam Rakyat di Kawasan Pesisir Selatan Kabupaten Sampang Provinsi Jawa Timur
Abstrak: Salt is a vital commodity that has an important role either for consumption or for various industrial activities. Salt demand has been increasing annually and apparently domestic production has not fulfilled the demand. Sampang is one of regency in Jawa Timur Province which has comparative advantages because of its widest conventional salt pond in Madura island. Development of conventional salt pond center in the south coast region of Sampang Regency is an attempt to address the national shortage of salt and also to increase regional economic. This research aims: (1) to identify potential land for extension of the salt ponds, (2) to analyze land rent of various land use types and compare it with salt ponds, (3) to determine and to compare the financial benefits among harvesting methods in the salt production, and (4) to formulate the strategic direction for development of conventional salt pond center at the study sites. The results show that there were 2 398.55 hectares of potential land for extending salt ponds consisting of 2 142.45 ha of paddy fields, 152.38 ha of aquaculture ponds, 54.91 ha of field/moor, 42.36 ha of swamp, 5.72 ha of scrub and 0.74 ha of mixed gardens. Land rent of trade and service activity, residential, ”jambu air” orchard, teak garden, irrigated field, rainfed, banana plantation and mango orchard were higher than land rent of salt pond which was ranging from 1 675 to Rp2 954 IDR per m2 per year. While paddy field, bamboo gardens, and fish ponds were underneath salt pond. Salt ponds regarding its suitability, land rent and type of land use could be extended in these type of land use respectively, i.e: aquaculture ponds, rainfed cropland, swamp, shrub, paddy fields, banana plantation, mango orchards, and bamboo gardens. All of harvesting methods in salt production are financially feasible to continue (NPV > 0; IRR > discount rate). Payback period and Net BCR show that the geomembrane method was more profitable than the “maduris” and the “portugis” method. Combination of strategic alternatives selected by A’WOT as the primary strategy to develop conventional salt pond center in the south coast region of Sampang Regency are: (1) strengthening the institutions of salt farmers to assist regulations enforcement, (2) increasing volume of production and increasing salt quality, and (3) expanding and streamlining the distribution network by government intervention.
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Judul: Efisiensi Saluran Pemasaran Garam Rakyat di Desa Padelegan, Kecamatan Pademawu, Kabupaten Pamekasan, Madura, Jawa Timur
Abstrak: The main problem in salt production are the financing and marketing subsystem. The middleman’s dominance made the condition of salt production more complicated. The objectives of this study are 1) to identify the characteristics of farmers based on the land right, 2) to estimate the average land productivity, 3) to estimate the average income of farmers, 4) to estimate the efficiency of marketing channels, and 5) to estimate income and revenue of the middleman. Based on analysis, most of the farmers are being in productive age and they had graduated on elementary school level. The BH (Bagi Hasil) Farmer is more productive than others (MS Farmer and SW Farmer). The first marketing channel (SP 1) is more efficient than the second one, which its farmer’s share are 95,83 % for KP 1, 94,74% for KP 2, and 94,12 % for KP 3. The BH Farmer has the lowest average income than others. These farmers get avarge income about Rp 11.804.600 per person per year. Every middleman in Padelegan Village got avarage revenue Rp 1.186.472.500 per year and their average income was Rp 336.000.300 per year per person. The result of this study can be a basic to make a policy about salt financing and marketing system in Padelegan Village.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University, Salt production and marketing analysis, Efficency of marketing channel, profit sharing system, middleman’s dominance

Judul: Leukemia pada kucing
Abstrak: Leukemia pada kucing adalah suatu penyakit yang sangat patogen, disebabkan oleh sejenis virus. Virus ini dikenal sebagai Feline Leukemia Virus atau FeLV. FeLV ini oleh beberapa ahli dikatakan hanya bersifat ganas pada hewan kucing. Penularannya bisa secara horizontal maupun congenital. Kucing pada semua tingkat umur dapat terserang oleh FeLV ini. Khusus pada bentuk "thymic leukemia", virus ini hanya menyerang anak-anak kucing berumur diba- wah 1 tahun. Kucing-kucing liar atau yang tidak terpeli- hara jarang sekali terinfeksi FeLV. Selain dari serangan virus FeLV itu sendiri, maka penyakit leukemia ini bisa disebabkan oleh beberapa fak- tor yang sudah ada dalam tubuh hewan dan sangat menunjang perkembangan penyakit ini, yaitu antara lain tumor, agen toksik, cedera oleh kecelakaan dan gangguan hemopoiesis. FeLV menyerang sel-sel darah dalam tubuh hewan se- hingga pembentukan darah berjalan tidak normal. Terlihat sel-sel darah yang belum dewasa sudah beredar dalam sir- kulasi darah. Bentuk dan jumlahnya tidak lagi seimbang dalam tubuh hewan kucing tersebut. Gejala klinis antara lain kekurusan, ikterus, anemia, lemah, anoreksia, dyspnoe, sulit menelan, batuk, dan membran mukosa pucat. Selain itu kelenjar pertahanan tubuh juga membengkak, kemudian terjadi hepatomegali, spleenomegali dan pembengkakan pada ginjal. Terbentuk massa tumor pada beberapa tempat. Secara biopsy pada sumsum tulang akan terlihat be- berapa perubahan. Sumsum tulang berwarna merah tua atau abu-abu. Konsistensinya lunak dan terdapat banyak sekali memproduksi sel darah putih. Melalui gambaran darah leukemia ini lebih mudah didiagnosa. Jumlah retikulosit rendah sekali. PCV 8-15%, hemoglobin menurun, sel darah putih (WBC) meningkat, lim- fosit meningkat, Alfaglobulin juga ada peningkatan, dan banyak eosinofil yang belum dewasa beredar dalam darah…dst
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