Judul: Analysis of entrepreneur characteristics of indigenous vegetables (leunca) farmers at tegallega, warungkondang, cianjur)
Abstrak: Pengembangan potensi suatu bangsa tergantung pada bagaimana keinginan dan kemampuan sumber daya manusianya sebagai aset utama, karena itulah kewirausahaan memiliki peranan penting dalam pembangunan. Karakteristik wirausaha, salah satunya dibutuhkan oleh petani sayuran indigenous khususnya leunca. Usahatani leunca salah satunya terdapat di Cianjur. Petani tersebut tergabung dalam anggota kelompok tani dan bertindak sebagai pengelola utama usaha pertaniannya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis karakteristik wirausaha petani leunca di Desa Tegallega dengan menggunakan analisis deskriptif dan statistik deskriptif. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa petani leunca termasuk kategori petani sedang dan karakteristik wirausaha utama adalah orientasi masa depan., Potential development of a nation depends on the desire and ability of human resources as a key asset, that make entrepreneurship has an important role in development. Entrepreneur characteristic also needed by indigenous vegetables farmers, specialy leunca farmers. One of leunca farming is located in Cianjur. Leunca farmers are the member of farmer group and act as main administrator of their farm. The porpose of this study was to analyse farmer entrepreneur characteristic at Tegallega village using description analysis and descriptive statistic. Based on the excisting parameters, the result showed that leunca farmers included in middle farmer category and main entrepreneur characteristic was future orientation.
Keyword: wirausaha, kewirausahaan, leunca, analisis deskriptif

Judul: The Relationship of Entrepreneurial Characteristics to the Performance of Rice Farmers in Pringkasap Village, Subang, West Java
Abstrak: Pertumbuhan wirausaha merupakan salah satu indikator penting dalam pertumbuhan ekonomi suatu negara. Wirausaha agribisnis harus memiliki karakteristik wirausaha untuk lebih meningkatkan kinerja usahanya. Paguyuban Bumi Mandiri merupakan kelompok tani yang aktif mengusahakan padi organik di Kabupaten Subang, namun masih sedikit yang menerapkan budidaya padi organik. Penelitian ini mencoba memperlihatkan hubungan karakteristik wirausaha petani padi di Desa Pringkasap terhadap kinerja usaha yang dihasilkan. Karakteristik wirausaha yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah percaya diri, kerja keras, pengambil resiko, inovatif, mandiri, dan berorientasi masa depan. Kinerja usaha yang diukur meliputi hasil produksi dan keuntungan. Alat analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah korelasi Rank Spearman. Hasil analisis korelasi Rank Spearman menunjukkan terdapat perbedaan antara petani padi non organik dan petani padi organik. Hubungan karakteristik wirausaha terhadap kinerja usaha pada petani padi organik yang memiliki nilai positif dan signifikan meliputi percaya diri, pengambilan risiko, inovatif dan orientasi masa depan terhadap hasil produksi serta kerja keras dan inovatif terhadap keuntungan. Sedangkan pada petani non organik meliputi kerja keras, inovatif, dan mandiri terhadap hasil produksi serta mandiri dan orientasi masa depan terhadap keuntungan., Entrepreneurial growth is an important indicator of a country's economic growth. Agribusiness entrepreneurs must have entrepreneurial characteristics to further improve their business performance. Paguyuban Bumi Mandiri is a farmer group that is active in cultivating organic rice in Subang Regency, but only a few are implementing organic rice cultivation. This study tries to show the relationship between the entrepreneurial characteristics of rice farmers in Pringkasap Village to the resulting business performance. Entrepreneurial characteristics used in this study are self-confidence, hard work, risk-taking, innovative, independent, and future-oriented. Measured business performance includes production results and profits. The analytical tool used in this study is the Rank Spearman correlation. The results of the Spearman Rank correlation analysis showed that there were differences between conventional rice farmers and organic rice farmers. The relationship between entrepreneurial characteristics and business performance of organic rice farmers which has positive and significant values includes selfconfidence, risk-taking, innovation and future orientation towards production results as well as hard work and innovation towards profits. Whereas anorganic farmers include hard work, innovation, and independence for production and independence and future orientation towards profits.
Keyword: entrepreneurship, organic, pringkasap, rice

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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