Judul: Analisis kelembagaan dan strategi peningkatan daya saing komoditas cabai Kabupaten Garut
Abstrak: The objectives of this study are to identify supply chains, analyze the institutional, formulate strategies for competitiveness enhancement, design competitiveness enhancement model, and determine the main strategies in competitiveness enhancement of chili pepper in Garut Regency. This study uses primary data (observations, interviews, and questionnaires) and secondary data (literature study). Data processed and analyzed by Descriptive Analysis, SWOT Analysis, The House Model, and Pairwise Comparison. The results of this study are: (1) There are 6 supply chain structures in chili pepper distribution; (2) The main institutional sectors that contribute in competitiveness enhancement of chili pepper are public sector, voluntary sector, and private sector; (3) SWOT Analysis obtains 15 alternative strategies; (4) The House Model as competitiveness enhancement model has 3 pillars that consists of product; human resource; institutional and marketing; (5) The main strategies in competitiveness enhancement of chili pepper are: (a) Increasing the number of productions; (b) Market expansion; and (c) Strengthening and developing partnership
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), The House Model, Institutional, Competitiveness, Chili

Judul: Analisis kelembagaan dan strategi peningkatan daya saing komoditas kentang (Solanum tuberosum L.) Kabupaten Banjarnegara, Jawa Tengah
Abstrak: The increase of import volume and the decrease of export volume of vegetables require the efforts to improve the competitiveness of local vegetable products. Potato is the core of highland vegetable commodities in national and regional areas that potential to be developed. One of the potatoes production centers in Central Java is Banjarnegara regency. The purpose of this study are to formulate strategy and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that will improve the competitiveness of potato in Banjarnegara. The source of primary data obtained from interviews and secondary data obtained from study of literature. Data have been analyzed by descriptive analysis, TOWS analysis, The House Model, and Pairwise Comparison. The results of this study indicate that the strategies that become the priorities to improve the competitiveness of potato in Banjarnegara are the provision of cooperation in indicator of the number of farmers who distribute their products in cooperative, quality improvement of potatoes production in indicator of increasing the number of certified seed potatoes that meet farmers needs, and increased protection against farmers in indicator of regulation and government policy.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Strategy, Potatoes, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), The House Model, Competitiveness

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