Judul: Benchmark Analysis of Rice Stock Management in Indonesia towards Japan.
Abstrak: Rice is one of the important staple foods in Indonesia. Rice also has a strategic role in it affects on national stability. Moreover, rice is the most “politicized” commodity in many countries in the world, including Indonesia. The dominance of rice as a staple food of Indonesia can be indicated by the high consumption of rice every year. Lack of rice supplies and not sufficient of rice will cause unstable conditions for a country. This situation is influenced by rice stock management. The information of rice stock is very important to know the situation of food security in the country. The importance of rice stock was evident from the number of events in the emergency, natural disaster (natural) or man-made disaster (social conflict). Social conflict in Indonesia has long been underway, but more prominent since 1998 due to the economic crisis which is then triggered by the political transition. Therefore, the national rice stock has become important to address several of possibility caused by natural disasters, social conflicts and also maintain price stability. Indonesia is an archipelago country, a basic infrastructure especially transportation is unstructured, coupled with the low income of the community, so stock for emergency situation to be important and need to be controlled and managed with good management stock. Rice is not only the most important staple food in Japan, but it also the main source of livelihood farmers and agricultural households. Japan is a country that has been established manages rice stocks. Japan has succeeded in maintaining the stability of rice stock each year. Production and consumption in the country is also balanced. There are indications that the pattern of stock management which has been applied since the '60s has been successful in maintaining the stabilization of rice in the country. Japan's success in terms of rice reserves can serve as guidelines for the Indonesian government. Therefore, Japan as a benchmark in this study. This study has three main objectives that include the following: (1) to describe the condition of rice stock management in Indonesia and Japan, (2) to analyze the role of The National Food Logistic Agency (BULOG) in Indonesian rice stock management, and (3) to redesign national rice stock management model that can be applied to conditions in Indonesian rice with Japan as a benchmark. This study uses benchmark analysis. The major findings are: (1) national rice stock is not ideal, (2) BULOG was instrumental in the success of the national rice stock management, (3) Stock information system can be applied to redesign of national rice stock management. According with the purpose of research in which Japan as benchmark can be summed up as Japan has excellent stock management which ensures the stability of the rice stock and rice distribution, there are: (1) strong support intervention (although it tends to decrease) for the farmer's income, (2) support and application management and information technology consistent and disciplined. As the result of the benchmark, it is important to create the formula of the redesign the management model of the national rice stock to ensure Indonesia will be success
Keyword: benchmark, BULOG, management stock, rice

Judul: Analysis of vietnam rice import towards national rice stock
Abstrak: Along with Indonesian rice consumption increasing is also national rice production. In indonesia, rice production increased but goverment still import to meet domestic demand. Rice import in Indonesia tend to fluctuate every year. The largest rice import to Indonesia are coming from Vietnam and Thailand. Both countries are also a country has the largest amount of rice production in Asia. The high production of rice in Thailand and Vietnam made two countries as rice net exporter in Asia. Indonesia is one of countries as export of Thailand and Vietnam rice. The achievement of surplus in a country cant separated from succesfull of rice reserves management. Almost all countries in asia implementing national policies about national rice reserves. Rice reserve have a purpose for emergencies such as natural disasterand for the shake of price stabilization. Rice reserves of management in Indonesia is do by the goverment through BULOG. Meeting the demand of rice reserves are not only from domestic production but also from abroad by imported from countries as net export. Rice import in the rice reserves has a function as a goverment suppport of rice stock in the country to still be able to maintain stable domestic price as well as a back up in a case of a disaster anytime. Hence, the rice import of rice reserve is to be the end of the domestic rice procurement to be owned by BULOG. Objectives of this research are to analyze a condition of the national reserve and the performance of BULOG. Second, to analyze Vietnamese rice import towards rice reserves and indentifying of other factors. This research is analyzed using descriptif method and multiple linear regression equation. The result is in their role BULOG to procure a rice through cooperation with Mitra Kerja, UPGB and SATGAS. Vietnamese rice import has not influence on national rice reserve and there are other factors such as rice import tariff, domestic price, domestic demand, domestic procurement of rice, and domestic rice production. Rice reserve mechanism in Indonesia is centered in rice chain trading system wheres farmers have unfavorable position. Therefore it is necessery to reform rice stock management in Indonesia trough increase production and revitalizing the role of BULOG.
Keyword: BULOG, tariffs on rice import, domestic prices, domestic rice procurement, domestic demand, domestic rice production

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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