Judul: Analisis Kebutuhan dan Kendala pada Pelaku Rantai Pasok Kentang Dieng dengan Metode Interpretive Structural Modeling
Abstrak: Potato (Solanum tuberosum L) is a horticultural product that can be used for diversification product as a substitute for rice. Dieng Plateau in Central Java is a center of potato production which contributes 23.63% of the national potato production. The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the supply chain and identify key elements of the needs and constraints in the supply chain actors of Dieng potato. On this research, Interpretive Structural Modeling is used to explain the relationship between needs and constraints on the actors of supply chain. Potato supply chain that is based on final goal in general can be classified into three major flows, which are traditional market, modern market and manufacture industry. Farmer and combined farmers groups (Gapoktan) are two main actors that give most impact toward other actors, with needs infrastructure availability, training and credit helps for capital. The constraints of actors that cause other constraints are weather and climate that easily change and farmer capital that are limited
Keyword: supply chain, interpretive structural modeling, needs, constraints, actors

Judul: Tataniaga Kentang di Desa Sangiang, Kecamatan Banjaran, Kabupaten Majalengka, Jawa Barat
Abstrak: Potato is one of advantage commodities in Indonesia which has economic value. The high disparity of potato’s price between the farmer’s and the consumer’s level also the low price of potato at the farmer’s level may cause low farmer’s share. This research was aimed to analyze the institution, function and marketing distribution; identify the market structure; and to analyze the operational efficiency by marketing margin, farmer’s share and ratio of benefits to cost approach. Observation and interview were done toward the farmers in Sangiang village by using purposive sampling method and for the other marketing institution by using snowball sampling. There were five channels in potato marketing system with different functions and market structure. The result showed that the potato marketing system in Sangiang Village was not efficient, whereas the farmers still role as a price taker. Therefore, the government’s and instructor’s role are very important in empowering the farmers and the farmer’s group to solve the problem faced in potato marketing system in Sangiang Village.
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Judul: Infeksi Virus Parainfluenza Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Virus parainfluenza anjing termasuk famili Paramyxoviridae, berbentuk pleomorf dengan ukuran bervariasi (bergaris tengah antara 100-500 nm), berpembungkus peka ether, berisi genom RNA dan secara serologis mempunyai kesamaan dengan virus SV-5 kera; dikenak sebagai salah satu kausa penting dari sindrom "kennel cough". Infeksinya dapat mengenai anjing semua umur yang belum pernah terinfeksi atau mendapatkan vaksinasi mengakibatkan gejala klinis ringan yang terbatas pada traktus respirasi atu infeksi yang secara klinis tidak memperlihatkan gejala nyata. Gejala klinis yang nampak setelah masa inkubasi (1-5 hari) terlewati berupa batuk yang tidak berat selama beberapa hari, berbagai tingkat tonsilitis dan pharyngitis dan kadang-kadang ditemukan kenaikan temperatur rektal antara 1-2 derajat C dari temperatur normal rat-rata. Anjing terinfeksi mengandung virus pada traktus respirasi bagian atas dan bawah serta limfonoduli sampai hari ke 9 setelah infeksi. Penyebaran virus antar anjing terjadi secara aerogen.
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