Judul: System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and Conventional Rice Farming and its Role in the Indramayu Regency Economy
Abstrak: Agricultural sector is an important income source for 35.09 % of the population of Indonesia. Most the farmer households with small area depend themselves on the farming business as their major source of income. Rice is the staple food for more than 95 % of the Indonesian population, and the rice farming business becomes the livelihood of 25 million farmer households and regional income so that it is not a surprise that fluctuation in rice production and its distribution may affect the national stability. The conventional method of rice cultivation tends to be inefficient, and it is not environmentally friendly with less optimum productivity; as a result, the farmers’ income is not maximum. The SRI method has been known in Indonesia since 1999; however, it has faced technical and social constraints in its development. In fact, the application of this method is expected to increase the rice productivity and farmers’ income as well as to improve the regional economy. The research was aiming at (1) conducting farming business of field rice using SRI method and conventional method in the farmer household scale; (2) comparing the amount of income obtained by the application of SRI method and by the conventional method in the scale of region; (3) conducting analysis on the income of the farmers and its distribution; and (4) conducting analysis on the role of rice on the regional gross domestic products of Indramayu Regency. The research was conducted at Indramayu Regency which is the center for rice production in West Java Province. The research method used consisted of ratio R/C analysis, linear programming, Gini Index Calculation, analysis on input-output table, and multiple regression. The results have shown that the field rice farming business in Indramayu Regency in the scale of farming business is feasible and profitable. The R/C ratio values of field rice farming business using the conventional method and SRI method are 1.83 and 1.96 respectively. The application of SRI method in the household scale has not increased the income of the farmers; however, it has increased the farmers’ income in the regional scale as much as 87.59 % on the rainy season, 86.16 % on the first period of dry season, and 228.68 % on the second period of dry season. The average income of the farmers using the SRI method is Rp 947,449/capita/month with the Gini Index value of 0.62 whereas the average income of the farmers using the conventional method is Rp 822,541/capita/month with the Gini Index value of 0.48. The contribution of rice farming business is 68.09 % toward the total of the farmers’ income, and as much as 1 % increase in the rice production will increase the regional gross domestic products of Indramayu Regency by 1.23 %. The application of SRI method on the field rice cultivation has potentially increased the RGDP by 4.49%; also, the utilization of rice straws can increase the RGDP of Indramayu Regency by 420 billion rupiahs.
Keyword: field rice, SRI method, farmers’ income, regional econom

Judul: System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and conventional rice farming and its role in the Indramayu Regency Economy
Abstrak: Agricultural sector is an important income source for 35.09 % of the population of Indonesia. Most the farmer households with small area depend themselves on the farming business as their major source of income. Rice is the staple food for more than 95 % of the Indonesian population, and the rice farming business becomes the livelihood of 25 million farmer households and regional income so that it is not a surprise that fluctuation in rice production and its distribution may affect the national stability. The conventional method of rice cultivation tends to be inefficient, and it is not environmentally friendly with less optimum productivity; as a result, the farmers’ income is not maximum. The SRI method has been known in Indonesia since 1999; however, it has faced technical and social constraints in its development. In fact, the application of this method is expected to increase the rice productivity and farmers’ income as well as to improve the regional economy. The research was aiming at (1) conducting farming business of field rice using SRI method and conventional method in the farmer household scale; (2) comparing the amount of income obtained by the application of SRI method and by the conventional method in the scale of region; (3) conducting analysis on the income of the farmers and its distribution; and (4) conducting analysis on the role of rice on the regional gross domestic products of Indramayu Regency. The research was conducted at Indramayu Regency which is the center for rice production in West Java Province. The research method used consisted of ratio R/C analysis, linear programming, Gini Index Calculation, analysis on input-output table, and multiple regression. The results have shown that the field rice farming business in Indramayu Regency in the scale of farming business is feasible and profitable. The R/C ratio values of field rice farming business using the conventional method and SRI method are 1.83 and 1.96 respectively. The application of SRI method in the household scale has not increased the income of the farmers; however, it has increased the farmers’ income in the regional scale as much as 87.59 % on the rainy season, 86.16 % on the first period of dry season, and 228.68 % on the second period of dry season. The average income of the farmers using the SRI method is Rp 947,449/capita/month with the Gini Index value of 0.62 whereas the average income of the farmers using the conventional method is Rp 822,541/capita/month with the Gini Index value of 0.48. The contribution of rice farming business is 68.09 % toward the total of the farmers’ income, and as much as 1 % increase in the rice production will increase the regional gross domestic products of Indramayu Regency by 1.23 %. The application of SRI method on the field rice cultivation has potentially increased the RGDP by 4.49%; also, the utilization of rice straws can increase the RGDP of Indramayu Regency by 420 billion rupiahs.
Keyword: field rice, SRI method, farmers’ income, regional economy

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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