Judul: Kajian Pengembangan Sentra Markisa Di Kabupaten Gowa
Abstrak: Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. edulis) is one of the best commodities in Gowa. As a regional producer of passion fruit, which spread it in more region in Gowa such as Tompo‟ bulu, Tompo‟ pao, Tinggi moncong, Parigi and Bontolempangan, Gowa regency supplies passion fruit to major industries in Makassar and processing it. However, The manufacturing products which is done have a low competitiveness due to the lack of additional value of products, unvariety products, unattractive product designs, and market access. In addition, the stakeholders who concerned with passion fruit agro-industry development don‟t shown an integrate activity for development of the upstream to downstream. The low competitiveness of passion fruit in Gowa made the local society as suppliers and farmers of passion fruit in order areas and it gives no more advantages. It is also made Gowa regency as a passion fruit center not be known in markets. This study aim was to get the development strategy of passion fruit center in Gowa regency, South Sulawesi which joint the actors in a series of activity of passion fruit center which could make the additional value. Occurred the increase of competitiveness which gives effect for the economic increase of local society. The study was done in Gowa regency based on specific criteria which used in-depth interview methods, observations and secondary data to get the information which was needed in this study. The data, which was obtained from the actors of passion fruit agro-industry in Gowa regency, was analyzed used the qualitative chain-value analysis which to identify the actors who was involved, their connections, and the needs of the actors of passion fruit center. Diamon Porter was used to analyze the competitiveness which had by the passion fruit center in Gowa regency. Furthermore, Internal and external analysis was done which will use to formulate the development strategies by using SWOT analysis. The result showed that not all of passion fruit center in Gowa regency had interaction of the upstream to downstream and had SMEs passion fruit processors which were strongly influenced by availability of raw materials, the ability of society to process and utilize the potential of area which had it and the government‟s role. For developing of passion fruit to compete, so the activity was focused on integration of the upstream to downstream of the agro-industry chain-value of passion fruit in each passion fruit center. It focused on increased profit of actors especially for the farmer and processors of passion fruit. Increasing human source creativity, so it could compete with the other businesses. The development strategy center to increase the competitiveness could be done whith the cooperation between the passion fruit center in Gowa regency such as Parigi and Bontolempangan regency as the most cultivation centers in Gowa regency. They became suppliers of passion fruit raw material to Tombolo‟ pao and Tinggi Moncong, so the production process of many passion fruit processed products in their center could operate continuously. The exiting of cooperation between passion fruit center in Gowa reduced the external pressures (competitor), so the additional value was obtained by the actors
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Judul: Analisis pendapatan usahatani markisa dan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhinya.Studi kasus di kecamatan Tinggimoncong kabupaten Gowa propinsi Sulawesi Selatan
Abstrak: Markisa (passifloraceae) merupakan slah satu komoditi hortikultura yang potensialnya untuk dikembangkan dan mempunyai banyak kelebihan dan perbedaan dibandingkan dengan buah-buahan tropis lainnya. Dari sisi daerah serta produksi markisa, masih sangat terbatas pada dua propinsi yaitu Sulawesi Selatan dan Sumatera Utara. Kondisi ini memberikan peluang besar bagi pengembangan agribisnis markisa di Indonesia untuk terus dipacu. Dari sisi permintaan produk segar dan olahan dari buah markisa baik dalam negeri maupun luar negeri balum bisa dipenuhi.
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Judul: Penyakit kudis pada kelinci ( Scabies ) dan cara penanggulangannya
Abstrak: Salah satu penyakit yang disebabkan oleh parasit terutama ektoparasit pada kelinci yang sering dijumpai adalah penyakit kudis. Kudis merupakan penyakit kulit yang sangat menular yang disebabkan oleh beberapa jenis tungau. Beberapa jenis tungau penyebab kudis yang telah diketahui antara lain Sarcoptes scabiei, Notoedres sp. dan Psoroptes sp. Hewan umur muda, hewan tua yang dipelihara dalam kondisi jelek merupakan faktor-faktor predisposisi bagi infestasi penyakit kudis. Infeksi meluas terutama oleh kontak dengan larva, nympha dan betina yang bunting. Tungau sangat peka terhadap kekeringan dan tidak dapat hidup lama pada hostnya dalam keadaan tersebut. Dalam penyebarannya lebih menyukai bagian tubuh yang tidak ditutupi banyak bulu seperti kepala dan telinga. Gejala klinis yang ditimbulkannya antara lain hewan menampakkan rasa gatal, gelisah dan selalu menggaruk-garuk badannya, kulit merah, menebal, ada exudat, bulu rontok dan kulit menjadi gundul. Apabila kasusnya parah maka hewan bisa mengalami kekurusan, dehidrasi dan akhirnya terjadi Kematian. Diagnosa didasarkan atas gejala klinis. Selain itu untuk lebih meyakinkan diagnosa dilakukan pemeriksaan mikroskopis dari bahan kerokan kulit. Tindakan pencegahan mencakup penempatan hewan di kandang yang bersih dan hangat, memberi makan yang bergizi baik. Untuk pemberantasan populasi tungau diperlukan tindakan isolasi hewan sakit, bulu-bulu atau rambut dicukur kemudian bagian kerak-kerak yang tebal dibersihkan dengan sabun dan air hangat dan dijaga terhadap kontak dengan hewan yang sehat. Obat-obat yang sering digunakan antara lain emulsi belerang, benzyl benzoat, Lindane, Tetmosol, Coumaphos dan Ivermectin.
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