Judul: Development Strategy of Aloe vera in Peat Areas in Support of Pontianak City Regional Development
Abstrak: Aloe vera which is also known as "lidah buaya" constitutes as one of Pontianak leading commodities having the uniqueness and characteristic of West Kalimantan Province. Pontianak City has become the largest production center of Aloe vera in Indonesia, Aloe vera and its growing on peatland requires special treatment in its cultivation. The Local Government has undertaken various steps in its development but the production, however, does not meet the market demand since the farmers have no incentives to increase production. The unproportional income received by farmers compared to those earned by Aloe vera entrepreneurs could also be the cause of farmers not to increase production. Aloe vera flour industry which is expected to increase farmers interest to boost Aloe vera production faces marketing constraints. Both agribusiness development strategy and Aloe vera flour industrial development are needed to encourage farmers to increase production. Based on the above problems, this study aims at: (1) Predicting the demand outlook of Aloe vera, (2) Identifying Aloe vera market chain that benefits farmers, (3) Determining financial feasibility of Aloe vera flour industry, (4) Developing Aloe vera agribusiness development strategy. This research was conducted in Pontianak using both primary and secondary data. Primary data took the form of interviews and questionnaires given to the stakeholders while secondary data were obtained from institutions/organizations both public and private regarding aloevera’s total production and its acreage, export data, data on home industry, financial data of PT . Aloevera Indonesia, data on area condition in general and others. The method of analysis used in this study comprises of a model of Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Marketing Margin Analysis, Financial Analysis and A'WOT Analysis (combination of AHP and SWOT) . Aloe vera future demand is predicted to continue to increase. In 2013, Aloe vera demand will increase to 6 654 tons or equivalent to about 4.6 % and shall continue increasing to 8 880 tons, or about 7% of 2012 production level by 2018. Development of Aloe vera’s flour industry in Pontianak will encourage farmers to increase production. Marketing chain that benefits farmers is the one that directly links farmers to retailers or users such as Aloe vera’s flour industry. The results on financial feasibility calculation has shown that Aloe vera’s flour industry should be developed in the city of Pontianak as it would constitute a direct marketing chain from the farmers to Aloe vera’s flour industry. Development strategy that the local Government should do in making Aloe vera agribusiness to run well are, among others, to have a direct marketing from farmers to Aloe vera users, to expand Aloe vera planting areas as well as to provide assistance in the form of ash and fertilizers to help farmers to increase Aloe vera production, to improve Aloe vera flour quality in order to meet market demand, to construct Aloe vera flour plants, to construct roads in the area of agribusiness centers as well as industrial estates, to provide technological assistance on Aloe vera flour industry and to create a business climate conducive to export development .
Keyword: Aloe vera agribusiness, peat, Aloe vera flour industry, regional development

Judul: Strategi Peningkatan Dayasaing Agroindustri LIdah Buaya di Kota Pontianak
Abstrak: Pontianak is one of the central productions of aloe vera in Indonesia which is mostly grown on a small and home scale industries. However, these agro-industry still face various problems, such as the difficulty of marketing product, lack of production technology, low of product quality and limited production capital, thereby affecting competitiveness and lead to the agro-industry has not developed. The purpose of this study were to (1) analyze the competitiveness condition of aloe vera agroindustry in Pontianak, (2) identify the factors that affect competitiveness of aloe vera agro-industry in Pontianak, (3) formulate a strategy to improve the competitiveness of aloe vera agro-industry for development of aloe vera agro-industry in Pontianak. Competitiveness analysis of the aloe vera agroindustrial conditions use Porter's Diamond theory approach. While to analysis of competitiveness determinats and the strategies formulation for improving competitiveness of aloe vera agroindustry uses Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), the hierarchical structure of the AHP is based on Porter‟s Diamond theory. AHP data obtained from experts who fill out a questionnaire in the form of pairwise comparisons assessment, then the data is processed using Expert Choice 2000 The result descriptive analysis showed that agroindustry aloe vera in Pontianak does not have competitiveness, because only one pair of main components which has a mutually supportive relationship among the six pairs of the main components in the system competitiveness of aloe vera agroindustry in Pontianak. Whereas the determinants factor in the competitiveness of aloe vera agroindustry in Pontianak are domestic demand conditions with subfactor home demand composition, and condition of the resource with the subfactor of human resource. Strategy priorities to improve competitiveness of aloe vera agroindustry in Pontianak are (1) to produce high products in accordance with the local and export market demand, (2) to create innovative products for all segments of the market demand. Polices which can be conducted by government in developing aloe vera agroindustry in Pontianak are (1) to design policy program of product standardization in national scale, (2) to conduct intensive counseling and guidance on the implementation of the operational standards of production (SOP), and (3) government cooperation with businesses in conducting trainings or seminars on entrepreneurship, in order to be open to entrepreneurs insight receiving and doing new things and be able to innovate to create the required product market
Keyword: competitiveness, agro-industry, aloe vera, Diamond Porter, AHP

Judul: Transisi Fasa Materi Hadronik ke Materi Kuark pada Inti Bintang Neutron.
Abstrak: Bintang neutron terdiri dari beberapa lapisan yang disusun oleh materi nuklir yang berbeda dengan kerapatan yang semakin tinggi ketika mendekati pusat bintang. Inti luar bintang neutron disusun oleh materi hadronik (nukleon, lepton, dan hyperon), sedangkan inti dalam bintang neutron disusun oleh kuark-kuark bebas (up, down, strange) yang saling berinteraksi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mempelajari bagaimana transisi dari inti luar ke inti dalam bintang neutron dengan menggunakan pendekatan RMF (Relativistic Mean Field) untuk materi hadronik dan CIDDM (Confined Isospin Density Dependent Mass) untuk materi kuark. Tekanan transisi diperoleh ketika potensial kimia barion materi hadronik dan materi kuark bernilai sama. Nilai tekanan transisi dengan parameter SU6-TM1 sekitar 87 MeV/fm3 dan diperoleh massa maksimum bintang neutron yaitu 1.92M dengan jari-jari sekitar 8.62 km. Nilai tekanan transisi dengan parameter SU6-G2 sekitar 53 MeV/fm3 dan massa maksimum bintang neutron yaitu 1.88M dengan jari-jari sekitar 8.16 km. Jenis transisi fasa adalah orde satu ditandai dengan diskontinuitas dalam kerapatan energi (adanya mixed phase). Parameter-parameter pada model nuklir yang digunakan menyebabkan perbedaan kekakuan persamaan keadaan (EOS) dari materi hadronik dan materi kuark sehingga nilai tekanan transisi dari fasa hadronik ke fasa kuark juga berbeda.
Keyword: bintang neutron, persamaan keadaan, transisi fasa