Judul: Tingkat Partisipasi dan Kemandirian Petani Alumni Sekolah Lapangan Pengelolaan Tanaman Terpadu (Kasus Desa Kebon Pedes, Kecamatan Kebon Pedes, Kabupaten Sukabumi, Provinsi Jawa Barat)
Abstrak: Agriculture development approach carried out centrally and top down. Failure in reaching development agriculture efforts, made the expert at that time said it was very important to change paradigm of agriculture development to sustainable bottom up approach. Field School (SL-PTT) is as a part of agriculture extension activities, is pointed to empower the farmers, it is one of the way to reach development agriculture point, so it has been more interesting to learn as far. The aim of the present research was to analyse correlation farmer empowerment model of SL-PTT with level of participation and autonomy. This research used quantitative method and was supported with qualitative data. The quantitative data were collected by using survey method on 42 farmers participant of SL-PTT. The respondents were selected by applying a stratified random sampling method. In other hand, the qualitative data were collected with in-dept interview. The results show that activity of SL-PTT had a significant correlation with level participation and autonomy farmers. Most farmers were in middle participation level and autonomy.
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Judul: Tingkat Partisipasi dan Keberdayaan Petani Alumni Program SL-PTT di Desa Gegesik Wetan Kabupaten Cirebon
Abstrak: SL-PTT is a program of agricultural development has implemented a model of empowerment farmers by improving the quality and capacity of farmers through the acceleration of the implementation ICM technologies. This research aims to analyze the level of participation of farmers and the factors related to the level of participation and empowerment farmers who have followed SL-PTT. The research method used is a quantitative analysis with survay method and supported by the qualitative analysis method. The results showed the level of participation farmers graduated SL-PTT included high category on each stage of the program. The level of participation have correlation with the cosmopolitan of farmers, intensity of communication, the intensity following extension and the availability of agricultural information. The level of farmers empowerment have correlated with their participation and included high categories based on indicators of the ability of farmers to access information, implement ICM technology and make decisions.
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Judul: Durability of Specific Immunoglobulin (Ig) Y Againts Influenza and Covid-19 in Sunscreen
Abstrak: The benefit of specific immunoglobulin Y (Ig Y) as an active ingredient in personal care products such as sunscreen has not been properly studied. Our study aims to evaluate the reliability of specific IgY against influenza and the COVID-19 virus in a sample sunscreen product. Specific IgY influenza and COVID-19 viruses were inserted in the sample sunscreen at two concentrations of 0.1% and 0.25%. Three treatments were observed: control (C) sunscreen without IgY, treatment 1 (T1) sunscreen with 0.1% IgY, and treatment 2 (T2) sunscreen with 0.25% IgY. Organoleptic observations were carried out to monitor changes in aroma, color, and texture, and sunscreen sampling was done every week for 6 weeks. The durability of IgY was evaluated using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a neutralization assay. Organoleptic observation from weeks 1 to 6 showed consistency in its aroma, color, and texture. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and neutralization assay (NA) results of the T1 and T2 groups showed negative results except for sample T1 at week 5, which showed a positive result in the Influenza A ELISA. Based on the results, it seems that IgY concentrations of 0.1% or 0.25% were not optimal. However, this negative result might be due to low concentration of the IgY and the presence of beeswax, which inhibits IgY and causes it to dissolve in distilled water, thus preventing it from being detected in the assay.
Keyword: Immunoglobulin Y, Sunscreen, Influenza, COVID-19, Biological Activity