Judul: Efektivitas Komunikasi Program Optimalisasi Lahan Pekarangan (Kasus Program Kawasan Rumah Pangan Lestari di Desa Mulyasari Kecamatan Ciampel Karawang Jawa Barat)
Abstrak: For change and renewal in society, effectiveness communications is needed so as to produce a change in the rate of cognitive, affective, and conative. In the Sustainable Food Home Area (KRPL) program, effectiveness communications is absolutely essential for their future as a program participant is able to adopt and implement the optimalization of their backyards so as not to let it alone. The purpose of this study were to (1) analyze the effectiveness communications KRPL program in the Mulyasari Village Ciampel District Karawang of West Java, (2) analyze the relationship between individual characteristics variable and external factors variable to the effectiveness communications variable of KRPL program in the Mulyasari Village Ciampel District Karawang of West Java, and (3) analyze the relationship between the effectiveness communications variable of KRPL program with the optimalization of backyard variable in the Mulyasari Village Ciampel District Karawang of West Java. The study were designed to use quantitative survey methods explanation research. These results indicate that (1) KRPL program conducted in the Mulyasari Village District Ciampel Karawang of West Java is quite effective at the level of cognitive, affective, and conative. It is evident that most participants KRPL program can understand the information they get from the instructor of the program, they also want to implement this optimalization program of their backyards, and they also run the program from The Ministry of Agriculture in optimize their yards that they have, (2) individual characteristics significantly and positively related to the effectiveness communication is an indicator of education and yard area. The external factor significantly and positively related to the effectiveness communication is an access to information, public policy, and the illumination intensity, and (3) effectiveness communications (cognitive, affective, conative) of KRPL program significantly and positively related to optimalization of their utilization backyards.
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Judul: Tingkat Partisipasi Anggota Kelompok Wanita Tani (KWT) dalam Program Kawasan Rumah Pangan Lestari (KRPL) (Kasus: Kelurahan Beji, Kecamatan Nguntoronadi, Kabupaten Wonogiri).
Abstrak: KRPL menggunakan konsep optimalisasi pemanfaatan lahan pekarangan. Pemanfaatan pekarangan secara intensif dengan penanaman berbagai sumberdaya lokal untuk menciptakan ketahanan pangan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi tingkat partisipasi dan keberlanjutan Program KRPL. Metode lapang yang digunakan yaitu pendekatan kuantitatif yang didukung data kualitatif. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei dengan jumlah responden 60 orang yang dipilih dengan simple random sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh faktor internal dan faktor eksternal terhadap tingkat partisipasi masyarakat, faktor internal yang berpengaruh yaitu pada variabel pendapatan dan tingkat pendidikan, sedangkan semua variabel faktor eksternal (peran pendampingan PPL, kondisi lahan, bantuan bahan tanam, ketersediaan alat dan sarana pertanian) berpengaruh terhadap partisipasi anggota. Pengaruh tingkat partisipasi masyarakat terhadap keberlanjutan Program KRPL yang signifikan. Kata kunci: ketahanan pangan, partisipasi, pemanfaatan lahan pekarangan ENDAH LESTARI. Participation of Women Farmers Group Members in Kawasan Rumah Pangan Lestari Programme (Case: Beji Village, Nguntoronadi Subdistrict, Wonogiri Regency) Supervised by NINUK PURNANINGSIH. KRPL uses the concept of optimizing land use. Utilization of intensive land with conservation of various local resources to create food security. This study tries to analyze the factors that influence the level of participation and sustainability of the KRPL Program. The field method used a quantitative supported by qualitative data. This study used a survey method with the number of respondents 60 people selected by simple random sampling. The results showed that there were influences of internal factors and external factors on the level of community participation, related internal factors, namely income and education levels, while all external factors (the role of PPL assistance, land conditions, assistance with planting materials, assistance with agricultural tools and facilities) ) contribute to member participation. Effect of a significant level of community participation on the sustainability of the KRPL Program.
Keyword: food security, participation, utilization of yard area

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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