Judul: Model pemberdayaan petani dalam pengelolaan usahatani padi di Kabupaten Karawang dan Cianjur, Provinsi Jawa Barat)
Abstrak: In Indonesia, rice is one of basic needs. The sustainability of rice production will determine food security guarantee, and the efforts to integrated food security and farmer empowerment have become an important issue today. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to analyze the level of participation of farmers in their group and the empowerment of farmers in the management of rice farming and the factors associated with it, and analyze the impact of farmer empowerment to sustainability efforts. Fieldwork was conducted from May to June 2012 in two districts in West Java, namely Karawang and Cianjur Districts by taking the 239 members of the farmer who had attended the farmer field school. The quantitative data were analyzed statistically based the descriptive technique and Structural Equations Modeling (SEM). Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interview and observation to support the quantitative data. The results showed that: (1) the level of the farmer participation in the farmer group and the farmer empowerment were classified as low. The variables that significantly affect the levels of the farmer participation in the farmer group are: intensity of empowerment and personality traits. The variables that significantly affect the levels of the farmer empowerment are: the farmer participation in the farmer group, intensity of empowerment, physical and socioeconomic environment, personality traits, and the available of agricultural information; (2) The prospects for sustainability efforts were classified as low. The level of the farmer empowerment significantly affect to the sustainability of farming; and (3) The increasing level of the farmer empowerment can be obtained by better management of empowerment process, with the increasing the farmer participation in the farmer’s group, strengthen the availability of the agricultural information, and the physical and socio economic environment.The model of the farmer empowerment in managing rice farming are enhanching the farmer participation in the farmer group’s with strengthen the availability of the agricultural information, the physic and socio economic environment, and the farmer personality.
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Judul: Kemandirian Petani dalam Pen ambilan Keputusan Adopsi lnovasi (Kasus Petani Sayuran di Provinsi Jawa Barat)
Abstrak: The research was carried out in West Java Province, and it has been designed to 􀀁n,􀀂i"!r several problems, namely: the farmers autonomy on decision-making of the on of innovation and factors influencing the decision, and empowerment strategy to Jl􀁓J'a.se the farmers autonomy on decision making of the adoption of innovation. The bjective of this research are: (1) to study the level of the farmers autonomy on si n-making of the adoption of innovation and to determine factors related to the armers autonomy, and (2) to formulate effective strategic approach and empowerment ode to increase the farmers autonomy on decision-making of the adoption of innovation The number of sample are 270 people, consist of two strata, stratum I: 60 rogr ssive farmers, stratum II: 210 developing farmers. Those respondents were selected y S atified Random Sampling Method. The data were collected by interview and bse ation. The quantitative data had been analyzed using statistical Spearman orre ation and Structural Equation Model (SEM). The result of the research showed that: (1·) in general, there are cultural changes of egetable farmers from cultivated orientation to the market driven; (2) the level of the arm rs autonomy are in the middle scale, but the level of the farmers autonomy on ecis on-making of the adoption ;0f innovation at progressive farmers are heighter than deve oping farmers; (3) the farmers self-needs-awarness has positive correlation to the fann rs autonomy on decision-making of the adoption of innovation in all of farmers t􀂲l gy, therefore, the future empowerment led to the improvement of the farmer self­need -awarness; and (4) Empowerment with general approach was not effective because of di ferent conditions, problems, and real needs of each farmers tipology, therefore, it need the improvement of strategy and tipology empowerment model oriented to the local ty and client type.
Keyword: Adoption; Decision making; Vegetables farmer;

Judul: Berat Badan Dan Morfometrik Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis Macularius) Pada Berbagai Umur
Abstrak: Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) adalah jenis tokek yang hidup di permukaan tanah dan aktif saat fajar dan senja. Studi morfometrik dalam leopard gecko masih terbatas. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengukur dan membandingkan berat badan dan morfometrik leopard gecko dari berbagai umur. Sebanyak 14 ekor leopard gecko (3 ekor jantan dan 11 ekor betina) dikelompokkan menjadi empat kelompok: 0-6 bulan, 7-12 bulan, 13-18 bulan, dan 19-24 bulan. Pengukuran dilakukan setiap bulan selama tiga bulan sehingga hewan dapat ditimbang dan diukur lebih dari sekali. Selama 90 hari pascatetas, pengukuran berat dan panjang dilakukan setiap hari, dua hari, atau setiap minggu tergantung dengan tingkat pertumbuhan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kelompok umur 0-6 bulan memiliki berat badan 10.69±5.68 g dan total panjang 12.79±3.68 cm; 7-12 bulan memiliki berat badan 16.57±4.52 g dan total panjang 16.7±1.23 cm; 13-18 bulan memiliki berat badan 21.12±3.13 g dan total panjang 19.4±1.15 cm; dan 19-24 bulan memiliki berat badan 27.9±1.53 g dan total panjang 20.8±1.51 cm. Dapat disimpulkan pada leopard gecko kelompok umur 0- 6 bulan memiliki pertumbuhan yang lebih bervariasi pada berat badan, panjang kepala, panjang kaki belakang, dan panjang ekor dibandingkan dengan yang lain.
Keyword: berat badan, Eublepharis macularius, morfometrik, tokek