Judul: Keuntungan Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat Pola Kemitraan di Wilayah Bogor Barat (Kasus Kelompok Tani Rimba Lestari dan Sejahtera Tani).
Abstrak: The partnership pattern has believed to be a way to overcome the capital problems in the developing and construction of community forests. Partnerships cooperation in developing community forest enterprises can improve opportunities chance and gain business profit. The objectives of this research were to analyze the ratio and economic profit sharing and also to know the pattern of community forest business partnerships. The research was conducted on two groups of farmers who runs a business partnership of community forests, which Sejahtera Tani Farmer Group in Cibunian village of the Pamijahan District and Rimba Lestari Farmer Group in Karacak village of the Leuwiliang District. The result showed that both of Farmer Group have developed the community forest business with partnership patern between farmers, land owners, and investors. Business profit was earned by Sejahtera Tani Farmer Group was Rp 238 500 000/hectar and Rimba Lestari Farmer Group was Rp 162 250 000/hectar. Profit sharing of Sejahtera Tani Farmer Group was allocated 30% for farmers and 70% for the investor. Meanwhile the profit sharing of Rimba Lestari Farmer Group was allocated 30% for farmers, 40% for investors, 20% for land owners and 10% for farmer group.
Keyword: Community Forest, Partnership and Profits Economic

Judul: Analisis Kelayakan Usaha Kemitraan dan Kontribusi Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat terhadap Pendapatan Rumah Tangga Petani (Studi Kasus Kelompok Tani Rimba Lestari di Desa Karacak, Kecamatan Leuwiliang)
Abstrak: Pengelolaan hutan rakyat pola kemitraan merupakan salah satu cara untuk mengatasi permasalahan modal dalam pembangunan usaha hutan rakyat. Kelompok tani Rimba Lestari, Desa Karacak dalam pengelolaan hutan rakyat mengembangkan pola kemitraan antara petani, pemilik lahan, dan pemodal atau investor. Pola kemitraan ini diharapkan dapat memenuhi kebutuhan bahan baku industri kayu dan dapat meningkatkan pendapatan petani. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis kelayakan dan keuntungan usaha yang diperoleh, hubungan dengan industri kayu serta kontribusinya terhadap pendapatan rumah tangga petani dalam pengelolaan hutan rakyat kemitraan. Kelayakan usaha hutan rakyat kemitraan secara finansial layak untuk dikembangkan dengan nilai NPV Rp438 894 413/ha/tahun, BCR 4.37, dan IRR 48%. Pembagian keuntungan kelompok tani Rimba Lestari dialokasikan untuk petani 20%, pemilik lahan 40%, dan investor 40%. Kontribusi hutan rakyat terhadap pendapatan total petani adalah sebesar 34.52 %. Kelompok tani Rimba Lestari melakukan pemasaran hasil kayunya berdasarkan pemesanan dari konsumen.
Keyword: Kelayakan usaha, Kemitraan, Keuntungan, Kontribusi pendapatan

Judul: Hydroxyapatite-Chitosan Composite Coating on Stainless Steel 316 to Improve Corrosion Resistance
Abstrak: Metals that were used in bone implantation should have good corrosion resistance that were not easily corroded when implanted into the body. Metal corrosion resistance of stainless steel 316 can be enhanced through the metal coating by hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite with composition ratio of hydroxyapatite (gram) and chitosan 3% (mL) 0.2:0, 0.2:0.1, 0.2:0.5, 0.2:1.0, and 0.2:1.5. Besides improving the corrosion resistance of metal, the presence of chitosan also maintain the position of hydroxyapatite on metal surfaces. Corrosion resistance increases with increasing amount of chitosan added and the best composition of hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite was 0.2:1.0.
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