Judul: Dampak konversi lahan terhadap kehidupan petani di Desa Cikawung, Kecamatan Terisi, Kabupaten Indramayu
Abstrak: Pengadaan lahan untuk pembangunan proyek Jalan Tol Cipali (Cikopo- Palimanan) menyebabkan konversi lahan pertanian khususnya sawah di Desa Cikawung. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif yang didukung dengan metode kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa konversi lahan pertanian utamanya sawah di Desa Cikawung akibat proyek pembangunan jalan Tol Cipali tidak berdampak pada mata pencaharian petani. Selain itu, hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak terdapat beda yang signifikan antara tingkat kesejahteraan petani sebelum melakukan konversi lahan dan setelah melakukan konversi. Hasil penelitian ini pula menunjukkan bahwa sebanyak 60% responden memiliki sikap yang netral terhadap konversi lahan pertanian. Sikap netral yang dimaksud adalah mereka setuju terhadap konversi lahan pertanian jika; (1) hal tersebut merupakan program pembangunan pemerintah (2) harga jual lahannya menguntungkan petani (3) petani mampu membeli lahan pertanian kembali. Selanjutnya, hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara karakteristik responden (petani) dengan sikap terhadap konversi lahan pertanian di Desa Cikawung.
Keyword: Wetland conversion, livelihood, attitude farmer, level of welfare

Judul: Konversi Lahan Pertanian dan Sikap Petani di Desa Cihideung Ilir Kabupaten Bogor
Abstrak: This study showed that the patterns of conversion is mostly occurs rapidly and by switching control to others. Converted lands generally used for housing. Factors affecting land conversion can be categorized into internal factors such as urgent economic needs and the desire to change the fate, and external factors such as population growth and government policies. The impact of land conversion on the socioeconomic conditions consist of reduced rice yield, decreased farmers’s income, reduced household food security, reduced employment opportunities in agriculture, farmers’s limited access to agricultural land, and others. However there are positive impact as well, that is construction of housing may indicate the development of rural economy. The attitude of farmers to conversion of agricultural land has no relation to the characteristics of the respondents including gender, age, educational level, farm employment status, number of dependents in the family, income level, as well as broad and land tenure.
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Judul: Light Microscope Study of ConnectiveTissue in The Spleen of Common Rousette Bat (Rousettus amplexicaudatus)
Abstrak: The spleen is the largest lymphoid organ. As a secondary lymphoid organ, in addition to its immune function, the spleen also has functions as blood filtration, storage, and hematopoiesis. The spleen has different morphologies between species that support different physiological functions, one of which is the difference in the structure of the capsule and trabeculae. Capsule and trabeculae of the spleen generally consist of connective tissue and smooth muscle. The thickness of smooth muscle composed together with connective tissue in the capsule and trabecula determines the function of the spleen that is divided spleen into three storage, defense, and intermediate. Bats are the reservoir of various zoonotic diseases. Bats are thought to have unique immune systems compared to other mammals but the characteristics of its immune organs such as the spleen have never been studied before. This study was conducted to examine the characteristics of capsulae and trabecula of the Common Rousette (Rousettus amplexicaudatus).
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