Judul: Environmental Safety Study for Policy Formulation of Genetically Engineered Products (Case Study of Bt Rice).
Abstrak: Sustainable development in agriculture needs to be strengthened by doing technological innovation. One of the advances that have been achieved to improve the quality and quantity of rice production is the carrying out of Bt rice resistant to stem borer attack. Before being released or commercialized, genetically engineered Bt rice plant must meet the biosafety requirements like food, environmental and/or feed safety. It takes a considerable cost for the development of Genetic Engineered Plant (GEP) technology, including biosafety testing of GEP after being generated. The objective of this research is the study of environmental safety to make the analysis of the policy strategy of sustainable GEP management especially Bt rice containing gene CryIA(b). Environmental safety testing has been conducted in a limited field trials since 2003 to 2007. The test results data of the impact on non- target pests and natural enemies as well as testing gene flow derived, become the composisitions in making environmental safety assessment of GEP crop. In formulating the management policies of Bt rice, instead of the environmental safety assessment only; the analysis of financial sustainability with social aspects of community; the analysis sustainability multidimensional and regulations assessment; laws of legislation and related institutions based on decision-making method; were also made. Based on the results of environmental safety testing, it turns out there was no difference in the number of non- target insect and natural enemies populations in Bt Rice and non- GE rice’s cropping land. From the selection results of hygromycin and PCR analysis of non- GE rice first generation (T0), there was no intersection between Bt Rice to non- GE rice on 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 treatment spacing from Bt rice plants. Financial feasibility of Bt rice farming business was moderate to be continued. Sustainability analysis of multidimensional GEP management policy was around 58.99 % which is quite sustainable. The role of regulations and laws of legislation based on institutions; is crucial to the success of GEP crop introductions. The research was conducted in the laboratory of the Research Center for Biotechnology, LIPI and field surveys at four locations in Cianjur , Sukabumi , Karawang and Subang; being started in January 2012 until May 2013. The research methods are descriptive methods, partial budget analysis, MDS (Multidimensional Scaling), AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process), ISM (Interpretative Structural Modeling) and content analysis.
Keyword: environmental safety of GEP, Bt Rice, gene flow, policy formulation of Bt Rice, GEPs management

Judul: Comparative Analysis of Techincal Efficiency of Semi Organic and Conventional Rice Farming in Bogor [Case in Situ Gede and Sindang Barang Villages].
Abstrak: Rice is a sub sector of agriculture and economic that very important and strategics. The needed for food is increasing from year to year. This is because increasing of population. An increasing number of needs caused the government to implement the green revolution program to increase rice productivity. However, the application of green revolution give impact to environmental pollution due to the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Impact of pollution caused by use of chemicals for agriculture cause people aware with environment and health. West Java is one of Indonesia's rice-producing areas. However, rice cultivation in West Java still use chemical fertilizers and pesticides and several new areas to develop organic farming. Areas that have started organic farming one of them in the city of Bogor, which is in Situ Gede Village, Sindang Barang Village, and Mulyaharja Village.Because there are still many problems to become the organic rice so that only Situ Gede village that is still developing semi organic rice until now. Nevertheless, Bogor city government is developing organic rice farming program again. However, because there are some provisions that must be fulfilled to be organic rice so few producers called the organic rice with semi organic or healthy rice. Production and income of semi organic rice farmers organic not fully in line with expectations. Semi organic rice production is still low (about 5-6 tonnes/ha) so that farmers incomes were low. Besides that, sometimes semi organic rice prices are still the same as conventional rice prices because of marketing uncertain. Indicated that a narrow planting area causing less efficient farmers in cultivation. Organic rice cultivation by semi-organic rice farmers indicated was not efficient due to the high cost of producing organic rice, farmers' income levels are still low, rice production is still below potential output and the price of organic rice that is not much different even with rice conventional. To reach organic rice farming takes time, long proces and sustainable process. This study aims: (1) to analyze the factors that influence semi organic and conventional rice farming, (2) to analyze technical efficiency semi organic and conventional rice farming and (3) to analyze rice farming income between semi organic and conventional rice farming. To answer these research purposes the data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively with stochastic frontier Cobb Douglas production function. The estimation results of stochastic frontier production function semi organic rice farming, the production function models considered fit for fulfilling the assumption of Cobb-Douglas. Estimation results of the production function with the MLE method shows that there are three variables with a positive and significant coefficient on rice production is semi organic land area, elements of K and organic pesticides. Land use positively and significantly with the elasticity of 0.994 indicates that the addition of 1% land area will increase rice production amounted to 0.994% with other factors held constant. The elasticity of the element K to the production of 0.005 showed that the addition of elements of K by 1% would increase rice yield by 0.005% with other factors held constant. Botanical pesticides variable positive and significant
Keyword: stochastic frontier, organic farming, production, inefficiency

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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