Judul: Pemanfaatan Hasil Penelitian Budidaya Tanaman Perkebunan dan Hortikultura Politeknik Pertanian Negeri Pangkajenne dan Kepulauan (Kasus Pemanfaatan oleh Petani di Desa Manggalung, Kecamatan Mandalle, Sulawesi Selatan)
Abstrak: The research findings on agricultural technology innovation of Pangkep State Polytechnic of Agriculture lecturers have been disseminated to farmers through extension/counseling services to address farmer problems. Based on the research findings, this study aimed: 1) Describe the level of utilization of information and research results and horticulture crops cultivation delivered Pangkep Politani staff; 2) Analyze the relationship between the characteristics of farmers with information sources utilization of research results; 3) Analyzing the relationship between the need for information with the utilization of research resources; 4) Analyze the relationship between the communication behavior of farmers and the utilization of research result information sources; 5) AnalyzE the relationship between extension method with utilization of information and research results; 6) Analyze the relationship between the information utilization and the utilization of research result information sources. This study used a survey method using descriptive-correlational data analysis. The data were analyzed with a qualitative method through statistical-descptive analysis to see the condition of each change agent and a quantitative using statistical-nonparametric analysis. Inter variables were tested using the correlational test of Rank Spearman. The research results showed that: 1) Accessibility to information sources was low and the utilization frequency of the sources was moderate. The level of information utilization of culture research result of plantation and horticulture crops is to increase knowledge and partly practiced by farmers; 2) characteristics of individual farmers significantly correlated with the utilization of research result information sources is education, size of land area and income. Farmers with a high educational background have extensive arable land and relatively high income and tend to make use of Politani sources in their farming; 3) The level of information which was significantly related to the utilization of research result information sources was the need for information to control pest and cultivation techniques. Farmers whose need for information about cultivation techniques and HPT control were high tend to access information sources from higher Politani staffr; 4) Communication behavior which was significantly related to the utilization of research result information sources was access to an agent of change. Farmers with high accessibility to various agents of change tend to have a high utilization of information sources from Politani, and vice versa; 5) The method h was significantly correlated with the utilization of researchresult information sources was the way of delivering the message and the language used by the source of information in the dissemination process. Forms of the language presentation and delivery by appropriate information sources resulted in a higher utilization of information sources by farmers; 6) The utilization of information sources related to the utilization of research result information was the frequency 6 of source utilization, source accessibility, and suitability of the information content with the additional level of knowledge. Accessibility to source information was realated to the information utilization to be discussed.
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Judul: Pemanfaatan publikasi badan Litbang pertanian oleh penyuluh pertanian spesialis (PPS) tanaman pangan di Sulawesi Selatan
Abstrak: Penelitian ini dilakukan di 23 Kabupaten Sulawesi Selatan, dengan jumlah responden sebanyak 34 Penyuluh Pertanian Spesialis (PPS) Tanaman Pangan... Data yang dikumpulkan dari responden berupa (1) karakteristik PPS yang meliputi pendidikan, pengalaman kerja, pekerjaan tambahan, jenis dan jumlah sumber informasi yang diguna- kan, sifat kekosmopolitan dan keinovativan, (2) karakter- istik pesan yang meliputi kesesuaian isi, ketersediaan dan cara penyajian "Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Perta- nian (Jurnal), "Warta Penelitian dan Pengembangan Perta- nian (Warta) dan "Agrikam"; serta (3) pemanfaatan ketiga publikasi itu. Penelitian yang dilakukan secara survey ini, juan (1) untuk mengetahui pengaruh faktor kesesuaian ketersediaan dan cara penyajian "Jurnal", "Agrikam" terhadap pemanfaatan "Jurnal", "Warta" "Warta" "Agrikam"; (2) mengetahui pengaruh karakteristik terhadap kesesuaian isi, ketersediaan dan cara "Jurnal", "Warta" dan "Agrikam"; (3) mempelajar bertu- isi, dani dan PPS penyajian keeratan hubungan antara karakteristik PPS dengan pemanfaatan "Jurnal". "Warta" dan "Agrikam". Data yang terkumpul dianalisa dengan menggunakan distribusi frekuensi dan analisis hubungan. Prosedur korelasi yang digunakan untuk analisis hubungan ini ialah korelasi peringkat (Sperman's Rank Correlation). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa untuk karakteris- tik PPS tingkat Propinsi, pekerjaan tambahan berhubungan erat pada taraf 5 persen dengan kesesuaian isi "Jurnal", dan kekosmopolitan serta keinovativan PPS berhubungan erat dengan cara penyajian "Warta". Sedangkan untuk PPS ting- kat Kabupaten, pendidikan berhubungan erat dengan kesesu- aian "Jurnal"; jenis dan jumlah sumber informasi yang digunakan berhubungan erat dengan kesesuaian isi dan ketersediaan "Jurnal" dan Agrikan dan berhubungan erat dengan cara penyajian "Jurnal" dan "Warta". Keinovativan "Jurnal", dan berhubungan erat negatif dengan ketersediaan "Warta" dan cara penyajian "Agrikam".. PPS berhubungan erat dengan kesesuaian dan ketersediaan
Keyword: Agricultural training, Agricultural extension

Judul: Infeksi Cacing Jantung Dirofilaria Immitis, Railliet & Henry, 1911 Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Cacing Dirofilaria immitis dewasa yang tinggal dalm ventrikel kanan jantung anjing, sering kali menimbulkan gejala klinis yang cukup berat. Cacing Tersebut menghasilkan mikrofilaria yang selanjutnya berkembang menjadi larva infektif dalam saluran malphigi induk semang entara, yaitu nyamuk dari genus Culex, Aedes dan Anopheles.
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