Judul: Efektivitas Komunikasi Pada Program Pengembangan Usaha Agribisnis Perdesaan (PUAP) Di Kabupaten Halmahera Barat
Abstrak: Rural Agribusiness Development Program (PUAP) is a program of Ministry Agriculture of Republic Indonesian (RI) toward poor farmers in the village. The objectives of this research were; (1) to analyze the level of PUAP program communication effectiveness, (2) to analyze relationship between the characteristics of Gapoktan members and perception about PUAP program, (3) to analyze relationship between Gapoktan members and communication effectiveness on PUAP program, (4) to analyze relationsip between the perception of Gapoktan members and communication affectivity on PUAP program and (5) to analyze relationship between communication of Gapoktan members behaviour and communication effectiveness on PUAP program. This Research was designed as correlation descriptive. Seventy one farmers were taking as sample by proportional cluster random sampling from Gapoktan members who received PUAP donation support in 2009, in two subdistricts in the West Halmahera. Data were analyzed used rank spearman correlation. Result of research showed that (1) communication PUAP Program in West Halmahera district has lasted effectively, it is shown by the knowledge and actions of the Gapoktan members is still relatively moderate, especially about the making of the work plan, utilization and refund PUAP program, whereas group union member attitudes toward the implementation of PUAP is relatively high, (2) characteristics of Gapoktan members significantly correlated with their perceptions on PUAP Program, (3) characteristics of members Gapoktan not significantly correlated with the effectiveness of communication in PUAP Program, (4) perceptions of members Gapoktan of the Program PUAP significantly correlated with the effectiveness of communication in PUAP Program, and (5) Gapoktan member communication behaviours significantly correlated with the effectiveness of communication in PUAP Program.
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Judul: Pola Komunikasi pada Program Pengembangan Usaha Agribisnis Perdesaan di Kecamatan Ciampea Kabupaten Bogor
Abstrak: Program Pengembangan Usaha Agribisnis Perdesaan (PUAP) adalah program Kementerian Pertanian berbentuk pemberian bantuan modal usaha bersifat dana bergulir bagi petani anggota yang tergabung dalam Gabungan Kelompok Tani. Untuk mencapai hasil maksimal, petani anggota didampingi oleh penyuluh pendamping dan Penyelia Mitra Tani yang bertugas menyampaikan informasi program PUAP secara baik dan benar. Penelitian ini bertujuan menghasilkan deskripsi pola komunikasi pada program PUAP, analisis hubungan karakteristik individu anggota, kredibilitas penyuluh pendamping dan Penyelia Mitra Tani dengan pola komunikasi serta analisis keberhasilan program PUAP dan hubungannya dengan pola komunikasi pada program PUAP. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Kecamatan Ciampea pada bulan April-Juni 2014 dengan menggunakan metode survei bersifat deskriptif korelasional. Populasi penelitian adalah petani anggota yang menerima dana program PUAP tahun 2013 tergabung dalam Gabungan Kelompok Tani meliputi: Benteng Makmur, Tunas Jaya, Tani Waluya dan Karya Mandiri berjumlah 170 petani. Penarikan sampel diawali dengan menentukan ukuran sampel menggunakan rumus Slovin dan selanjutnya dilakukan penarikan sampel dari anggota setiap Gabungan Kelompok Tani secara proporsional sehingga diperoleh jumlah sampel sebesar 63 petani. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner melalui wawancara terstruktur, pengamatan dan wawancara mendalam kepada informan yang terkait dengan topik penelitian. Data yang diperoleh diolah dan disajikan dalam tabel frekuensi serta dianalisis menggunakan uji rank Spearman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: (1) pola komunikasi penyuluh pendamping dan Penyelia Mitra Tani pada program PUAP berbentuk satu arah, isi pesan tidak dipahami oleh responden dan frekuensi komunikasi yang rendah, (2) karakteristik individu berhubungan nyata dengan pola komunikasi penyuluh pendamping dan Penyelia Mitra Tani, khususnya tingkat pendidikan berhubungan nyata dengan arah komunikasi, status responden dalam kelompok berhubungan nyata dengan arah komunikasi dan isi pesan serta pengalaman menerima bantuan berhubungan nyata dengan frekuensi komunikasi, (3) kredibilitas penyuluh pendamping dan Penyelia Mitra Tani berhubungan nyata dengan pola komunikasi, khususnya kejujuran dan keahlian berhubungan sangat nyata dengan isi pesan, daya tarik berhubungan nyata dengan isi pesan dan frekuensi komunikasi serta keakraban berhubungan nyata dengan arah komunikasi dan frekuensi komunikasi (4) pola komunikasi penyuluh pendamping berhubungan nyata dengan keberhasilan program PUAP, khususnya isi pesan berhubungan nyata dengan pengelolaan modal usaha, (5) sedangkan pola komunikasi Penyelia Mitra Tani pada aspek arah komunikasi, berhubungan nyata negatif dengan aktivitas agribisnis responden.
Keyword: PUAP, pola komunikasi, kredibilitas penyuluh pendamping, penyelia mitra tani, keberhasilan program PUAP

Judul: Posisi Filogenetik Kura-Kura Carettochelys Insculpta  (Reptillia: Testudinata)
Abstrak: Carettochelys insculpta is an endemic freshwater turtle of southern Papua and northern Australia. Phylogenetic position of this turtle is remain unresolved until now. Most of the research conducted show close relationships of C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. However, some of the research show distance between C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. This research is conducted to analyze phylogenetic relationship between C. insculpta and other members of Testudinata using 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and both gene as markers. DNA samples were obtained from three different organisms of C. insculpta. Two species used as outgroups were Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana. Phylogenetic analysis was carried out using Neighbor-Joining method with Felsenstein 1981 (F81) modeltest. A polytomy tree of Testudinata was produced by using 12S rRNA gene. However, analysis using 16S rRNA and both genes as markers confirmed that C. insculpta was located between the Chelonidae and the Trionychidae family.
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