Judul: Quality assurance strategy development (case study in small scale tapioca agroindustry )
Abstrak: The main food crops in Indonesia consist of paddy, cassava, maize, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and soybeans. Among these six main food crops, cassava is one of important crops in which cassava is the most potential and important in many kinds of tuber crop to produce starch as a raw material for agroindustries producing many commodities to customers. Before processing tapioca, the crude tapioca so called “Aci” is produced from cassava by the small scale tapioca agroindustry (SSTA). In this particular two processing steps, the quality of Aci is a key issue to ensure its quality to produce tapioca in reliance of quality addressed to customers and end-users to satisfy their requirement including local food industries. The objectives of this research were 1) to identify the factors including problems and issues in SSTA from view point of quality assurance, and 2) to develop the necessary strategy for improving quality assurance in SSTA. The research was implemented by three components, namely field survey, data analysis, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Data analysis was done by Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat (SWOT) method. The determination for strategy development was carried out by QFD to identify the requirement by SSTA and processing importance. The result indicated that the requirements of cassava ’s attribute identified in SSTA were freshness, discoloration, contaminant, variety, and size. The identifications of processing importance were cassava procurement, smashing, waste handling, sieving, sun drying, grinding, and marketing. Among these processing steps, the most important processing were cassava procurement and marketing of Aci. The current condition of Aci producer was analyzed its position being in the quadrant-I with the value of 2.54 and 2.81 in SWOT matrix showing that Aci producer allows to take an aggressive strategy development approach to improve their quality assurance capability such as systems of the cassava procurement and its quality requirement, processing technology improvement, and diversification of Aci marketing. One of the conducive factors was a development of Aci quality standard for both Aci producer and customers. It also suggested that the external factors should be reviewed in order to extend support for SSTA to provide the better environment for Aci production. Moreover, further study and or research is recommended to carry out from aspects of technology improvement of processing, quality standard of Aci, institutional supporting system, and marketing diversification. To study further, it is better to implement a baseline study involving the Aci producer, cassava producer, and the related institutions aiming at institutional building for better SSTA’s social and economic contribution
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Judul: Kajian Penerapan Strategi Produksi Bersih Di Sentra Industri Kecil Tapioka : Kasus Kelurahan Ciluar, Kecamatan Bogor Utara
Abstrak: The centralization of small scale industry has caused accumulation of industrial wastes being able to pollute the surrounding environment. One of centralization of small scale industry having the potential to cause environment problems is tapioca industry. One of tapioca small industry centers in Bogor can be found in Ciluar, North Bogor Sub-District. Environment problems as the impact of industrial activities can be solved by applying cleaner production strategy. Cleaner production is aimed to increase the efficiency of material usage and minimizing wastes, pollution, and environmental risks directly to the source. This research was aimed to study (1) the potentials of cleaner production application and industrial environment management, (2) to formulate alternatives of the cleaner production strategy for centralized small scale tapioca industry in Ciluar. The data being used consists of primary data (field observation, interviews, and questionnaires for experts) and secondary data. The implementation of cleaner production was analyzed based on technological, financial, and political aspects. The method of analysis being used was AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process). The centralized small scale tapioca industry in Ciluar produces crude tapioca to be sold to tapioca sieving industry. The solid wastes being produced is dried (onggok) to be sold. Meanwhile the waste water is drained to river without treatment. The suggestion for improvement activities consist of good housekeeping (worker training, water usage monitoring); increasing the rendemen with gobegan, keeping the quality by washing settling tanks everyday, and workers monitoring. Those activities need Rp.10.052.000 of capital with PBP 1 year and 7 months. AHP analysis resulted in the recommendation to maximize crude tapioca production efficiency by applying cleaner production has denoted that technology (0,434) is the most important factor, followed by capital (0,377) and regional government policy (0,189). The priority of cleaner production program is socialization and training of cleaner production application (0,429), integrated waste management (0,328), and socialization and training of crude tapioca quality increasing procedures (0,243). The strategy of cleaner production implementation consists of: (1) socialization and training of cleaner production by: a) increasing the awareness and motivation of businessman in maintaining environmental quality, b) accompanying group development; (2) accelerating production efficiency, (3) increasing the role of government; (4) increasing vocalism of tapioca producer in Ciluar.
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Judul: Pengaruh Infeksi Haemoproteus columbae (Kruse, 1890) Pada Burung Merpati Dan Cara Penanggulangannya
Abstrak: Haemoproteus columbae merupakan paras it yang menyerang sel-sel darah merah burung rnerpati. Siklus hidupnya kompleks dan dapat dibagi menjadi dua yaitu siklus hidup asexual terjadi delam tubuh burung merpati dan siklus hidup sexual terjadi dalam tubuh lalat dari famili Hippoboscidae sebagai vektor. Stadium yang nampak dalam peredaran darah perifer hanyalah garoetosit yang dapat dibedakan menjadi dua yaitu gametosit jantan (mikrogametosit) dan gametosit betina (makrogametosit).
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