Judul: Analisis kelembagaan dan strategi peningkatan daya saing komoditas kentang (Solanum tuberosum L.) Kabupaten Banjarnegara, Jawa Tengah
Abstrak: The increase of import volume and the decrease of export volume of vegetables require the efforts to improve the competitiveness of local vegetable products. Potato is the core of highland vegetable commodities in national and regional areas that potential to be developed. One of the potatoes production centers in Central Java is Banjarnegara regency. The purpose of this study are to formulate strategy and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that will improve the competitiveness of potato in Banjarnegara. The source of primary data obtained from interviews and secondary data obtained from study of literature. Data have been analyzed by descriptive analysis, TOWS analysis, The House Model, and Pairwise Comparison. The results of this study indicate that the strategies that become the priorities to improve the competitiveness of potato in Banjarnegara are the provision of cooperation in indicator of the number of farmers who distribute their products in cooperative, quality improvement of potatoes production in indicator of increasing the number of certified seed potatoes that meet farmers needs, and increased protection against farmers in indicator of regulation and government policy.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Strategy, Potatoes, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), The House Model, Competitiveness

Judul: Strategi pengembangan agribisnis komoditas kentang melalui pendekatan sumber daya manajemen di Kabupaten Banjarnegara
Abstrak: Horticulture is one of the agriculture sub-sector which is potential to be developed, because it has quite high economic value and added value compared to other commodities. One of horticultural commodity namely potato (Solanum Tuberosum) is a vegetable, which has an important role to fulfill food needs. Potato has potential and good prospect to support food diversification program in order to achieve sustainable food security. Potato commodity is one of the best commodities in Banjarnegara district. Generally, this study aimed to make operational recommendation for agribusiness development strategy of potato commodity through management resource approach in Banjarnegara district. The study was aimed to 1) identify factors, that effect the agribusiness development of potato commodity through management resource approach in Banjarnegara district, 2) formulate agribusiness development strategy of potato commodity in Banjarnegara district and 3) determine the priority of alternative strategy for the agribusiness development of potato commodity in Banjarnegara district. Based on prospective analysis that there are 10 factors that effect the agribusiness development of potato commodity in Banjarnegara district. Agribusiness development strategy of potato commodity through management resource approach in Banjarnegara district is based on scenarios that the agribusiness will grow in the future. Based on analytical hierarchy process (AHP), the most influential factor in formulating agribusiness development strategy of potato commodity in Banjarnegara district is productivity.
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Judul: Approximation of the Median of Poisson Distribution Using the Relation of Poisson-Gamma Distribution
Abstrak: A major drawback of median is that median cannot usually be defined in closed form, even in the cases where their distribution functions are known. This study gives an approximation of the closed form for the median of the Poisson distribution by using the relation of Poisson-Gamma distribution. The approximation uses elementary techniques based on the monotonicity of certain sequences involving tail probabilities of the Poisson distribution and the Central Limit Theorem. Furthermore, a closed form expression for the mean absolute deviation 􀜧|􀜰􀰒 􀵆 􀜯􀝁􀝀􁈺􀜰􀰒􁈻| is also studied. The median is relevant because of the fact that it minimizes the mean absolute deviation of a Poisson random variable (􀜰􀰒􁈻 by considering median as central tendency.
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