Judul: Efisiensi Saluran Pemasaran Garam Rakyat di Desa Padelegan, Kecamatan Pademawu, Kabupaten Pamekasan, Madura, Jawa Timur
Abstrak: The main problem in salt production are the financing and marketing subsystem. The middleman’s dominance made the condition of salt production more complicated. The objectives of this study are 1) to identify the characteristics of farmers based on the land right, 2) to estimate the average land productivity, 3) to estimate the average income of farmers, 4) to estimate the efficiency of marketing channels, and 5) to estimate income and revenue of the middleman. Based on analysis, most of the farmers are being in productive age and they had graduated on elementary school level. The BH (Bagi Hasil) Farmer is more productive than others (MS Farmer and SW Farmer). The first marketing channel (SP 1) is more efficient than the second one, which its farmer’s share are 95,83 % for KP 1, 94,74% for KP 2, and 94,12 % for KP 3. The BH Farmer has the lowest average income than others. These farmers get avarge income about Rp 11.804.600 per person per year. Every middleman in Padelegan Village got avarage revenue Rp 1.186.472.500 per year and their average income was Rp 336.000.300 per year per person. The result of this study can be a basic to make a policy about salt financing and marketing system in Padelegan Village.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University, Salt production and marketing analysis, Efficency of marketing channel, profit sharing system, middleman’s dominance

Judul: Analisis Sistem Tataniaga Garam Rakyat (Studi Kasus: Desa Lembung Kecamatan Galis Kabupaten Pamekasan Jawa Timur)
Abstrak: Salt is a strategic and high economic valued comodity because it is needed in every human lifa aspect as a main raw materials. The purposes of this research were analyzing marketing. The purposes of this research were analyzing marketing channels, function, structure and marketing institutions of farmer salt comodity and analyzing the efficiency of farmer salt marketing in every marketing channels by marketing margin, farmer’s share and benefit cost ratio approching. Based on the research result, there are mains channels which is formed based on the distribution first point with different institutions, functions and market structure in each channels. The result of operational efficiency analysis indicator and qualitative indicator showed that all of marketing channels had been inefficiency. It was caused because farmers still had a role as a price taker and price giving tendency was unfair because farmer had a weak bargaining power. Because of that, goverment role was hoped be able to change farmers role and improve the presence of farmer group to increase farmer prosperity.
Keyword: salt marketing, farmer’s share, efficiency, salt, Lembung village

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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