Judul: Marketing of Nature Rubber in Cipari District, Cilacap  Regency
Abstrak: Sebagai daerah produksi utama karet di Kabupaten Cilacap, produksi karet di Kecamatan Cipari mengalami tren peningkatan sejak tahun 2017 sampai 2019. Meskipun demikian, petani karet di Kecamatan Cipari masih menghadapi permasalahan pemasaran seperti rendahnya harga jual karet, disparitas harga, dan ketidakterbukaan informasi pasar. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi saluran pemasaran dan fungsi-fungsi pemasaran serta menganalisis efisiensi pemasaran karet di Kecamatan Cipari. Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer dari 34 petani karet dan 10 lembaga pemasaran seperti pedagang pengumpul, pedagang besar, dan pabrik pengolah karet yang masing-masing ditentukan menggunakan purposive dan snowball sampling. Data dianalisis menggunakan analisis deskriptif kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa ada tiga saluran pemasaran karet di Kecamatan Cipari. Fungsi pemasaran yang dilakukan petani hanya penyimpanan dan penjualan sedangkan lembaga pemasaran melakukan fungsi pembelian dan penjualan, penyimpanan, pengolahan, pengangkutan, sortasi, pembiayaan, dan penanggungan risiko. Hasil penelitian ini juga menunjukan bahwa saluran pemasaran dari petani-pedagang besar-pabrik pengolah karet relatif lebih efisien dibandingkan saluran lainnya dengan nilai margin pemasaran Rp 3.981,00 dan farmer’s share sebesar 71,11 persen serta nilai rasio keuntungan terhadap biaya 2,69., As one the main rubber production areas in Cilacap District, rubber production in Cipari Subdistrict has experienced an increasing trend from 2017 to 2019. However, rubber farmers in Cipari Subdistrict have problems such as low rubber prices, price disparity, and asymmetry market information. This study aims to identify marketing channels and marketing functions, and analyze marketing efficiency of rubber in Cipari Subdistrict. The study used a primary data from 34 rubber farmers and 10 marketing actors such as local trader, wholesalers, and processors who determined by purposive and snowball sampling respectively. The data were analysed using qualitative and quantitative descriptive analyses. The result showed that there are three channels of rubber in Cipari Subdistrict. The farmers had role in storage and sales functions, while marketing institutions had important role in exchange, physical, and facility functions. The marketing channel of farmer-whosaler-crumb rubber processor was relatively more efficient than other two channels with marketing margin of Rp. 3,981.00, farmer's share of 71.11 percent, and profit-to-cost ratio of 2.69.
Keyword: efisiensi, fungsi pemasaran, margin pemasaran, saluran pemasaran

Judul: Marketing Efficiency and Choice of Rubber Marketing Channels in Ogan Ilir Regency South Sumatra
Abstrak: Komoditas karet di Kabupaten Ogan Ilir berperan penting dalam meningkatan pendapatan keluarga, tetapi saat ini pendapatan petani karet masih tergolong rendah karena pemasaran karetnya masih bersifat tradisional, sehingga menyebabkan harga yang diterima petani menjadi rendah. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis efisiensi pemasaran dan faktor-faktor apa saja yang memengaruhi petani dalam memilih saluran pemasaran, apakah proses pemasaran karet yang dilakukan menguntungkan bagi petani atau sebaliknya dan diharapkan petani mampu memilih saluran yang menguntungkan. Data yang digunakan berupa data primer dan data sekunder. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan secara acak. 75 sampel digunakan dalam penelitian ini, dengan populasi petani karet yaitu 236 petani di Kecamatan Tanjung Batu dan 254 di Kecamatan Payaraman yang dipilih secara purposive. Pengumpulan data menggunakan data panel dengan tiga periode waktu (3 minggu) atau tiga kali penjualan. Efisiensi pemasaran karet dianalisis dengan marjin pemasaran, farmer’s share, dan rasio keuntungan terhadap biaya dan model Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Untuk pilihan saluran pemasaran menggunakan analisis panel multinomial logit regression degan menggunakan Software statistik STATA 17. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan petani karet di Kabupaten Ogan Ilir menggunakan tiga pola saluran pemasaran., Rubber agribusiness plays an important role in national development. South Sumatra is the largest rubber producing region in Indonesia, namely 870,966 tons in 2021. Ogan Ilir Regency is one of the regions that contributes quite a large amount of rubber production in South Sumatra with total production of 33,520 tons with a total of 18,919 farmers in 2021. Most of them Farmers sell rubber to collectors because of low production, long distance from production sites and factories, and inadequate transportation. The aim of this research is to identify the condition of the channels and functions of rubber marketing institutions, analyze the efficiency of rubber marketing and analyze the factors that influence the selection of rubber marketing channels in Ogan Ilir Regency. This analysis is used to identify the efficiency of marketing institutions and marketing functions in each institution involved in each marketing channel in Ogan Ilir Regency. Marketing function analysis aims to determine the activities and respective roles of marketing institutions. Apart from that, quantitative analysis is also used in this research to analyze rubber marketing efficiency, namely marketing margin, farmer's share, and profit to cost ratio at each marketing institution. Marketing channels are formed due to the activities of marketing institutions from producers to consumers. To find out which channels are the most efficient and what variables need to be improved to achieve efficiency, you can use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and to see what factors influence choosing marketing channels by using the Model Fit Test (Goodness of Fit), Parameter Testing, Wald Test, Meanwhile, to see what factors influence farmers in choosing rubber marketing channels, namely by looking for the RRR (relative risk ratio) value
Keyword: efisiensi pemasaran, saluran pemasaran

Judul: Pengujian Virus Newcastle Disease Gen VII Isolat Lapang Sebagai Virus Standar Pada Uji Tantang Vaksin
Abstrak: This study was conducted to determine the standard of Newcastle disease virus Gene VII field isolate as a virus challenge to vaccine test. A virus suspension that has previously been tested by HA test then titrated with EID50 using 30 Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) of 10 day old chicken embryonated eggs. In addition, chicken lethal dose50 (CLD50) test were used to determine the virus titer that could cause 50% death of the chicken population. The CLD50 test was used 25 day-old-chickens (DOC) divided into 5 groups. The virus was diluted from 10-1 to 10-8. The 104 to 10-8 dilution of NDV was infected to every group of chicken via eyedrop and intranasal with 0.1 ml/chicken dosage. Haemagglutination test showed that the allantoic fluid were contain high titers of NDV is 512 HAU. The infective NDV that had been titrated by EID50 test showed the virus titers is 109 EID50/0.1 ml or 1010 EID50/ml and the virus titers of CLD50 test e.i 106.48 CLD50/0.1 ml or 107.48 CLD50/ml. These results can be concluded that the NDV Gene VII field isolates were most appropriate to be used as a standard virus to vaccine test
Keyword: Newcastle Disease Virus Gene VII, HA tes, EID50 test, CLD50 test