Judul: A Study of Oil Palm Plantation in Sukabumi Regency: Land Suitability and Socio-Economic Approach
Abstrak: The increase of the world oil palm demand, encourage Indonesia to develop oilm palm industry both of expansion and conversion. Commodity crop conversion can be interpreted as a change in the cropping system from one crop commodity to another. As happened in Sukabumi Regency, West Java, commodity crops have been converted from rubber and tea to oil palm on state-owned plantation land. This research analyzes land suitability and consistency, social conditions, and the standard of living of oil palm plantation workers in the Sukabumi Regency. The data used in this study are primary data and secondary data. The method used is the visual interpretation of satellite imagery, overlay, table matching using ArcGIS, and different tests using SPSS software from the results of interviews with respondents using a questionnaire. The results show that the percentage of land area converted to commodity crops from rubber and tea to oil palm continued to be massive from 2002 to 2020. The conversion was made because the selling price of the previous commodity continued to fall. The land suitability level of state-owned oil palm plantations in Sukabumi Regency is dominated by category S3. 95% of oil palm plantations in Sukabumi Regency are following the 2011-2032 Sukabumi Regency spatial planning. The conversion of commodity crops from rubber and tea to palm oil has a positive impact on improving the social conditions and the standard of living of oil palm plantation workers. The eight recommendations are prepared based on an analysis of land suitability and consistency of land use with spatial plans. Other recommendations given are based on the social conditions and standard of living of plantation workers. It is hoped that this will form an independent local workers' association to increase the gaining power to demand justice, rights and proper welfare for workers and their families. In addition, the existence of associations can also mutually control the performance of workers in carrying out their obligations.
Keyword: Commodity crop conversion, land suitability, land consistency, social conditions, standard of living

Judul: Tingkat Respon Komunitas terhadap Konversi Lahan Menjadi Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit di Desa Bungku Jambi
Abstrak: Palm oil commodities that are increasingly popular nowadays encouraged community in the village of Bungku convert their land into oil palm. This community is made up of immigrant communities, indigenous people, and local communities. The difference of the community produce different responses to the activity of land conversion to oil palm in Bungku Village. Therefore this research carried out a study on the level of community response to the rate of land conversion to oil palm plantations in the village Bungku by looking at the initial condition of the land and the land converted. This research was conducted using questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The results of this study showed that the response rate of immigrant communities, indigenous, and local are related with the initial conditions in the form of forest land and not related with the land area converted.
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Judul: Infeksi Virus Parainfluenza Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Virus parainfluenza anjing termasuk famili Paramyxoviridae, berbentuk pleomorf dengan ukuran bervariasi (bergaris tengah antara 100-500 nm), berpembungkus peka ether, berisi genom RNA dan secara serologis mempunyai kesamaan dengan virus SV-5 kera; dikenak sebagai salah satu kausa penting dari sindrom "kennel cough". Infeksinya dapat mengenai anjing semua umur yang belum pernah terinfeksi atau mendapatkan vaksinasi mengakibatkan gejala klinis ringan yang terbatas pada traktus respirasi atu infeksi yang secara klinis tidak memperlihatkan gejala nyata. Gejala klinis yang nampak setelah masa inkubasi (1-5 hari) terlewati berupa batuk yang tidak berat selama beberapa hari, berbagai tingkat tonsilitis dan pharyngitis dan kadang-kadang ditemukan kenaikan temperatur rektal antara 1-2 derajat C dari temperatur normal rat-rata. Anjing terinfeksi mengandung virus pada traktus respirasi bagian atas dan bawah serta limfonoduli sampai hari ke 9 setelah infeksi. Penyebaran virus antar anjing terjadi secara aerogen.
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