Judul: Improvement Mindset and Livelihood of Community Farmers Through Community Empowerment Program (Case of CECOM Foundation’s Program in Three Villages in East Kampar Subdistrict, Kampar Regency.
Abstrak: Number of community empowerment program that was launched tend to not give clear results, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Measuring the impact is usually only around on measuring changes in income, while changes in real living standards are not only influenced by changes in revenue, since many other factors related and direct impact on living standards. There is a tendency of a program to change the standard of living of beneficiaries who are very fast. This changing on standard of living usually will not have a high sustainability, so that when the program ends, the beneficiary will again become poor. This happens because there is at least an evaluation method to measure the success of the program. It is necessary to study how the description improvement mindset assisted farmer group members after involved to a community empowerment program by CECOM Foundation, How did the description of livelihood improvement of farmer group’s member after joining CECOM Community Empowerment Program as well as how to formulate participatory community development programs by CECOM Foundation. VPA analysis conducted during the three years shows that there has been a significant change in all indicators of VPA in group CECOM Foundation assisted in Kampar regency, both in the variable level indicators. However, still there are two variables that remained below a virtual line five, namely the sub-indicator of food consumption (indicator of living standard) and sub-indicator of gender mainstreaming (indicator of mindset). Based on the finding above, the design created by emphasizing the variable with the lowest value to the variable with the highest value with the expected outcome of this study is the increase in welfare and self reliance of the community.
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Judul: Forest Farmer Group Development Model for Sustainable  Well-Being in Kampar Regency
Abstrak: Pemanfaatan sumber daya hutan yang berkelanjutan dapat membantu mengurangi kemiskinan di negara berkembang, termasuk Indonesia, terutama melalui kelompok masyarakat pedesaan seperti kelompok tani hutan (KTH). Namun, kemampuan KTH dalam mengelola sumber daya hutan masih rendah, yang berdampak pada penurunan kinerja mereka, seperti yang terlihat pada KTH di Kabupaten Kampar. Berbeda dengan penelitian sebelumnya, penelitian ini berfokus pada pengembangan KTH berdasarkan aspek kelola kelembagaan, kelola kawasan, dan kelola usaha. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menganalisis faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi kinerja KTH dalam mencapi kesejahteraan dan membangun model pengembangan KTH. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Kabupaten Kampar dengan melibatkan 193 responden menggunakan metode sensus. Analisis data menggunakan teknik Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS SEM). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa aspek kelola usaha memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap kesejahteraan KTH di Kabupaten Kampar, diikuti oleh aspek kelola kelembagaan dan aspek kelola kawasan. Model pengembangan KTH melibatkan peningkatan indikator kunci dalam setiap aspek, seperti keterlibatan KTH dalam program-program pemerintah/non-pemerintah/organisasi lain, pemanfaatan wilayah kelola kelompok secara tepat, dan penambahan modal usaha, sebagai langkah kunci untuk mencapai pengelolaan yang produktif, mandiri, sejahtera, dan berkelanjutan., Sustainable forest resource utilization can alleviate poverty in developing countries, including Indonesia, mainly by rural community groups like forest farmer groups (KTH). However, the capacity of KTH to manage forest resources is still low, leading to a decline in their well-being, exemplified in KTH in Kampar Regency. Unlike previous studies, this research focuses on developing KTH based on institutional, area management, and business aspects. The objective of the study is to analyze the factors influencing KTH’s well-being and build a development model for KTH. The research was conducted in Kampar Regency with 193 respondents using a census method. Data analysis used the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. The study’s findings reveal that business management significantly influences KTH’s well-being in Kampar Regency, followed by institutional and area management aspects. The development model for KTH involves enhancing key indicators in each aspect, such as KTH’s involvement in government/non-government organizations/other institution programs, appropriate area utilization, and increased business capital, as key steps to achieve a productive, self-reliant, prosperous, and sustainable management.
Keyword: Area, Business development, Forest farmer group, Institutional, Poverty alleviation

Judul: Karakteristik Anatomi Skelet Kepala Buaya senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii).
Abstrak: Buaya sepit atau senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) merupakan jenis buaya asli Indonesia yang berhabitat di sungai-sungai Sumatera, Kalimantan, dan juga pedalaman Sulawesi. Salah satu ciri khas buaya senyulong adalah bentuk moncong yang runcing dan sempit, namun hingga saat ini informasi mengenai struktur skelet kepala buaya senyulong sangat terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari karakteristik anatomi skelet kepala buaya senyulong yang dikatikan dengan fungsi dan perilakunya. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksploratif dengan melakukan pengamatan, pencatatan, dan pengambilan gambar dari skelet kepala buaya senyulong. Skelet kepala berukuran panjang 70 cm, lebar 29 cm, dan tingggi 17 cm dengan permukaan kasar pada os nasale, os frontale, os maxilla, os mandibula, os lacrimale, os jugale. Jumlah gigi pada buaya ini sebanyak 78 buah, terdiri dari 4 buah gigi premaxila, 16 buah gigi maxila, dan 19 buah gigi mandibula. Pada regio orbitalis ditemukan dua pasang fenestrae temporales yang berkembang baik. Fenestra supratemporale merupakan lubang oval yang membentang di sepanjang os parietale. Fenestra infratemporale berbentuk segitiga dan dibatasi oleh os squamosum, os postorbitale, os jugulare, dan os quadratum. Os mandibula hewan ini mempunyai symphysis mandibularis yang panjang yaitu garis yang melintang di corpus mandibulae. Secara fungsional ukuran symphysis mandibularis berkaitan dengan adaptasi hewan terhadap diet makan.
Keyword: kepala, moncong, Tomistoma schlegelii