Judul: Participation of Women Farmers Group Lestari in the “Bunda Menyapa” Program
Abstrak: Penyuluhan merupakan kegiatan yang sering kali dibutuhkan oleh masyarakat pedesaan. Kegiatan tersebut dibutuhkan karena dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan untuk memecahkan permasalahan yang ada Namun penyuluhan tidak selalu menunjukkan keberhasilan yang diharapkan. Ketidakberhasilan tersebut sering kali dilihat dari berbagai faktor, salah satunya adalah motivasi. Motivasi terbagi menjadi motivasi intrinsik dan motivasi ekstrinsik. Motivasi berperan sebagai dorongan dan energi psikologis individu untuk melakukan suatu kegiatan tertentu, misalnya dalam program penyuluhan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis motivasi di dalam keikutsertaan penyuluhan dalam bentuk partisipasi, dan hubungan motivasi dengan partisipasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif melalui metode survei serta didukung dengan data kualitatif., Extension is an activity that is often needed by rural communities. These activities are needed because they can increase knowledge and skills to solve existing problems. However, counseling does not always show the expected success. This failure is often seen from various factors, one of which is motivation. Motivation is divided into intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. Motivation acts as an individual's psychological impulse and energy to carry out a certain activity, for example in program counseling. The purpose of this study was to analyze the motivation to participate in counseling in the form of participation, and the relationship between motivation and participation. This study uses a quantitative approach through survey methods and is supported by qualitative data.
Keyword: bunda menyapa, motivation, participation

Judul: The Relation of Participation Level with the Member of Woman Farmers Group Self-reliance (Case: Karacak and Barengkok Village, Leuwiliang Sub-district, Bogor District)
Abstrak: Kelompok Wanita Tani merupakan salah satu wadah pembangunan pertanian yang disediakan oleh pemerintah agar perempuan desa dapat berhimpun, berusaha, dan bekerja sama untuk melakukan produksi dan inovasi produk hasil pertanian yang ada menjadi produk yang lebih bernilai jual. Upaya tersebut merupakan suatu pemberdayaan melalui kelompok agar terwujud kemandirian masyarakat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis hubungan faktor internal dan eksternal dengan tingkat partisipasi serta hubungan tingkat partisipasi dengan tingkat kemandirian. Penelitian yang dilakukan menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif yang didukung oleh data kualitatif dengan teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan metode sensus sebanyak 50 responden. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat partisipasi anggota kelompok wanita tani tergolong tinggi pada tahap partisipasi yaitu tahap pelaksanaan dan menikmati hasil, kecuali pada tahap perencanaan dan evaluasi tergolong tinggi cenderung sedang. Tingkat kemandirian anggota kelompok wanita tani pada setiap aspek kemandirian cenderung tergolong tinggi. faktor internal pada indikator lama menjadi anggota berhubungan nyata dengan partisipasi, kemudian faktor eksternal berhubungan nyata dan dengan partisipasi pada indikator dukungan tokoh masyarakat dan tingkat ketersediaan fasilitas. Adapun tingkat partisipasi tidak berhubungan nyata dengan tingkat kemandirian anggota kelompok wanita tani. Kata Kunci: Kelompok Wanita tani, Kemandirian, Partisipasi, The Women Farmers Group is one of the agricultural development platforms provided by the government that women can gather, attempted, and work together to produce and innovate agricultural products into valuable product. This effort is an empowerment through groups in order to manifest community independence. This study aims to analyze the relationship between internal and external factors with the level of participation and the relationship between the level of participation and the level of independence. The research was conducted using a quantitative approach supported by qualitative data with a sampling technique using the census method as many as 50 respondents. The results showed that the participation level of members of the women farmer group is relatively high at the participation stage, that is the implementation stage and enjoy the results stage, except at the planning and evaluation stage is relatively high tend to be moderate. Self-reliance level of members of women farmer group in every aspect of self-reliance tend to be relatively high. Internal factors of the old indicator of being a member had a significant relationship with participation, then the external factors had a significant relationship with participation of support for community leaders indicator and the level of facility availability. The level of participation is not significant related to the level of independence of the women farmer group members. Keywords: Participation, Self-reliance, Women Farmer Group
Keyword: Participation, Self-reliance, Women Farmer Group

Judul: Characterizations of low alloy steel sae 4422  plated with chromic acid (Cro3)
Abstrak: Characterizations of low alloy steel SAE 4422 plated with chromic acid (CrOrO3) was use Optical Microscopy (OM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), RD),Energy Dispersive Analysis of X-Ray (EDAX), Hardness Test and Roughness Test. Microstructures analysis exhibits cracks and grain boundaries microcracks as a characteristics of chrome metal found at plating metal. Perlite and Ferrite as grains of steel found at base metal with grain boundaries around it. Phase analysis of plating metal appropriate to chrome metal with lattice constant (a) is 2.559 Å and phase analysis of base metal appropriate to iron ferrite with lattice constant (a) is 3.318 Å. Both plating and base metal have cubic system. Chemical analysis of plating metal at surface section exhibits that cracks area have highest value of carbon element compare with grains and grains boundaries area. While chemical analysis of base metal at cross section exhibits that perlite have highest value of carbon element compare with ferrite and grain boundaries. The hardness value of plating metal at surface section and cross section are 753 and 637 VHN. While, the hardness value of base metal and interface area at cross section are 205 and 373 VHN. The roughness value at measurement points of chrome surface for as received sample are 0.445 μm. Observation used Optical Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy exhibits surface irregularities combine to form surface texture of plating metal at surface section.
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