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Kesuburan Tanah

2011-05-17T04:40:00.000+07:00

Belakangan saya lebih aktif di blog "Kesuburan Tanah" . "Blog ini ditujukan bagi siapa saja yang berminat untuk mendalami ilmu kesuburan tanah. Kerangka tulisan mengacu pada bahan kuliah S-1."
Mengapa ? Alasannya sederhana, di blog tersebut secara langsung saya dengan mudah dapat melampirkan file pdf atau tipe lainnya agar dapat diunduh oleh pembaca.

2010

2010-10-11T00:10:00.000+07:00

2010

Biang POC (pupuk organik cair)

2010-06-04T10:53:00.002+07:00

“Biang POC digunakan untuk membuat pupuk organik cair siap pakai. Biang POC diencerkan 20 kali untuk membuat POC dengan kualitas standard Deptan. Atau 1 liter biang POC digunakan untuk membuat 20 liter POC siap pakai/jual”. Dikutip dari, http://isroi.wordpress.com/jualanku/

Komentar:
Standar utama pupuk organik cair menurut Kepmentan , minimal mengandung C-organik 4,5 %. http://www.deptan.go.id/ppi/index.php?link=syarat_teknis_organik

Dengan pernyataan iklan tersebut, ada janji bahwa “Biang POC “ jika diencerkan sampai 20 X masih memiliki kandungan C-organik > 4,5 %. Atau dengan kata lain kandungan C-organik dalam “Biang POC“ > 90%. Adakah bahan seperti itu ?

Secara umum C-organik merupakan 50% penyusun dari suatu bahan organik (padat). Jika 100% padatan tersebut dapat dicairkan, maka akan diperoleh bahan organik (cair) dengan C-organik 50%. Mungkinkah itu ?

Lazimnya pelarut pupuk organik cair adalah air. Diperlukan air untuk melarutkan bahan organik tersebut. Ini akan menurunkan kadar C-organik sehingga menjadi << 50%.

Jadi, bagaimana cara kita percaya dengan iklan tersebut ?

Pupuk. Hara

2010-05-20T23:41:00.002+07:00

Setelah mengejar sampai ke lorong-lorong senyap
sampailah perjumpaan dengan tuah sakti yang mengajarkan cara
untuk melumatkan rambut, bulu, kuku, gigi, tanduk, tulang dan sejenisnya
limbah unggas dan hewan potong yang terserak-serak sukar terombak
yang seringkali menimbulkan aroma busuk dan lalat berkerumun

menjadi pupuk dan hara

Charcoal as a Manure

2010-03-27T17:37:00.005+07:00

Charcoal as a Manure. Otago Witness , Putanga 61, 17 Hōngongoi 1852, Page 3
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Bio Toilet

2010-03-21T22:24:00.002+07:00

Menghemat air, memanfaatkan limbah ...

Zavala. dkk. 2005. Biological activity in the composting reactor of the bio-toilet system. pdf.
Triastuti dkk. 2009. Characteristics of composted bio-toilet residue and its potential use as a soil conditioner. pdf.

Kita ini sebaiknya :

2010-03-10T20:57:00.001+07:00

saya senang dengan ungkapan seperti ini:

"Nek menurut saya simple saja kita kedepan nggak usah terlalu mikirin harvard itu mau apa, australia mau apa. lha mahasiswa kita kan bangsa kita dari rakyat kita, kita yang paling tahu rakyat kita , kita tahu rakyat kita butuh kesejahteraan apa, butuh kekuatan saing terhadap produk luar, butuh kenyamanan di rumah sendiri, lha itu saja kita fokus lebih , mari kita garap itu, mari kita sejahterakan mereka, kalau mereka tahu kita yang bikin mereka sejahtera gak akan mereka sekolah ke harvard, apa sih artinya kita kalahkan harvard tapi rakyat kita gak sejahtera, apa sih artinya riset kita sak abyeg tapi rakyat kita hidup di kolong jembatan, marilah kita tempatkan competitiveness dalam sekala mensejahterakan rakyat kita, lho eropa bersatu melalui pendidikan (bologna) tapi di ayat paling nduwur kesejahteraan rakyat bersama. Kalau riset kita unggul terhadap malysia good tapi nek riset gak aplikasikan untuk memberi secara nyata sepiring nasi bagi rakyat di kolong, njuk ngopo gitu loh. antara riset unggul dan sepiring nasi masih terbentang jalan yang curam dan terjal tapi itulah yang dibutuhkan rakyat kita." ... (samsul kamal, 2010)

tidak ada pertengkaran

2009-12-25T04:34:00.002+07:00

rumah-rumah tidak berpintu
mengapa pula harus dikunci
datanglah jiwa-jiwa
tak ada sekat bagimu
kapanpun engkau suka
bersatulah

siapakah yang membuatmu berserak-serak
maka lepaskanlah merah hijau biru mu
masuklah dalam hening bening

tidak ada pertengkaran

keriuhan itu

2009-12-25T04:30:00.002+07:00

keriuhan itu bukan pada pasar malam yang ingar-bingar
tapi hening malam dengan tetes lilin yang terus menyala
ketika tubuh-tubuh luluh terhenyak
semangat itu tak henti membara

Open Access: Springer.com

2009-12-01T05:01:00.011+07:00

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Satu minggu

2009-10-17T02:48:00.002+07:00

pada suatu hari ia datang dan mengatakan :
"aku pinjamkan ini kunci selama dan hanya satu minggu mendatang",

dan hari ini ia datang lagi dan mengucapkan kalimat yang sama :
"aku pinjamkan ini kunci selama dan hanya satu minggu mendatang"

entahlah sudah berapa hari seperti hari ini,
ia datang dan mengucapkan kalimat yang sama
sudah berminggu-minggu bahkan

ah, menyenangkan

Kungkum

2009-10-09T01:24:00.002+07:00

setelah 6 tahun kungkum di gelap sungai
dapatlah aku merasakan hangatnya malam
dan cerahnya sang bintang menari dilangit

9

2009-09-09T23:09:00.000+07:00

Open Access : Canadian Journal of Soil Science

2009-05-05T04:58:00.000+07:00

Back Issues to be Available Online

The Agricultural Institute of Canada has embarked on a project to scan back issues of its three journals. All journal issues since 1957, the first year the journals were published under their current names, will be made available on the journals' web sites in searchable PDF format. Tables of contents and abstracts will be available in HTML. The back issues will be made available online over the coming months as the work is completed.

The Canadian Journal of Soil Science is an international peer-reviewed journal published in cooperation with the Canadian Society of Soil Science. The journal publishes original research on the use, management, structure and development of soils and draws from the disciplines of soil science, agrometeorology, ecology, agricultural engineering, environmental science, hydrology, forestry, geology, geography and climatology.

Research is published in a number of topic sections including:agrometeorology; ecology, biological processes and plant interactions; composition and chemical processes; physical processes and interfaces; genesis, landscape processes and relationships; contamination and environmental stewardship; and management for agricultural, forestry and urban uses.

Reviews, letters to the Editor, and conference proceedings may also be published, subject to the approval of the Editor. Special issues, or special sections within regular issues dealing with specific topics, are published with the approval of the Special Issues Editor. Contributions are published in English or French with abstracts in both languages. A page charge is payable on publication.

Diam di tempat

2009-04-19T03:43:00.002+07:00

apa yang terjadi jika samudera energi terakumulasi pada suatu titik
tentu peningkatan potensi yang luar biasa
ibarat seseorang dengan pendapatan bulanan satu juta rupiah
setelah pontang-panting kesana-kemari
tiba-tiba ia mendapatkan hadiah satu triliun rupiah tunai
itu diperolehnya dengan diam di tempat

demikianlah kata
ia bukan sekedar makna, namun mantra
perhubungan dengan Sang Penguasa
membebaskan dari sekat ruang dan waktu
melayang

Hijau

2009-04-04T21:07:00.004+07:00

mengapa menyukai warna hijau ?
karena berarti kehidupan terus berlanjut

dalam mengarungi dunia persinambung ini
jangan lupa membawa kaca mata hijau
atau pewarna hijau

dengan demikian kita akan dapat melihat isi jurnal itu seutuhnya,
bukan abstrak atau judul belaka

itulah sebabnya, sampai saat ini
aku tetap memilih warna hijau
...

Trial

2009-04-03T01:40:00.002+07:00

Manfaatkan kesempatan yang telah diberikan, dan tirulah kebaikannya.

Lari di Tempat

2009-04-02T08:09:00.002+07:00

Ungkapan "Lari di tempat" senantiasa dimaknai negatif. Artinya meski kita telah sekuat tenaga berusaha, namun tidak ada kemajuan, tidak pernah mencapai tujuan.
Namun saya memaknai lain, "di tempat saja kita harus lari". Artinya banyak hal yang dapat dan harus dikerjakan, meskipun kita masih di tempat. Tentu lebih banyak lagi hal yang dapat dan harus dikerjakan, jika melangkah ke .. apakah itu depan, belakang, samping, bawah, atas, dalam, luar.
Nah dengan persiapan lari di tempat itu, saya yakin stamina kita akan lebih baik pada saat kita ke ... Jika tanpa persiapan yang cukup, meskipun kita telah di ... maka tak banyak yang dapat dikerjakan. Pada saat waktu telah jauh beranjak, kita hanya menjadi penikmat, penonton atau penggenap. Pemain handal mempersiapkan banyak hal, untuk satu pertandingan besar, kita perlu seribu latihan.

Benarkan demikian ?
Pengalaman adalah guru yang terbaik.

Free

2009-02-24T08:37:00.002+07:00

peluang itu datang tidak hanya sekali,
namun berkali-kali
kesiapan kitalah yang menentukan
mendapatkannya
atau lepas begitu saja

Nanosfer

2009-02-16T09:04:00.004+07:00

inginnya berlari dari gunung satu ke gunung yang lain
memandang berbagai kejadian dari atas,
menikmati keragaman
dan berbagi cerita

apa daya terperosok aku ke lubang jarum
bergumul lebur dengan pernik-pernik
kenikmatan berkepanjangan
setiap tarikan nafas

bisakah aku menolak
sesuatu yang sering kuimpikan
semua menyatu dalam nanosfer

Focus

2009-02-13T03:03:00.003+07:00

"Aku masih berada di kantor bersama dua tiga orang rekan tersisa. Beberapa detik menghentikan mata, pikiran, dan jemari dari monitor, ide-ide liar, dan keyboard komputer. Empat televisi masih menyala, tak begitu kuperhatikan. Samar-samar terdengar ada siaran CNN, ESPN, MetroTV, dan Al Jazeera." (Beno, 2009)
...

empat-lima televisi masih menyala, tak kuperhatikan
begitulah focus itu !

masa kini, masa lampau

2009-02-13T02:48:00.002+07:00

nikmat rasanya, di masa kini kita dapat merasakan masa lampau
dulu kita meyakini bahwa maju itu berarti ke depan
nyatanya untuk ke depan kita harus kembali ke masam silam
ternyata kemajuan itu ke mana pun yang kita sukai
bahkan di tempat pun bisa

Hal 1

2009-02-07T09:04:00.003+07:00

Inilah sebagian dari halaman 1 "Journal of Experimental Botany" terbitan pertama di tahun 1950. Tidak lama lagi seluruh terbitan jurnal dalam bahasa apapun asalnya akan dengan mudah kita akses. Orang dimana-mana berlomba menyajikan yang terbaik. Sebagian karya tersebut memang sudah digratiskan, yang lain masih dijual mahal.

Agar tidak terlalu lama menunggu, sebaiknya pemerintah segera menambah alokasi dana untuk melanggan jurnal, baik yang baru maupun backfiles-nya. Lembaga penelitian dan perguruan tinggi diserukan untuk bersemangat melakukan digitalisasi hasil-hasil penelitian yang sudah dikerjakan dan menyajikannya untuk diakses gratis di website.

Sekarang ini tidak ada lagi pengetahuan yang perlu dirahasiakan. Interaksi yang main intens satu orang dengan orang lain, akan menjadikan ilmu pengetahuan itu lebih bermanfaat., melahirkan teknologi dan produk. Agar hidup dan kehidupan ini lebih sejahtera.

Penghargaan bagi rekan-rekan pegiat blog, yang dengan sukarela berbagi pengalaman dan pengetahuan.

Sakit

2009-02-07T08:53:00.002+07:00

akhirnya kita mesti mengarahkan hidup agar bermakna
karena setiap nyawa manusia pasti berakhir dengan ajal (kematian)

pengalaman mendekati maut begitu menakutkan, tentu saja karena waktu itu saya sungguh belum siap berpisah dengan dunia
lagipula belum banyak bekal menuju alam berikut

terkesan oleh saya, salah seorang guru besar yang sewaktu masa mudanya gagah perkasa tak dapat dikalahkan, suatu waktu mondok beberapa bulan dia di rumah sakit, merasa kepayahan, lagi menderita didera penyakit
setelah sembuh wajahnya senantiasa tersenyum
tak pernah marah sedikitpun

sakit, mungkin hukuman
sakit, mungkin peringatan
sakit, pendadaran
sakit, hadiah

dan sekarang
aku masih diberi kesempatan
mewujudkan hidup yang lebih baik
baik di dunia, baik di akhirat

Google books search

2009-01-07T07:51:00.003+07:00

Banyak tulisan jaman dahulu, sangat sulit didapatkan baik dengan cara meminjam atau membeli, sekarang ini sebagian dari tulisan itu sudah dihadirkan dalam bentuk yang mudah diakses, dibaca kapan dan dimana saja. Inilah salah satu fasilitas yang disediakan oleh Google book search. Coba saja.

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Suatu hari kelak, semua pengetahuan dibukakan seutuhnya.
Ilmu bukanlah dikejar, ia datang pada siapa yang membuka diri.
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email dari Dr. Suprihati

2009-01-06T17:30:00.003+07:00

Salam hormat,

Pak Nasih, perkenankan saya memperkenalkan diri saya suprihati dari kampus UKSW Salatiga. Kita satu perguruan, kalau pak Nasih digembleng oleh Prof. Tedjo dkk di Jogja, saya nyantrik dengan alm Prof. Goeswono dkk di Bogor sehingga kita berkecimpung di bidang ilmu yang sama.
Salut dengan buku ilmu kesuburan tanahnya, sehingga memperkaya bacaan kesuburan tanah bagi mahasiswa. Semester ini saya menggunakan buku pak Nasih sebagai buku acuan wajib bagi mahasiswa FP UKSW bersama buku induk kita Tisdale dan Nelson. Selama ini buku pendampingnya buku Kesuburan Tanah karya Pak Yusuf Nyakpa dkk; kesuburan tanah karya teman2 UNPAD.
Web pak Nasih di staff ugm kaya sekali juga blog tinemunya. Mohon ijin kulanuwun nyambangi sowan blog panjenengan.
Slamat berkarya terus,
Salam, prih
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email singkat ini turut memacu saya untuk tekun dan fokus kembali menuliskan lebih banyak mengenai kesuburan tanah. Sesungguhnyalah beberapa waktu ini saya lagi suntuk menyiapkan Citation blog yang berisi opini di media cetak mengenai pertanian ...

Kunjungan Dr. Isroi

2008-12-10T01:17:00.000+07:00

Saya lupa mengucapkan terima kasih atas kunjungan Dr. Isroi beberapa waktu yang lalu . Beliau peneliti dari Balai Penelitian Bioteknologi Perkebunan Indonesia, yang sangat terkenal dengan blog-nya mengenai biofuel dan biofertilizer. "http://isroi.wordpress.com". Beliau menyempatkan mampir ke lab. saya, sembari tidak lupa membawa oleh-oleh gethuk Magelang. Waktu itu sebetulnya saya hanya berseloroh, karena tahu dia ini berasal dari Magelang. Eh ... ternyata dibawakan betulan. Terimakasih, terimasih.

Cepat

2008-11-22T11:23:00.002+07:00

Mengapa memilih blogspot.com ?

Alasan utama adalah cepat dibuat dan dimuat
Alasan berikutnya cepat dibuka dan dibaca.

Kemudahan seperti inilah yang perlu dikembangkan.

Mungkin fasilitas yang perlu ditambah, misalnya "link files".
Aku belum menemukan.

Persyaratan pupuk organik

2008-11-02T13:51:00.003+07:00

Blog bertani

2008-11-01T01:04:00.004+07:00

Pada suatu hari nanti, akan kubuat blog bertani. Isinya segenap pengetahuan, ilmu dan teknologi yang diperlukan dalam bertani. Blog tersebut kutujukan bagi siapa saja yang sekarang ini hidup bertani. Namun terlebih lagi bagi anak-anak muda yang kuharapkan kelak menjadi petani tangguh dan sukses untuk membangun negeri.

Nah, yang kuperlukan sekarang dukunganmu. Untuk menjadi api pembakar semangatku, agar aku menuliskan semuanya. Yah, semuanya mengenai bertani.

Petani Indonesia

2008-11-01T00:34:00.003+07:00

Buat kamu yang mau sukses bertani, camkanlah nasehat berikut:

Kalau negara ini tidak dapat memajukan petani, maka petanilah yang harus memajukan Indonesia.

Slogan di atas sangatlah menarik.

Hanya dengan sikap seperti itulah kita akan maju. Apa yang dapat kita berikan, bukan apa yang diberikan kepada kita. Kenapa kita harus memberi, tentu karena kita mampu. Kenapa kita mampu, karena kita mau. Kenapa kita mau, karena itulah amal ibadah kita.

Kemauan selalu membukakan jalan. Kemauan selalu melahirkan kekuatan. Dari mana kekuatan itu. Tuhan memberikan rizqi, kepada siapa saja yang dikehendaki-Nya dari arah yang tidak disangka-sangka.

Nah, bagaimana itu terjadi ?
Hanya jika kamu selalu maju ke depan dalam hal pengetahuan, ilmu dan teknologi bertani.

Ayo Menulis

2008-10-30T03:31:00.004+07:00

Sahabat saya -Bambang Tri Subeno- kemarin mengingatkan, 'ayo menulis untuk memberikan pencerahan kepada masyarakat'. Menulis apa saja yang sudah diketahui. Banyak hal dalam hidup dan kehidupan sekarang ini yang bengkok dan perlu diluruskan oleh ahlinya.

Setiap saat kita mendengar, membaca, menyimak banyak hal yang terlontar di masyarakat tidak sesuai apa yang kita pelajari. Orang berebut mencari pengaruh. Tong kosong berbungi nyaring. Asu galak menang kerahe. Pengertian yang keliru akan menjerumuskan orang. Dan di saat-saat seperti itu, selalu saja ada orang yang mengail dalam keruh. Sebenarnya yang demikian ini bukan bakat masyarakat, saya pikir lebih banyak disebabkan karena ketidaktahuan. Kejumudan membuat orang membabi-buta.

Aku menimbang, apakah aku sudah ahli ? Rasanya suntuk sudah pengembaraanku menyerap pengetahuan, mengumpulkannya, menyusunnya satu persatu, membuat hubungan, membuat sintesis, jalan baru alternatif ... namun sesungguhnya masih banyak hal yang belum kumengerti. Kalau menunggu menjadi ahli, kapan kita berbuat? Dan justru keahlian itu akan terlihat dari perbuatan dan sumbangan kita. Melalui interaksi yang intensif dengan masyarakat luas, akan terjadi umpan balik yang konstruktif. Hidup dan bekerja dalam jejaringlah yang membuat kita lebih cepat maju.

Pengertian yang benar akan memberikan arah kehidupan. Berpikir positif dapat membawa hidup selangkah lebih maju. Tulisan sebagaimana orasi yang baik mampu membakar semangat juang. Kata punya kekuatan. Kata punya makna. Kata mengandung doa.

Hidup sebenarnyalah perlu keseimbangan, membaca dan menulis, belajar dan mengajar, mendengar dan berbicara, menerima dan memberi. Siapa memberi banyak, mereka akan menerima lebih banyak lagi. Siapa menanam, dia mengetam. Kesejahteraan akan terwujud jika harta, kekayaan itu berputar ... sehingga setiap orang merasakannya. Tidak ada yang hilang, kecuali berpindah tempat atau berganti bentuk. Pengetahuan juga harus disebarluaskan. Melalui pendidikan, seseorang akan meningkat derajatnya.

Jadi, mari turun gunung ....

Momentum

2008-10-24T20:54:00.000+07:00

Sentuhan lembut yang menyentuh dapat meluluhlantakkan hati seseorang sehingga dengan suka cita ia mengikuti kita.
Sedikit lebih keras akan membuatnya tersinggung, membangkitkan amarah dan sertamerta menolak apapun yang kita utarakan.
Namun justru dengan tabrakan keras yang telak sering membuat orang tidak bersikap apa-apa, pasrah seutuhnya.
Kesempatan itu hanya datang sekali, raih atau engkau kehilangan selamanya.

Alumni tahun

2008-10-23T02:45:00.004+07:00

Alumni tahun untuk pendidikan dasar (SD) dan pendidikan menengah (SMP, SMA) biasanya merujuk pada tahun kita lulus. Tapi untuk pendidikan tinggi (PT), umumnya merujuk pada tahun kita mulai kuliah.

Belajar pada sekolah dasar dan menengah itu begitu mengesan karena kita telah mengakhirinya, tapi pada sekolah tinggi saat kita diterima dan bersama-sama mulai kuliah itulah yang selalu kita ingat ...

lancar

2008-10-11T01:16:00.003+07:00

benarlah apa yang dikatakan orang
"lancar kaji karena diulang, pasak jalan karena dilalui"
jam terbang sangat menentukan kesuksesan seseorang
sebagaimana diperlukan kesuntukan dalam bekerja

aku mengerti ...

ternyata mengerti saja ndak cukup,
kudu gelem nglakoni dan konsisten

Biogeochemistry

2008-10-10T20:05:00.002+07:00

Biogeochemistry now publishes a "Synthesis and Emerging Ideas" section. We actively invite papers that are theoretical, hypothetical, and/or synthetic. We want to see papers that advance the concepts involved in Biogeochemistry, that will challenge and expand people's thinking, and that will therefore lead to developing new tools and information. We are not looking for "traditional" review papers that simply summarize existing knowledge, but rather for papers that synthesize that knowledge to produce new ideas and theory.

We expect the same intellectual rigor that is found in "normal" Biogeochemistry papers, but the review/selection process will not focus so much on the "rightness" of the paper as on the rigor, interest, and potential use of the ideas. The key question will be "Will this piece advance biogeochemical thinking and research?" If you have ideas for a theory/synthesis paper you are considering, please contact Josh Schimel, the section editor, directly. Please see the document on the right-hand side of this page for more information. Biogeochemistry publishes original papers and occasional reviews dealing with biotic controls on the chemistry of the environment, or with the geochemical control of the structure and function of ecosystems. Cycles are considered, either of individual elements or of specific classes of natural or anthropogenic compounds in ecosystems. Particular emphasis is laid on the interactions of element cycles. The journal covers global aspects of biogeochemistry in the form of work on the global carbon and sulfur cycles, for instance. Studies on both natural and artificial ecosystems are published when they contribute to a general understanding of biogeochemistry. A new section entitled "Synthesis and Emerging Ideas" is devoted to papers that go beyond restatement of the known to produce new ideas and theory.
We are pleased to announce that Biogeochemistry is now available Online First. The Online First service lets users access peer reviewed articles well before print publication. These articles are searchable and citeable by their DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and hence significantly reduce the time it takes for critical discoveries to reach the research community.

Paddy and Water Environment

2008-10-10T20:03:00.001+07:00

The journal Paddy and Water Environment aims to advance the science and technology of water and environment-related disciplines in paddy-farming. The scope extends broadly to paddy-farming related scientific and technological aspects of agricultural engineering such as irrigation and drainage, soil and water conservation, land and water resources management, paddy multi-functionality, agricultural policy, regional planning, bioenvironmental systems, and ecological conservation and restoration in paddy farming regions.

The Editor-in-Chief is Prof. Dr. Yoshisuke Nakano, Graduate School of Bioresource, Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

2008-10-10T20:00:00.002+07:00

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (formerly Fertilizer Research) publishes peer-reviewed papers and short communications based on original research results of interest to an international readership. Coverage extends to all aspects of carbon and nutrient cycling as well as management, their effect in ecological, agronomic, environmental and economic terms. The range of topics includes agronomic, agro-forestry and fallow systems or system components such as plants and the fertility, chemistry or microbiology of soils, as well as system inputs and losses.

The Editor-in-Chief of Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems is Paul L.G. Vlek, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany.

Handbook of Soil Analysis

2008-10-10T19:35:00.000+07:00

Handbook of Soil Analysis: Mineralogical, Organic and Inorganic Methods
By Marc Pansu, Jacques Gautheyrou

This handbook is a reference guide for selecting and carrying out numerous methods of soil analysis. It is written in accordance with analytical standards and quality control approaches.It covers a large body of technical information including protocols, tables, formulae, spectrum models, chromatograms and additional analytical diagrams.

The approaches are diverse, from the simplest tests to the most sophisticated determination methods in the physical chemistry of mineralogical and organic structures, available and total elements, soil exchange complex, pesticides and contaminants, trace elements and isotopes.

As a basic reference, it will be particularly useful to scientists, engineers, technicians, professors and students, in the areas of soil science, agronomy, earth and environmental sciences as well as in related fields such as analytical chemistry, geology, hydrology, ecology, climatology, civil engineering and industrial activities associated with soil.

Land Use and Soil Resources

2008-10-10T19:30:00.001+07:00

Land Use and Soil Resources
By Ademola K. Braimoh, Paul L.G. Vlek

Land-use change is one of the main drivers of many environmental change processes. It influences the basic resources of land use, including the soil. Its impact on soil often occurs so creepingly that land managers hardly contemplate initiating ameliorative or counterbalance measures. Poor land management has degraded vast amounts of land, reduced our ability to produce enough food, and is a major threat to rural livelihoods in many developing countries. To date, there has been no single unifying volume that addresses the multifaceted impacts of land use on soils.

This book has responded to this challenge by bringing together renowned academics and policy experts to analyze the patterns, driving factors and proximate causes, and the socioeconomic impacts of soil degradation. Policy measures to prevent irreversible degradation and rehabilitate degraded soils are also identified.

Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture

2008-10-10T19:24:00.000+07:00

Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture
By James F. Power, Rajendra Prasad

Sustainability of agricultural systems is a major global concern due to population growth and a number of environmental factors. This book addresses the key to the development of sustainable agriculture-management of soil fertility. Combining data from temperate and tropical regions, it presents a complete picture of how various soils can best be managed under widely different environmental conditions.

Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture is an excellent reference for environmental and agricultural professionals as well as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students preparing for a career in agriculture or soil fertility management.

Soil Organic Matter in Sustainable Agriculture

2008-10-10T19:08:00.000+07:00

Soil Organic Matter in Sustainable Agriculture
By Fred Magdoff, Ray R. Weil

Recognition of the importance of soil organic matter (SOM) in soil health and quality is a major part of fostering a holistic, preventive approach to agricultural management. Students in agronomy, horticulture, and soil science need a textbook that emphasizes strategies for using SOM management in the prevention of chemical, biological, and physical problems. Soil Organic Matter in Sustainable Agriculture gathers key scientific reviews concerning issues that are critical for successful SOM management.

This textbook contains evaluations of the types of organic soil constituents ie: organisms, fresh residues, and well-decomposed substances. It explores the beneficial effects of organic matter on soil and the various practices that enhance SOM. Chapters include an examination of the results of crop management practices on soil organisms, organic matter gains and losses, the significance of various SOM fractions, and the contributions of fungi and earthworms to soil quality and crop growth. Emphasizing the prevention of imbalances that lead to soil and crop problems, the text also explores the development of soils suppressive to plant diseases and pests, and relates SOM management to the supply of nutrients to crops.

This book provides the essential scientific background and poses the challenging questions that students need to better understand SOM and develop improved soil and crop management systems.

Pedobiologia

2008-10-10T14:47:00.000+07:00

Soil biology is a rapidly developing field in ecology and ecosystem studies. Analysis of biological structures, interactions, functions, and processes in soil is fundamental for understanding natural and managed terrestrial ecosystems. Such an understanding is a prerequisite for appropriate soil management.

Pedobiologia publishes papers in the field of soil biology (soil zoology and soil microbiology). The scope of this journal consists in fundamental and applied aspects of soil biology. Structural characteristics of the community of soil biota, interactions of soil organisms and the effect of organisms on soil processes are key focal points.

Preferentially experimental work is published but more theoretical, descriptive or methodological studies and review articles are also included.

Catena

2008-10-10T14:43:00.000+07:00

Catena publishes papers describing original field and laboratory investigations and reviews on geoecology and landscape evolution with emphasis on interdisplinary aspects of soil science, hydrology and geomorphology. It aims to disseminate new knowledge and foster better understanding of the physical environment, of evolutionary sequences that have resulted in past and current landscapes, and of the natural processes that are likely to determine the fate of our terrestrial environment.
Papers within any one of the above topics are welcome provided they are of sufficiently wide interest and relevance.

European Journal of Soil Biology

2008-10-10T14:28:00.000+07:00

The European Journal of Soil Biology covers all aspects of fundamental and applied soil biology relating to soil microbial and faunal ecology, and processes promoted by soil organisms. Soils from managed and natural ecosystems of biomes worldwide are of interest, and the Journal is open to submissions from all parts of the world.

An important aspect for elucidating the central role of soil organisms is to study their structural and functional diversity and explore living conditions in heterogeneous biological and physico-chemical environments. Scales of study may range from soil aggregates up to landscapes. Different levels of ecosystem structure may take into account individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems themselves. Studies on relationships between prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, the latter including soil fauna and roots with rhizospheres, are highly relevant for this Journal.

Special emphases of the Journal relate to understanding the effect of global changes and human impact due to agricultural, urban and industrial activities. In this context, studies on mitigating such changes and ameliorating soils for sustainable use and maintenance of ecological functions are most welcome.

Studies may come from different disciplines including molecular biology, genetics, eco-physiology, biogeography, and all aspects of microbial and faunal soil ecology.

Interdisciplinary approaches with aspects of soil physics and chemistry, bioinformatics, geo-statistics, modelling, or evolutionary biology are highly appreciated.

The journal willingly publishes original articles and mini-reviews. Authors intending to submit a mini-review should contact the Editor-in-Chief in advance. The major criterion for selecting articles for publication is their scientific value and a general interest for soil biologists and scientists in neighbouring fields of research.

Soil Biology & Biochemistry

2008-10-10T14:24:00.000+07:00

Soil Biology & Biochemistry publishes original and scientifically challenging research articles and short communications that present new findings and their possible applications. The ecology and biochemical activities of soil organisms and their effects on the environment and plant growth are major topics. The journal also publishes state-of-the-art reviews of current research that provide significant and novel hypotheses as well as comments and arguments about specific and often controversial aspects of life in the soil.

The scope of Soil Biology & Biochemistry is wide and embraces accounts of recent original research on any aspect of the biology and biochemistry of soils. Some of the subjects that are receiving increasing attention are: modelling of soil biological and biochemical processes; the influence of climate change; effects of the introduction of genetically modified organisms; application and outcomes of biotechnology on the soil environment and its biological functions; novel molecular approaches to explore community dynamics and processes; microbial and plant signalling mechanisms; effects of invasive species; soil structure-biota interactions; and relationships between the biota and soil physico-chemical properties.

Soil and Tillage Research

2008-10-10T14:21:00.000+07:00

Soil & Tillage Research. An international journal on research and development in soil tillage and field traffic, and their relationship with land use, crop production and the environment. Published in collaboration with the International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO).

This journal is concerned with the changes in the physical, chemical and biological parameters of the soil environment brought about by soil tillage and field traffic, their effects on both below and above ground environmental quality, crop establishment, root development and plant growth, and the interactions between these various effects.

This implies research on: characterization or modelling of tillage and field traffic effects on the soil environment; the selection, adaption of development of tillage systems (including reduced cultivation and direct drilling) suitable for specific conditions of soil, climate, topography, irrigation and drainage, crops and crop rotations, intensities for fertilization, degree of mechanization, etc. and the appropriate use of tillage systems to maintain a balance between acceptable crop production, sustainability and minimum environmental impacts. In this context, papers on the characterization or modelling of tillage effects on: soil physical, chemical and biological properties, processes related to surface and subsurface groundwater quality, soil erosion, carbon and nutrient cycling and crop production, are most welcome.

Papers on soil deformation processes, soil-working tools and traction devices, energy requirements and economic aspects of tillage are also considered. Attention will also be given to the role of tillage in weed, pest and disease control. As of 1998 this journal incorporates Soil Technology.

Applied Soil Ecology

2008-10-10T14:14:00.000+07:00

Applied Soil Ecology addresses the role of soil organisms and their interactions in relation to: agricultural productivity, nutrient cycling and other soil processes, the maintenance of soil structure and fertility, the impact of human activities and xenobiotics on soil ecosystems and bio(techno)logical control of soil-inhabiting pests, diseases and weeds.

Principles of Soil Physics

2008-10-10T11:48:00.000+07:00

Principles of Soil Physics
By Rattan Lal, Manoj K. Shukla

Principles of Soil Physics examines the impact of the physical, mechanical, and hydrological properties and processes of soil on agricultural production, the environment, and sustainable use of natural resources. The text incorporates valuable assessment methods, graphs, problem sets, and tables from recent studies performed around the globe and offers an abundance of tables, photographs, and easy-to-follow equations in every chapter.

The book discusses the consequences of soil degradation, such as erosion, inhibited root development, and poor aeration. It begins by defining soil physics, soil mechanics, textural properties, and packing arrangements. The text continues to discuss the theoretical and practical aspects of soil structure and explain the significance and measurement of bulk density, porosity, and compaction.

The authors proceed to clarify soil hydrology topics including hydrologic cycle, water movement, infiltration, modeling, soil evaporation, and solute transport processes. They address the impact of soil temperature on crop growth, soil aeration, and the processes that lead to the emission of greenhouse gases. The final chapters examine the physical properties of gravelly soils and water movement in frozen, saline, and water-repellant soils.

Reader-friendly and up-to-date, Principles of Soil Physics provides unparalleled coverage of issues related to soil physics, structure, hydrology, aeration, temperature, and analysis and presents practical techniques for maintaining soil quality to ultimately preserve its sustainability.

Soil Chemistry

2008-10-10T11:36:00.000+07:00

Soil Chemistry, 3rd Edition

By Hinrich L. Bohn, Brian L. McNeal, George A. O'Connor

Comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the basics of soil chemistry

Although only a meter in depth over the earth's surface, soil is key to sustaining life-affecting air and water quality, the growth of plants and crops, and the health of the entire planet. The complex interplay among organic and inorganic solids, air, water, microorganisms, and plant roots in soil is the subject of Soil Chemistry, a reference pivotal to understanding soil processes and problems.

Thoroughly reorganized for ease of use, this updated Third Edition of Soil Chemistry summarizes the important research and fundamental knowledge in the field in a single, readily usable text, including:

Soil-ion interactions
Biogeological cycles and pollution
Water and soil solutions
Oxidation and reduction
Inorganic solid phase and organic matter in soil
Weathering and soil development
Cation retention
Anion and molecular retention
Acid and salt-affected soils

New to the Third Edition is an enhanced emphasis on soil solution chemistry and expanded coverage of phosphate chemistry and the chemical principles of the aqueous phase. At the same time, the book has retained the clear examination of the fundamentals of the science of soil that has distinguished earlier editions. Complete with SI units and end-of-chapter study questions, Soil Chemistry is an excellent introductory resource for students studying this crucial topic.

Biology and Fertility of Soils

2008-10-10T07:47:00.000+07:00

Biology and Fertility of Soils publishes in English original papers, reviews and short communications on all fundamental and applied aspects of biology – microflora and microfauna - and fertility of soils. It offers a forum for research aimed at broadening the understanding of biological functions, processes and interactions in soils, particularly concerning the increasing demands of agriculture, deforestation and industrialization. The journal includes articles on techniques and methods that evaluate processes, biogeochemical interactions and ecological stresses, and sometimes presents special issues on relevant topics.

Plant and Soil

2008-10-10T07:42:00.000+07:00

Plant and Soil publishes original papers and review articles exploring the interface of plant biology and soil sciences, and offering a clear mechanistic component. This includes both fundamental and applied aspects of mineral nutrition, plant-water relations, symbiotic and pathogenic plant-microbe interactions, root anatomy and morphology, soil biology, ecology, agrochemistry and agrophysics. Articles discussing a major molecular or mathematical component also fall within the scope of the journal. All contributions appear in the English language.

Plant and Soil is published under the auspices of the Royal Netherlands Society of Agricultural Science.

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Soil Use and Management

2008-10-10T07:33:00.000+07:00

Soil Use and Management publishes research papers, reviews, short communications and informed comment on the wide range of applications of soil science and provides an international forum for those applying scientific principles to understand and solve important soil problems as they affect crop production and environmental issues.

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Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

2008-10-10T07:26:00.000+07:00

International in coverage, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis presents recent advances in soil science and crop production, with particular reference to elemental content of soils and plants and plant nutrition. Topics include soil chemistry, mineralogy, fertility and testing of soils, soil-crop nutrition, plant analysis, interpretation of soil tests and plant analysis, liming and fertilization of soils, and techniques for correcting deficiencies.

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Soil Science & Plant Nutrition

2008-10-10T07:21:00.000+07:00

Soil Science & Plant Nutrition is the official English journal of the Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (JSSSPN), and publishes original research and reviews in soil physics, chemistry and mineralogy; soil biology; plant nutrition; soil genesis; classification and survey; soil fertility; fertilizers and soil amendments; and environment; socio-cultural soil science. The Journal publishes full length papers, short papers, and invited reviews.

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Australian Journal of Soil Research

2008-10-10T07:18:00.000+07:00

The Australian Journal of Soil Research is an international journal for the publication of soil research relating to primary production, land and water management, environmental pollution, and site remediation. The journal has a particular, but not exclusive, focus on research that promotes understanding of soils in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and the Pacific, as well as those in other tropical and Mediterranean environments. The primary factor determining suitability for publication is that the research present new and significant findings on an issue relevant to soil science.

Australian Journal of Soil Research has been the premier soil science journal of the Asia-Pacific region since 1963. It attracts an enthusiastic international authorship due to its breadth of scope and recognition of emerging issues in land care and environmental science. The journal includes an interesting, high quality selection of papers to appeal to researchers and practitioners in all areas of soil science.

Features

Internationally relevant research in all areas of soil science

Topical Special Issues of regional and international significance

Land and water management

Soil pollution and remediation

Supported by ASSSI and NZSSS and cooperating journal of the IUSS

Reference links to cited articles

Download citations to reference management software

Full text articles available in HTML with CrossRef links

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European Journal of Soil Science

2008-10-09T18:37:00.000+07:00

European Journal of Soil Science

Our understanding of soil continues to advance. Better instruments and new techniques allow us to penetrate its structure and monitor its behaviour. Developments in statistical theory backed by sound programming and more powerful computers are leading to more effective survey and spatial prediction. Long-term experiments continue to provide new insight into the soil's response to management. The knowledge and understanding gained are essential for managing land without its deteriorating, and for protecting and restoring it. They should also underlie sound policies in land use regionally and nationally.

The European Journal of Soil Science, as one of the premier journals in the field, fosters that understanding by publishing the latest significant findings of research, the description of new techniques, and up-to-date authoritative and critical reviews over the whole field of soil science and its applications. European Journal of Soil Science welcomes contributions from all countries, and its editorial board has members in four continents.

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Science Society of America Journal

2008-10-09T18:30:00.000+07:00

The Soil Science Society of America Journal (SSSA Journal), published bimonthly, is the official publication of the Soil Science Society of America. The editorial board consists of an editor-in-chief, technical editors, associate editors (including at least one representative for each division of SSSA), a managing editor, the executive vice president, and the vice president - management and operations.

The SSSA Journal publishes papers on original research, issue papers, reviews, comments and letters to the editor, and book reviews. Papers of appropriate subject matter usually less than two printed pages may be submitted as notes. Invitational papers may be published in the journal if accepted by the editorial board.

Contributions to the SSSA Journal should be submitted electronically through ManuscriptTracker. For further details, see SSSA Publication Policy and the Suggestions for Contributors that are published in the January-February issue of each volume. The editor notifies the corresponding author of receipt of the manuscript and assigns it a registration number that must be used in all correspondence regarding the manuscript. The editor assigns each manuscript to the technical editor supervising the division in which the paper will be reviewed. The technical editor will assign the manuscript to an associate editor according to field of specialization. Associate editors have the authority to approve manuscripts for publication. Manuscripts judged unsuitable for publication are referred back to the technical editor who makes the final decision to release these manuscripts. Authors of such manuscripts should contact the editor-in-chief if they wish to appeal the decision.

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Balai Penelitian Tanah

2008-10-09T18:17:00.000+07:00

Balai Penelitian Tanah (Balittanah) merupakan organisasi di bawah koordinasi Balai Besar Penelitian dan Pengembangan Sumber Daya Lahan Pertanian (BB Litbang SDLP). Website ini merupakan gambaran ringkas tentang balai, organisasi, visi dan misi, serta pelayanan yang tersedia di Balittanah. Dengan diluncurkannya website ini ini, diharapkan pengguna jasa dari berbagai instansi pemerintah, swasta, petani, dan pengguna jasa lainnya dapat memperoleh manfaat dan bekerjasama dengan Balittanah dalam pengembangan pertanian nasional.

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Soil Science (ISSN 1538-9243)

2008-10-09T18:10:00.000+07:00

Soil Science An Interdisciplinary Approach to Soil Research, satisfies the professional needs of all scientists and laboratory personnel involved in soil and plant research. The authoritative research articles published in the journal report the most significant work of leading experts from every area of soil and plant science–soil chemistry, physics, fertility, morphology, microbiology, and environmental soil science.

The journal also keeps readers current on the newest books in the field, and editorials and letters to the editor expand on points made in the articles and provide illuminating commentary from the soil science community.

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Indonesia Rice Foundation Calendar 2005

2008-10-09T16:48:00.000+07:00

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The Asia Rice Foundation

2008-10-09T16:34:00.000+07:00

For more than half of humanity RICE IS LIFE. It is the grain that has shaped the cultures, diets, and economies of billions of people in Asia. For them, life without rice is simply unthinkable.

The Asia Rice Foundation is working to secure a prosperous future for Asia’s rice societies by supporting rice educational activities, cultural preservation, research, and advocacy movements. Find out why rice is such an amazing grain and how you can get involved in the Foundation’s extremely important work.

The Asia Rice Foundation is a regional nonprofit organization that works for an Asia that can feed itself, treasures the rich heritage of its rice cultures, cares about the well-being of both its rice consumers and producers, and values its rice-growing land as a precious commodity to be shared with future generations. It brings together institutions and individuals interested and concerned about 'rice'.

Our goal is to mobilize and provide support for research, educational, cultural, and advocacy movements that promote public appreciation of the role of rice in the diverse culture of Asia, and ensure that farmers can produce enough rice to feed Asia's growing population while preserving the environment. To achieve its goal, ARF works closely with the member National Rice Foundations in the following countries: Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand; and its affiliate chapters in industrialized countries, namely, Japan, and the U.S.A. It also works with partner organizations/institutions around the world to achieve specific objectives with shared goals.

An endowment fund is being established to generate earnings that will be used to build, strengthen, and support on a continuing basis rice programs that are designed to:

Preserve rice cultural heritage and encourage its appreciation.

Raise public awareness and educate the public on the importance of rice.

Support research and development on all aspects of rice production, processing, marketing, and consumption.

Promote public policies that favor the rice sector.

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Rice Science (ISSN 1672-6308)

2008-10-09T16:22:00.000+07:00

Rice Science (ISSN 1672-6308), formerly Chinese Rice Research Newsletter (CRRN, ISSN 1005-4111), is now an international quarterly journal with one volume per year. The original purpose of publishing CRRN was to open a window in introduction of the advancement and achievements in rice sciences in China to all parts of the world since most of Chinese journals related to rice sciences are difficult to read and scarcely cited by foreign readers. The objectives of Rice Science , publishing original papers other than only short communications in CRRN, are to meet high-level needs for information of the global rice research community and to attract manuscripts outside China.

Rice Science will accept original contributions on all aspects of rice sciences. The types of articles include original research papers, reviews, as well as short communications. Some of the topics that may be included in each issue are: breeding and genetics, biotechnology, germplasm resources, pest management, physiology, soil and fertilizer management, ecology, cereal chemistry and post-harvest processing.

Rice Science, sponsored by China National Rice Research Institute and co-operated by State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Chinese National Rice Improvement Center, will continue to provide a forum of important advances in rice research, to strengthen the communication of the rice scientists between China and other countries, and to contribute more for the safety of food supply in the world.

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has declared Year 2004 as the International Year of Rice, showing the importance of rice crop in international community. Rice Science is hoped to be a good gift to this great event.

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Sytem of Rice Intensification

2008-10-09T16:05:00.000+07:00

Known as SRI – also as le Systéme de Riziculture Intensive in French and la Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo Arrocero (SICA) in Spanish -- is a methodology for increasing the productivity of irrigated rice cultivation by changing the management of plants, soil, water and nutrients. SRI practices lead to healthier, more productive soil and plants by supporting greater root growth and by nurturing the abundance and diversity of soil organisms. The agroecological principles that contribute to SRI effectiveness have good scientific bases. SRI concepts and methods have been successfully adapted to upland unirrigated rice, and they are now being extrapolated to other crops like millet, wheat and sugar cane.

SRI does not require the purchase of new seeds or the use of new high-yielding varieties. Although the highest yields with SRI have been obtained from improved varieties, most traditional or local varieties of rice respond well to SRI practices and command a higher market price. And while chemical fertilizer and agrochemicals can be applied with SRI, their use is not required as organic materials (compost, manure or any decomposed vegetation) can give good or even better results at low cost. Farmers report that when SRI methods are used correctly, rice plants are better able to resist damage from pests and diseases, reducing or eliminating need for agrochemical protection.

Because plant populations are greatly reduced with SRI, seed costs are cut by 80-90%, and because paddy fields are not kept continuously flooded, there are water savings of 25 to 50%, a major benefit in many places. However, cessation of flooding means that increased weeding is required. If this is done with soil-aerating implements like a rotating hoe, this cost has a benefit of enhanced crop production.

SRI does require skillful management of the factors of production and, at least initially, more labor, particularly for careful transplanting and for weeding. Since yield increases are usually 50 to 100%, and possibly several times present levels, the returns to labor can be very great. The profitability of rice production can be greatly increased when yield goes up with a reduction in the costs of production. As farmers gain skill and confidence in SRI methods, their labor input in fact decreases, and over time SRI can even become labor saving compared with conventional rice-growing methods.

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GO SRI

2008-10-09T15:47:00.001+07:00

Para alumni ITB yang tergabung dalam Ganesha Entrepreneur Club/GEC mendirikan unit usaha dengan nama Ganesha Organic SRI (GO SRI) dan telah melakukan usaha-usaha dalam mengembangkan serta menyebarluaskan pola pertanian padi SRI Organik yang juga di kembangkan oleh pihak lain seperti Yayasan Aliksa Organic, DPKLTS dan lainnya. Pola pertanian padi SRI Organik (beras organik/organic rice) ini merupakan gabungan antara metoda SRI (System of Rice Intensification) yang pertamakali dikembangkan di Madagascar, dengan pertanian organik. Walaupun untuk saat ini ITB belum memiliki Fakultas Pertanian dan para alumni ini tidak satupun berlatar belakang secara formal dari bidang pertanian, tidak menjadikan hal ini sebagai suatu hambatan untuk turut serta dalam berkontribusi memperbaiki kondisi pertanian di Indonesia.

Para personil utama GO SRI yang memang terjun ke bidang ini dengan landasan kecintaan terhadap dunia pertanian dan lingkungan hidup selain juga ada diantaranya memang berlatar belakang keluarga petani telah mempelajari metoda SRI Organik untuk menghasilkan beras organik (organic rice) ini dari berbagai pihak baik melalui pelatihan/kursus, seminar juga mengikuti dan terlibat secara langsung dalam proses pelaksanaan pertanian SRI Organik untuk menghasilkan beras organik (organic rice) dibeberapa lahan yang sudah melaksanakannya. Untuk menunjang kegiatan operasionalnya GO SRI merekrut sarjana lulusan fakultas pertanian dari beberapa Perguruan Tinggi yang ditempatkan sebagai Supervisor di lahan-lahan pertanian.

Pemilihan pengembangan pola tanam padi SRI Organik untuk menghasilkan beras organik (organic rice) yang juga termasuk sebagai beras sehat (healthy rice) berdasarkan pertimbangan beberapa hal berikut :

Aspek lingkungan yang baik dengan tidak digunakannya pupuk dan pestisida kimia, serta menggunakan sedikit air (tidak direndam) sehingga terjadi penghematan dalam penggunaan air.
Aspek kesehatan yang baik yaitu tidak tertinggalnya residu kimia dalam padi/beras akibat dari pupuk/pestisida kimia juga terjaganya kesehatan para petani karena terhindar dari menghirup uap racun dari pestisida kimia.
Produktivitas yang tinggi sebagai hasil dari diterapkannya prinsip penanaman SRI. Untuk lahan yang sudah mulai pulih kesuburan tanah dan ekosistem sawahnya, hasil yang diperoleh bisa mencapai lebih dari 10 ton/hektar dimana dari benih tunggal bisa menghasilkan sampai lebih dari 100 anakan (malai).
Kualitas yang tinggi, beras organik (organic rice) yang juga merupakan beras sehat (healthy rice) selain tidak mengandung residu kimia juga aman dikonsumsi oleh para penderita diabet, penyakit jantung, hipertensi dan beberapa penyakit lainnya.

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Semoga sukses, menghasilkan panen yang makin banyak dan bermutu.
Jangan lupa memberikan masukan bahan organik dan unsur hara yang cukup ke dalam tanah, karena dengan hasil 10 ton/ha/musim akan terjadi pengurasan unsur hara dari tanah. Jika usaha tani ini dikombinasikan dengan ternak sapi tentu akan lebih berhasil.

FAO

2008-10-07T07:45:00.000+07:00

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all. Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.
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IFA

2008-10-07T07:31:00.000+07:00

The International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) is a not-for-profit organization representing the global fertilizer industry. Our members serve farmers everywhere as they meet the world's growing food, feed, fibre and bioenergy needs in a sustainable manner. IFA has some 525 members in about 85 countries. About half of the membership is based in developing countries. IFA member companies represent all activities related to the production and distribution of every type of fertilizer, their raw materials and intermediates. IFA's membership also includes organizations involved in agronomic research and training with regard to fertilizers.

The global fertilizer industry produces some 170 million tonnes of fertilizer nutrients annually. These are used in every corner of the globe to support agricultural production. There is no substitute for the nutrients absorbed by crops. As a major source of these, fertilizers therefore represent an essential ingredient in the drive towards world food security.

IFA was founded in 1927 as the International Superphosphate Manufacturers Association.

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IRRI

2008-10-07T07:28:00.000+07:00

Based in the Philippines, the International Rice Re search Institute (IRRI) is the oldest and largest international agricultural research institute in Asia. It is an autonomous, nonprofit rice research and education organization with staff based in 14 countries in Asia and Africa.

Our mission is to reduce poverty and hunger, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers, and ensure that rice production is environmentally sustainable. We work closely with most rice-producing and -consuming countries and their national agricultural research and extension systems as well as farming communities and a range of international, regional, and local organizations. In partnerships with these national systems, we conduct research and provide training and education for those helping rice farmers by disseminating information and proven, sustainable technologies.

IRRI was established in 1960 by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations in cooperation with the Philippine government. Our headquarters—which feature modern laboratories, training and accommodation facilities, and a 252-hectare experimental farm—lie next to the main campus of the University of the Philippines Los Baños, about 60 kilometers south of the Philippine capital, Manila.

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Rice is Life

2008-09-29T21:02:00.001+07:00

Rice is Life

Originally Created in 2004 for International Year of Rice

Updated January 2007

NgeBlog

2008-09-29T08:11:00.000+07:00

"Selamat ngeblog. Ahli utawa sapa wae sing rumangsa nduweni ilmu wajib mengomunikasikan ilmunya kepada khalayak. Dadi padha ngerti lan paham".

[Bambang Tri Subeno]

Desa kosong

2008-09-27T01:07:00.000+07:00

Teman menulis: Masalah utama orang desa adalah mereka sering keliru langkah mengejar mimpinya justru dengan "pergi meninggalkan desa" dan "mengubah citra dirinya dari citra wong ndesa menjadi berlagak wong kutho"

Kalau itu masalah, maka peluangnya adalah bagi orang-orang desa "pekerja yang konsisten" ditingkatkan kemampuan berkomunikasi (bhs non Indonesia) sebagai bekal mereka melanglang dunia dan menjadi pekerja yang efektif. Jadi mengapa harus tinggal di desa ?

Desa yang kosong dihutankan saja. Bukankah bisa menjual Oksigen ?

Pupuk kimia

2008-09-26T02:06:00.000+07:00

Acapkali kita mendengar atau membaca tulisan pupuk kimia di media massa. Istilah ini rancau. Coba tanyakan apa ada pupuk yang bukan kimia? Semua pupuk tentu material yang tersusun dari senyawa kimia.
Hal yang serupa misalnya istilah pupuk alam. Adakah pupuk yang bukan dari alam? Pupuk buatan kata mereka, inipun tentu dibuat dari bahan alam.
Ada juga istilah pupuk hayati ? Mikrobia tidak memberikan hara, tapi ia membenahi lingkungan tanah sehingga unsur hara menjadi tersedia bagi tanaman. Mikrobia lebih tepat disebut sebagai jasad pembenah tanah.
Bahan organik, dapat disebut sebagai bahan pembenah tanah sekaligus pupuk. Aplikasi bahan organik dalam tanah dapat memperbaiki sifat fisik, kimia dan biologi tanah. Perombakan bahan organik dalam tanah akan melepas unsur hara bagi tanaman.

T

2008-09-26T01:47:00.000+07:00

Tanya, itulah kehidupan

PG

2008-09-22T07:49:00.000+07:00

Dengan melaksanakan zero waste management, limbah/energi atau turunannya bukan dipindahkan ke tempat lain akan tetapi dikonversi ke bentuk lain yang kemudian dapat dimanfaatkan ... itulah idenya. Fenomena buangan limbah/energi seperti ini banyak terjadi pada industri dan kegiatan sehari-hari di sekitar kita. Di satu sisi merupakan masalah, namun sesungguhnya itu peluang. Limbah adalah materi yang tidak digunakan lagi dan harus segera dibuang dari suatu aktivitas. Karena kalau menumpuk itu sangat mengganggu.

"ampas tebu sebagai sumber energi" sama seperti kayu bakar, kalau dibakar pada suhu rendah sementara material tersebut masih basah/segar, tentu akan menghasilkan banyak asap atau debu ... ingat peristiwa kebakaran di Kalimantan atau Sumatera, asapnya menutup angkasa sampai ke Singapura atau Malaysia. Dengan dikeringkan, dibuat menjadi arang, maka pembakarannya akan lebih bersih. Nah itulah peluangnya.

Gizi buruk NTT

2008-09-22T00:06:00.000+07:00

kalau melihat di latar belakang, pohon yang hijau rimbun
saya melihat ada jalan untuk menjadikan lembu tersebut gemuk tambun

NTT dikelilingi laut luas, terik matahari sepanjang tahun, angin laut berhembus kencang banyak peluang yang dapat dikerjakan ....

menyuling air laut, mengalirkannya ke daratan, irigasi, rumput menghijau, pakan ternak, ternak banyak, pupuk organik, tanah subur .....

Stunted

2008-09-21T20:04:00.000+07:00

Dalam khasanah ilmu tanah tumbuhan "kacang-kacangan" terbukti meningkatkan kesuburan tanah melalui kemampuannya menyemat (fixation) Nitrogen bebas dari udara. Produk olahannya pun (saya yakin) sangat berguna untuk meningkatkan kesehatan dan kecerdasan anak.Dalam kasus gizi buruk ini, kita dapat membuat produk spesifik "kue kacang" untuk membuat anak sehat dan cerdas.

Limbah PG

2008-09-21T07:59:00.000+07:00

Bagi pemerhati limbah dan energi ,

Ada peluang memanen energi dari temperatur air limbah yang 80 derajat C itu, mengalihkan pada kolam buatan yang diperkaya dengan sulfur, menjadi wisata mandi air hangat ? Tapi musim giling hanya 3-4 bulan ya.

Kutipan: KR

Lingkungan

Warga Diimbau Berhenti Mandi Air Limbah Pabrik

Sabtu, 20 September 2008 | 11:10 WIB

YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS - Pusat Studi Lingkungan Hidup Universitas Gadjah Mada mengimbau masyarakat agar berhenti mandi atau berendam dengan air limbah Pabrik Gula Madukismo. Walaupun bisa mengobati penyakit kulit, limbah mengandung zat dan mikroorganisme yang berpotensi berakibat buruk pada tubuh manusia.

Ketua Pusat Studi Lingkungan Hidup Universitas Gadjah Mada (PSLH UGM) Eko Sugiharto mengatakan mikroorganisme, terutama bakteri, akan mulai tumbuh dalam limbah pabrik gula untuk menguraikan biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) yang terkandung di dalamnya.

Bakteri-bakteri inilah yang berpotensi menimbulkan penyakit atau infeksi bila memasuki tubuh manusia. Apalagi, sebagian besar penyakit kulit menyebabkan kulit mengalami luka terbuka atau setidaknya lecet sehingga bakteri akan lebih mudah masuk. "Bisa jadi, infeksi yang diakibatkan justru lebih berbahaya daripada penyakit kulit," katanya di Yogyakarta, Jumat (19/9).

Peneliti limbah pabrik dari Fakultas Teknologi UGM Nurcahyanto mengatakan limbah gula sendiri bisa dikatakan tak mengandung bakteri ketika meninggalkan pabrik. Hal ini karena suhunya yang mencapai 80 derajat Celsius mematikan sebagian besar bakteri.

Bakteri baru mulai tumbuh ketika limbah mendingin. Bakteri yang biasa terdapat dalam limbah pabrik gula adalah bakteri-bakteri yang terdapat di lingkungan itu. "Kalau tercemar kotoran manusia, ya bisa mengandung E coli," kata Nurcahyanto.

Walaupun belum melaksanakan penelitian, Nurcahyanto mengatakan limbah pabrik gula bisa menjadi obat untuk penyakit kulit karena mengandung sulfida, yaitu unsur pembentuk belerang atau sulfur. Belerang sendiri telah lama diketahui berfungsi mematikan jamur yang menyebabkan penyakit kulit.

Nurcahyanto menambahkan sulfida hampir bisa dipastikan selalu ada dalam limbah pabrik gula. (IRE)

GB

2008-09-20T07:57:00.000+07:00

Pak GBS,
saya sendiri sedang mempelajari pepiling
"aja nganti kalah, ning aja ngalahke"
kurang lebih maknanya begini
"jangan sampai kalah, tapi jangan mengalahkan"

misalnya begini,

kalau orang secara kreatif berpikir bagaimana memanfaatkan limbah menjadi sesuatu yang memiliki nilai guna atau jual, maka saya suka memikirkan limbahnya limbah [tentu saja, yang orang sudah tidak tertarik lagi memikirkannya] agar tidak menjadi limbah lagi ....

K

2008-09-14T05:54:00.000+07:00

Lembaga yang baik akan memberikan apapun sehingga peneliti betah bekerja,
peneliti yang baik akan mencari kemanapun sehingga betah bekerja,

Lembaga yang buruk akan menelantarkan penelitinya,
peneliti yang buruk akan mencari-cari kelemahan lembaganya,

Kita ada di tengahnya, tapi lebih condong kemana ?

Guru

2008-09-14T02:56:00.000+07:00

itulah guru yang hebat,
dengan cara sederhana mampu menjadikan muridnya
lebih hebat melebihi kehebatan sang gurunya itu ...

sebenarnya kalau tidak ada kendala dalam mengakses internet
"apa saja dapat diketahui lebih cepat oleh mahasiswa"
itu sangat membantu pembelajaran ...

Periset

2008-09-13T06:52:00.000+07:00

Bisakah kita melihat (persoalan) hengkang ilmuwan ke LN itu sebagai peluang ?
Kalau saya berkhayal, memang seharusnya orang-orang muda yang cerdas hebat itu pergi sejauh mungkin untuk menemukan ladang kehidupan yang sesuai agar mengembangkan kemampuannya itu secara optimal.

(kadang-kadang saja perlu kembali menengok sarangnya, tempat ia dilahirkan dan menyapa teman-teman yang ia tinggalkan)

Sehingga generasi berikutnya akan meniru langkahnya ....
mungkin mirip dengan ikan salmon ...

Mengapa tidak ?

Ji

2008-09-09T04:50:00.000+07:00

Btw ... kenapa ya material yang keluar dari tubuh kita ie: urine dan faeces, kita anggap menjijikkan ? --- Padahal yang kita makan dan minum itu yang baik-baik---.
Maukah kita melihatnya sebagai sesuatu yang positif dan menjanjikan.

Bagaimana caranya ?

PIB

2008-09-08T03:49:00.000+07:00

Pusat Inkubator Bisnis ITB di Tahun Ketiga
Kamis, 17 - Agustus - 2006, 14:05:01

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Pusat Inkubator Bisnis ITB (PIB ITB) kini sudah berumur 3 tahuan. Sejak didirikan pada tanggal 2 Januari 2003 untuk memperlancar proses penciptaan usaha-usaha baru, terutama usaha-usaha yang berkait dengan kompetensi ITB, PIB ITB merupakan salah satu inkubator bisnis pertama yang sepenuhnya dibiayai dan dioperasikan oleh perguruan tinggi. Saat ini PIB memiliki 11 tenant, yakni: Media Entrepreneur Indonesia, SILOKA: Panata Graha Nusantara, Rumah Herba, Technicore Nusa Cipta (TNC), Gear of Indonesia (GoI), Ganesha Reverse Engineering and Toolmaking (GREAT), Ganesha Engineering Mitra Abadi (GEMA), Cipta Tani Lestari (CTL), Lorco Interactive, Fermentech Micro Lacta (FML), dan Clarisense Digital Media.

Inkubator bisnis

2008-09-08T01:47:00.000+07:00

membayangkan inkubator itu,
tentu saya (sebagai dosen UGM) akan datang kesana meletakkan satu atau dua telur teknologi/produk untuk kemudian dapat ditetaskan .... dan kelak ikut menikmati hasilnya
Ayooo ...... segera direalisasikan saja.

Donya

2008-09-05T21:45:00.000+07:00

Bolehkah kita memaknai, pada fenomena ekspor-impor itu ada pesan agar suatu bangsa juga pernah mencicipi aneka cita rasa dari tempat lain yang tidak biasa ditemukan negeri tersebut?
(tentunya disamping kalkulasi bisnis)

Agric.

2008-09-04T09:44:00.000+07:00

Agriculture beyond Food-Pre-announcement Call for proposals

01 Sep 2008

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) are about to jointly set up an Agriculture beyond Food research programme focused on Indonesia. The initial budget is 2.5 Million Euro for five years. This programme is one of the activities within the framework of the NWO theme Sustainable Earth and the SPIN-programme of the KNAW.

Discussion on the future of bio-based products and the competition between food and fuel is now ongoing worldwide among scientists, politicians and policy makers and the media. The new developments in the field of biofuels are considered both a threat in terms of sustainability and food security, and an exciting new option for agricultural development. Scientific insight in possibilities and opportunities, threats and limitations are needed to judge the future of an agriculture beyond food. It is imperative that in this discussion agricultural, technical, social, economic, environmental and legal scientists cooperate.

The call aims at proposals for multidisciplinary research jointly formulated and executed by Indonesian and Dutch scientists, presented as clusters of well integrated research projects addressing issues of scientific, economic and societal relevance. Involvement of national and local government and other stakeholders is requested in order to address the most relevant issues and to translate results of the research into options for society relevant activities and sustainable development. Funding is available for non-profit research institutions and universities. Programme plan.

Femtobiologi

2008-08-23T06:40:00.000+07:00

Belum lama rasanya kita mengikuti pidato pengukuhan Prof. Triwibowo Yuwono mengenai Nanobiology, nah sekarang sudah ramai dibicarakan yang lebih renik lagi yaitu Femtobiology.

Kalau tidak keliru : 1 mikro = 1.000 nano = 1.000.000 femto

"Femtobiology has developed in parallel with femtochemistry to define the study of ultrafast elementary processes in biological systems. As discussed below, such processes frequently occur on the femtosecond timescale, and the elementary steps are coupled to slower ones in which the biological function is described by the entire sequence of events. Therefore, this review is not limited to processes occurring on the femtosecond timescale, but adopts a more holistic view to obtain understanding of how primary reaction dynamics are coupled to overall biological function...."

Selengkapnya dapat dibaca di
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Vol. 59: 53-77 (Volume publication date May 2008)

Riset

2008-08-23T03:38:00.000+07:00

ehm ....
kader-kader muda Indonesia yang paling cerdas sekolah S3 di LN,
kemudian hidup tinggal dan bekerja di LN, sampai beranak-pinak ...
tentu 2-3 generasi mendatang,
dunia ini akan sangat jauh lebih berkembang
Indonesia tanah kelahiran
tapi tanah airku ... atau tanah tumpah darahku : akan dimana-mana.
[daripada pulang merana ..?]

Kata

2008-08-18T01:39:00.000+07:00

Mengapa ada perbedaan pada istilah "kotoran sapi", "limbah peternakan" dan "ekstrak humat" ?
Kamu memilih, itu yang membuat kamu terpilih.
Coba diam, maka kamu mati.

SRI

2008-08-14T21:40:00.000+07:00

Semoga saja produktivitas yang 9 ton/ha/panen itu dapat dipertahankan dan ditirukan pada lahan padi yang lainnya. Rerata produktivitas padi nasional kita sekarang ini baru 4,7 ton/ha. Dengan yang angka 9 ton/ha tersebut tentunya Indonesia akan dapat menyumbang beras lebih banyak untuk dunia.
Semoga ....

Tentu penghematan air sangat menarik perhatian, karena neraca air yang makin kacau belakangan ini. Musim hujan banjir menghantam semau-maunya, musim kering kerontang dimana-mana. Kambing hitam dalam ini adalah daerah tangkapan air yang menghilang karena berbagai kepentingan ...Begitu kah ?

Mengenai SRI itu sendiri sebenarnya barang lama ....

Origin of SRI

The SRI methodology was synthesized in the early 1980s by Fr. Henri de Laulanié, S.J., who came to Madagascar from France in 1961 and spent the next (and last) 34 years of his life working with Malagasy farmers to improve their agricultural systems, and particularly their rice production, since rice is the staple food in Madagascar. Rice provides more than half the daily calories consumed in Madagascar, a sign of the cultural and historic significance of rice to Malagasies, but also an indication of their poverty.... http://ciifad.cornell.edu/sri/origins.html

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2008-08-08T22:08:00.000+07:00

Syam

2008-08-06T04:34:00.000+07:00

Secara kebetulan saya mengenal Syammahfuz Chazali, mahasiswa program studi agribisnis, yang menjadikan dirinya pengusaha selagi ia masih sebagai mahasiswa. Ia berangkat dari pemikiran sederhana bagaimana memberi nilai lebih pada "tlethong sapi". Kegilaan Syam kepada tlethong sapi, mampu menarik perhatian seorang Erna Witular untuk datang mengunjunginya di kampus beberapa waktu yang lalu.
Syam dkk. termasuk penyumbang salah satu emas di PIMNAS Semarang, bulan Juli yang lalu di bidang kewirausahaan. Dan sekarang Syam dkk. tengah bergegas untuk [maunya] berkunjung ke Istana di penghujung tahun ini. Semoga.

100

2008-08-06T03:31:00.000+07:00

Dengan memelihara 4 ekor sapi per hektar, dan menjaga 25% luas lahan untuk hijauan pakan ternak, petani dapat berswasembada pupuk untuk lahannya --untuk selamanya. Jadi kenapa harus membeli pupuk ?
Dengan memberi kesempatan anak cerdas istimewa menekuni ilmu pertanian sampai setinggi-tingginya, maka merekalah yang kelak melahirkan cara penyelesaian itu. Memberi kesempatan .... itu kontribusi kita yang luar biasa. Saatnya kita menjadi penjaga gawang dan memberi kesempatan anak muda untuk mencetak gol dan kemenangan.
Di dalam kesulitan, adalah kemudahan. Engkau mengatakan itu masalah, bagiku itu peluang.

Meningkatkan minat bertani

2008-08-04T05:27:00.001+07:00

Agar minat bertani meningkat, dapat diusulkan dua teori:

teori tarikan : bagaimana membuat orang tertarik (tergila-gila) dengan bertani. fasilitasi dunia pertanian secara maksimal, sehingga ketika seseorang masuk ke dalam dunia bertani mereka dapat enjoy.... aplikasi keteknikan, manajemen, informatika sangat diperlukan.
teori dorongan: bagaimana mendorong seseorang muda mau bertani. bahwa bertani itu merupakan ibadah, karena pangan yang cukup dan bermutu merupakan kebutuhan mutlak bagi peradaban manusia. Kalau perlu sejak dalam kandungan sudah "digadang-gadang" (didoakan) semoga kelak menjadi petani

Mungkin UGM dapat memulai dengan mengangkat hidup bertani sebagai pilar utamanya ...

Minat pertanian menurun

2008-08-04T04:24:00.000+07:00

Kalau kita telusur lebih dalam lagi, kebanyakan mahasiswa yang kuliah di fakultas ilmu-ilmu pertanian juga tidak ingin kelak menjadi petani ... Cobalah lihat lebih detil staf pengajarnya, mereka juga tidak bertani : dulu atau sekarang. Jumlah dosen juga makin mengecil, sedikit penambahan dosen baru. Coba bandingkan dengan fakultas teknik misalnya yang kian gemuk.
Wah, dunia pertanian kita ke depan betul-betul gelap, ya...

No smoking

2008-07-28T17:48:00.000+07:00

No smoking here.

Padi di Hiroshima

2008-07-28T17:39:00.000+07:00

Percobaan rumah kaca dengan tanaman padi sawah di Hiroshima

Monyet

2008-07-22T06:24:00.000+07:00

hanya saja manusia bisa mentertawakan kemaluannya itu,
sedangkan sang kera sepertinya hanya menyeringai

Ketahanan pangan

2008-07-12T08:21:00.000+07:00

"Korem 072/Pamungkas menjalin kerjasama dengan UGM dalam bidang pengembangan model ketahanan pangan, sebagai wujud penjabaran dan implementasi program pemerintah dalam hal swasembada pangan. Langkah ini diharapkan menjadi model yang tepat untuk memberdayakan potensi sumber daya alam dan sumber daya manusia yang ada dalam rangka swasembada pangan dan pembukaan lapangan kerja baru."

Semoga berlanjut .... dari konsep menjadi realitas.

Super

2008-07-06T00:19:00.000+07:00

Yang menjadi SUPER-BOSS harus selalu ingat kelompoknya dan yang bukan kelompoknya, orang yang disukai dan orang yang tak disukai, juga orang banyak yang tidak dikenalinya satu-persatu. Meskipun dengan sikap dan cara berpikir yang berbeda, namun tetap satu tujuannya yakni memberikan kontribusi, memajukan ....