The Existence of BULOG Public Corporation in Increasing Food Security in Indonesia

Food security is an important issue to be discussed annually because food needs are a basic need for well beings of individuals. as stated in Law No. 18 of 2012 regarding Food, there is a description of the regulation of procurement, preparation of food reserves, and distribution of food in Indonesia. in implementing the Law and minimizing problems especially in the food sector, BULOG Public Corporation was formed as a government agency or State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN) in the food sector in providing public benefit functions directly related to food security in Indonesia. This paper will discuss further about the existence or role of the National Logistics Agency (Perum BULOG) in improving food security in Indonesia. This article will offer solution that are deemed to be more effective and efficient in achieving the food security policy objective

Surabaya’s Travelling Funfair : Local Wisdom Resistance of Urban Citizen as a Sustainable Development of Cities and Communities

This study aims to determine the resistance of urban society through the travelling funfair as a part (media) of cultural space production. This research was also conducted to determine the role and function of the travelling funfair as an element of local wisdom which involved in Sustainable Development City and Communities. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method and literature observations. The travelling funfair is a type of market with activities centered at night, generally in the form of commerce and entertainment. The scope of this research is the city of Surabaya, because Surabaya is one of the largest metropolitan cities in Indonesia, Surabaya is also a reference destination for urbanization of the community. The results of this study show that local wisdom in the travelling funfair acts as a medium for the production of urban, cultural and entertainment spaces

Breadfruit (Astocarpus altilis) Noodle as a Local Food for Improving Food Diversification in Indonesia

Indonesia ranks number one in the world for the level of rice consumption reaching 124 kg per capita per year. In fact, the amount of rice in Indonesia are decreasing because of environmental factors. Meanwhile, the population growth rate in Indonesia are increasing with an average growth rate of 1.43% per year which leads to the increasing demands of rice. Food diversification could be a solution to tackle this problem. It can be done by processing breadfruit into flour and make it as noodle. Breadfruit flour contains high nutrient that makes it potential to be an alternative for the substituent of staple food. It contains 302 calories of energy and 78.9 g of carbohydrate. The main processes are immersion, drying, milling and straining. As a result, breadfruit noodle could be an alternative staple food in Indonesia so that Indonesia will not only depend on rice as its staple food

Challenges and Solutions for Poverty Reduction Feminization Program (PFK) as Gender- Based Sustainable Economic Development Efforts in East Java

This study aims to outline the arisen challenge and applied solution to the implementation of the feminization prevention program towards gender-based poverty of female-headed households in East Java. The study employs qualitative textual based, which refers to discover data from research journals and government institutions. The results of the study indicate that in the process of implementation, PFK still has challenges regarding the low education of rural communities in East Java, which affects the business continuity process of female headed-household. Therefore, this study suggests in implementing poverty programs for female-headed households in East Java include; specialized training for KRTP to start an independent home-based business. a collaboration between PKK cadres and educational institutions as well as non-governmental organizations to deal with problems during the realization of independent home based business

Use of Physical Characteristic Data for Landuse Planning in Agriculture Activities: Conceptual Design

The absence of standard parameters in land use planning threaten the quality of land resources and leads to a decline in agricultural productivity, especially in Indonesia. Identification of erosion process, productivity index, and slope conditions could be considered for land use planning, especially for agriculture. Since 2018, the Indonesian government has provided a national seamless Digital Elevation Model, called DEMNAS, which has 8,5 meters resolution for development planning purposes, including environmental research. This paper aims to design a conceptual framework for utilizing the physiographic conditions, erosion identification, and projecting the productivity with productivity index values as a basis for land-use planning. The concept is formulated by using available data and literature studies, related to land resource management. The conceptual design from this study can be helpful for land use planning purposes, especially if the good quality of data provided

The Effect Of Small Group Discussion About The Treatment Of Leprosy Patients Towards Family Supports

Leprosy is a disease which attacks the peripheral nerves in the body except for the central nervous system that caused a sequel in the leprosy patient's physical body. Because of that, the leprosy patient's needs more support from their family to gain confidence and the quality of their life. Small-Group Discussion is the one of medical education which effective to give the knowledge of leprosy’s treatment to family and patients become easier to understand. The purpose of this research is to prove the patients gain more support from their family about how to treat them which is by providing health education about the treatment of leprosy patients by Small Group Discussions. The increasing knowledge means they gain more support from the family. The Design of this research used quasi-experimental one group pretest and post test. The population in this research are all the families leprosy patient in Nguling Community Health Center. The method of sampling used total sampling and the instrument of this research used family support questionnaire. For scoring the questionnaire, it used the cross-tabulation analysis. This research conducted from 2018 December until 2019 February and the result of this research showed that small group discussion was highly effective for all family. We can see it from the data which has increased from 29,4% before get health education with small group discussion to 88,2% after the small group discussion was given. From those statements stated that there is an effect of small group discussion about the treatment of leprosy patient towards family support

Study Program Accreditation: Importance and Performance

The purpose of this is to analysis importance and performance level of study programs in the accreditation process. This is a qualitative study and analysis start from calculate the gap between the level of importance and the performance of seven standards for the assessment of accreditation of study programs. The analysis was continued by using cause effect diagram to find out the causes of several problems in the study program accreditation process. The results of the study show that standards 1, 2 and 5 have the highest level of importance. While based on the guidelines from BAN PT, standards 7, 3, 4, and 6 are the standards with the highest weighting ratings. Gap from the biggest to the smallest gap is for standards 7, 3, 6, 4, 6, 2 and 1. Using Cause Effect Diagram can find out some of the causes of problems in the accreditation process and also provide some recommendations

The Analysis Of Leading And Non-Leading Sectors The Economic Growth In Southwest Aceh

The success of economic development, in terms of growth, is by measuring the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) to optimize local economic development in the era of regional autonomy which refers to Law No. 32 of 2004. This law contains about local government which automatically demands regional governments to be globally oriented such as optimizing the leading sectors and developing the non-leading sector to become leading sectors, as happened in Southwest Aceh. This study aims to analyze the effect of leading and non-leading sectors toward the economic growth in Southwest Aceh in 2010/2016 with 17 sectors. The data used were secondary data taken from Statistics Indonesia by applying location quotient and simple linear regression analysis model. The results of study show that the value of the correlation coefficient (R) obtained was 0.895 which draws that the relationship between leading and non-leading sectors toward the economic growth had a good correlation. Furthermore, the coefficient of determination (R2) was 80.1%. The equation was Y = 8.214 + 2.034X1 + 31.007X2 + e. Next, the value of thit in the leading sectors was 2.338 and significant at α = 10%, and the value of thit in the leading sector coefficient was as much as 1.719 and insignificant. Then, the Fhit value of leading and non leading sectors were significant. In other words, both leading and non leading sectors had positive effects on the economic growth in Southwest Ace

Media and The Religious Intolerance: A Framing Analysis of the Religious Intolerance in the Special Region of Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia

Since the foundation in 1945, Indonesia has never been declared as a particular state religion, and instead home to six beliefs. Nevertheless, the inequality number of followers in each religion leads to the majority and minority classification. Thus, it is challenging to prevent social friction in the form of religious intolerance, wherein the constitution mentioned, the freedom of religion and belief should be guaranteed as part of human rights. A mezzo study from The Wahid Institute (2014) showed unpleasant result; Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY), which was well-known by its plurality and toleration, had 733,33 percent increasing religious intolerance incidents, led it to become the second-highest province with religious intolerance incidents. Therefore, this study aims to understand, why did the local media, Kedaulatan Rakyat, Harian Jogja frame the incidents as a mere law and crime events, by highlighting the violent aspects. The result found, the local media tend not to damage harmony and peace in DIY Province since they are reluctant to the figure of the Sultan

Compensation, Partner Performance, And Mediating Role Of Motivation: Study On Grab Partners In Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of compensation on employee performance, both directly and indirectly, through work motivation as an intervening variable in Grab Partners in Surabaya. The sample used in this study was 75 partners. Simple Random Sampling method was used in the research. The data used was primary data collected by questionnaire. The analysis technique used was Path Analysis. Based on the results of analysis, it can be seen that compensation has no significant effect on partner performance, but compensation can have a significant effect by making motivation as a mediating variable. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that a company must first ensure that there is a fair compensation distribution and it can motivate partners to be more enthusiastic in doing the work if it wants a good partner performance