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This research on factors affecting consumer decision in buying organic vegetables has been completed from December 20, 2013 to February 20, 2014 in the village Kutowinangun, sub district Tingkir, Salatiga. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of age, the amount of family income (household income) per month, the number of family members, the level of formal education, the intensity associated with the reference group, and motivation (reason) for purchasing organic vegetables. This study used a quantitative approach whith incidental sampling tehnique. Samples divided into two groups, namely: 1) consumers who bought organic vegetables, and 2) consumers who did not buy organic vegetables (bought non-organic vegetables). This study used binary logistic regression. The data collected was primary data obtained from interviews for consumers used questionnaires, while secondary data taken by noting literature and other documents related to the study. The results showed that: the amount of family income per month, the level of formal education, the intensity associated with the reference group, and motivation purchase had significant effect (positive) to the consumer’s decision to buy organic vegetables, and age and number of dependents did not significantly affect to the consumer’s decision to purchase organic vegetables.

The purposes of this study are to determine: 1) the relationship between internal as well as external factors of Indonesian migrant workers’ family and their willingness to invest, 2) the types of investment made and the obstacles encountered, and 3) the amount of remittances received. The research was conducted in Pabelan and Tuntang Districts Semarang Regency by using explanatory research with quantitative and qualitative analyses approach. Data obtained from 80 respondents in earlier study entitled “Indonesian Labour Force: Roles and Impacht ono Rural Economy Central Jawa Province (2nd year)” and interviews with re-using 12 sampel of respondent. Spearman rank corelation and paired T-test at the confidence level of 95 percent were used to determine the magnitude of the relationship among assessed variables. Results of this study indicate that the internal and external factors of migrant labors’ family were strongly related to their willingness to invest. The types of investment were building a firm and buying land, cars, cattle or house. Saving money and purchasing motorcycle were considered the combination of investment and consumptive goods, and household variable are buying consumer goods for labour’s families migrant. The barriers were faced by families of migrant labours, there was the urgency of daily life needs, house improvements, school fees, labour’s departure-related costs and other debts . The amount of remittances associated with the willingness to invest is different among migrant labors working in varied countries. This is resulted from the different wages standard of each country of destination, labor’s departure fee discount, the working period, and the types of jobs abroad.

The purpose of this study were to find out: push and pull factors of migrant workers working abroad, and the relationship between internal factors with increasing household assets. This research was conducted in the District Tuntang and Pabelan. Type of research is explanatory research, using two approaches namely quantitative and qualitative analysis approach. Sampling method using Step Cluster Sampling. The main data analyzed in this study were obtained from a study entitled “Indonesian Workers (TKI) Role and Influence People’s Economy In Rural Areas In Central Java Province (Seeking Pattern Development Investments) Year-2". For completeness of the data conducted depth interviews with 12 randomly selected respondents in the said two villages. The analysis tools are Spearman rank correlation test with two-way T test with 95 percent confidence level. The results showed that: • Push factors of migrant workers working abroad include the economic problems facing families, lack of jobs, low wages, and low levels of education. • Pull factors working abroad include: salaries abroad are higher than in the country, opening the opportunity for an English course, the environment and the means of life more enjoyable, heart virtue employer in the country where they’ve worked before. • There were a relationship between age, education, and number of family members with increasing household assets.

This research was aimed to know the importance order of vegetables attributes in urban and rural consumer; the relationship between external and internal factor and the quantity of factor that was considered in purchase of vegetables on urban and rural consumer; the difference of consideration on decision of purchasing vegetables between urban and rural area. The survey method was used in this research by collected questionnaire as much as 60 household. The location of this research at Kauman kidul and Salatiga Village, Salatiga City and November 15 to December 16, 2011. The data was analyzed conducted by Rank Spearman correlation and Mann Whitney nonparametric test. The result of this research indicated that : • In two area, the importance order of a vegetable attributes were benefit. And then followed by freshness, physical appearance, and price in urban area while in rural area followed by price,freshness, and physical appearance. • Both in urban and rural, external factor such as price, appearance and freshness of the vegetables significantly correlated with the quantity of factors that considered in the purchasing of vegetables. • In urban, variables in internal factor such as nutrition knowledge, family income, education and the number of family had significantly correlated with the quantity of factors that consideredin the purchasing of vegetables. In rural, family income and education variables areas not significantly correlation with a quantity of factors that considered in the purchasing of vegetables but the variable of nutrition knowledge and the number of family members had significantly correlated. • From four consideration in buying decisions. The only significant difference was the kind of vegetables.

ABSTRAK Pembangunan usaha peternakan ayam pedaging (broiler) untuk meningkatkan produksi daging sangat dirasakan manfaatnya, terutama untuk mensubstitusi ternak sapi dan kerbau impor, yang populasinya menurun serta untuk menyediakan daging bagi masyarakat dengan harga murah, sehingga konsumsi protein hewani mereka dapat meningkat pula. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh harga ayam pedaging, harga DOC, harga pakan ayam, harga obat-obatan, dan upah tenaga kerja terhadap penawaran ayam pedaging. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif, sementara data dikumpulkan dengan metode survai. Sebanyak 60 responden dipilih sebagai sampel penelitian yang ditentukan secara purposif di antara 200 peternak ayam pedaging di Kecamatan Suruh, Kabupaten Semarang. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa secara keseluruhan berbagai variabel independen yang meliputi harga ayam pedaging, harga DOC, harga pakan ayam, harga obat-obatan, dan upah tenaga kerja berpengaruh terhadap penawaran ayam pedaging, yang dianalisis dengan model fungsi penawaran trans log, dan secara individual masing-masing variabel independen tersebut mempunyai koefisien regresi 0,3688; 1,7079; -2,9779; 5,2588 dan 3.6565. THE ANALYSIS OF BROILER SUPPLY FARMING SUMMERY ABSTRACT Developing of broiler farming For increase meat production is assumed to be useful, especially to supply the substitution of beef and buffalo cattle import, in which their population decrease, besides to supply meat for society which low price so that their animal protein consumption can increase. The aim of this study was to know the effect of DOC price, woof chicken price, drug price, labor wage and broiler price to broiler supply. The descriptive method was used in this research, while the data was collected using survey method. The 60 respondents were selected purposively among the 200 of broiler farming at Suruh Sub District, Semarang regency. The results of this study indicated that on the whole the various variables study including DOC price, woof chicken price, drug price, labor wage and broiler price influenced broiler supply gained using the Trans log supply function model, and individually each having regression coefficients of 0,3688; 1,7079; -2,9779; 5,2588 and 3,6565.