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Purpose-This paper aims to discuss Indonesia as a country having a young generation resource crisis in agricultural sectors, and this crisis contributes more than 32.9 per cent higher unemployment than other sectors. Therefore, creative youths are needed to build the sector through entrepreneurship activities. Design/methodology/approach-The low condition of youth entrepreneurship intention in agricultural sectors leading the Agriculture Ministry of Indonesia launches an Agricultural Young Entrepreneurship Growing Program 2016 (Program Penumbuhan Wirausaha Muda Pertanian, PWMP 2016). Intention in growing phase is critical to avoid the program failure. Findings-This research was aimed to analyze entrepreneurship characteristics and factors affecting the intentions. The research was conducted in three cities, Bogor, Lampung and Bandung, with 189 respondents who accepted business support from the PWMP in 2016. The accumulated data were then analyzed using descriptive analysis and structural equation model. Respondents have highly average trends on behavior belief, normative belief, motivation to comply, control belief, control belief power and intention. While, only the evaluation of the consequence to give the medium trend is about 50.26 per cent.

Indonesian peatland forest is considered a huge sink of tropical carbon and thereby make significant contribution to global terrestrial carbon storage. However, landcover and landuse changes in this ecosystem have incurred a synergistic exposure to drought and wildfires. Deforestation and forest degradation through combustion and decomposition of forest biomass and soil carbon have become global issues because of their greenhouse gas contribution to global climate change. Thus fire-driven carbon losses in these peatlands have increased the need to evaluate the impacts of fire at a landscape scale. In 6-10 week dry periods from January to April 2014 and in January 2015, wildfires burnt peatland forest in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan province (Indonesian Borneo). An assessment was conducted to provide more reliable estimates of the effects of fire on aboveground and soil carbon losses and their dynamics in the coastal peatlands of the province. Carbon loss from combustion of both aboveground biomass and peat soil was substantial. Moreover, CO 2 emission from soil respiration at the burnt peat surface increased 46% over the first 9 months after the fire. This study clearly showed the magnitude of fire-driven carbon loss and the scale of CO 2 emission to the atmosphere arising from fire in tropical peatland forest.

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<p>ABSTRACT</p><p>Shallot is included in the category of high value commodities, so that many farmers cultivate it. Indonesia still remains as net importer of shallot. The objectives of this study were to analyze the competitiveness of shallot farming in the district of Majalengka. Respondents were 37 farmers selected by using purposive sampling technique. The data were analyzed by the method of the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) to determine the level of profit and competitiveness. The result showed that shallot farming in the district of Majalengka was financially profitable, but economically unprofitable. The analysis of the competitiveness in the district of Majalengka showed the shallot farming have no competitiveness.</p><p>Keywords: competitiveness, Policy Analysis Matrix, shallot farming</p><p> </p><p>ABSTRAK</p><p>Bawang merah termasuk dalam kategori komoditas bernilai tinggi, sehingga banyak petani yang mengusahakannya. Namun demikian Indonesia masih tetap sebagai net importir bawang merah. Tujuan dari penelitian ini ialah untuk menganalisis dayasaing komoditas bawang merah di Kabupaten Majalengka. Responden 37 petani yang dipilih dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan metode Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa komoditas bawang merah di Kabupaten Majalengka menguntungkan secara finansial tetapi secara ekonomi tidak menguntungkan. Analisis dayasaing di Kabupaten Majalengka menunjukkan komoditas bawang merah tidak memiliki dayasaing.</p><p>Kata kunci: dayasaing, Policy Analysis Matrix, usahatani bawang merah</p>