This study analyzes factors affecting rice production and consumption in Indonesia from 1990-2014, the data source is from Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS). The method used is model of multiple linear regression equation with ordinary least square estimator (OLS). Our findings indicate that rice production can be affected by human capital, labor, wages, wetland, urban population, and rice prices; on the other side, technology has no effect on rice production. Other findings on the rice consumption model were influenced by human capital, per capita income, population, and consumption the previous year, and meanwhile, rice prices has no effect to rice consumption in Indonesia. It’s an important note for the government in making the right program policies such as the development of better irrigation systems, empowering the farmers by providing regular training, subsidizing material inputs to farmers, expanding farmland for farmers. Meanwhile, the government needs to create policy such as food diversification, price stabilization security, the increase of rice stock, and other agricultural policies.

This study aims to analyze the role of investment such as total foreign direct investment and domestic direct investment, inflation, and road infrastructure to the economic growth of South Sumatera Province, Indonesia. The data used is time series data from 2007-2016, while the scope of this study is 15 districts/cities in South Sumatera Province. The data is sourced from the publication of Central Bureau of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) and the publication of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) South Sumatera Province. The analysis method in this study is quantitative analysis using data panel multiple regression model. The finding of this study showed that investment, inflation, and road infrastructure development jointly has positive and significant effect on the economic growth. Meanwhile, partially indicating that investment and road infrastructure have positive and significant impact to economic growth, while inflation has positive sign but insignificant effect on economic growth of South Sumatera Province.

Kegiatan pengabdian tentang pengelolaan dana ZISWaf masjid pintar bagi perangkat atau aparatur masjid bertujuan untuk memberikan pengetahuan tentang pengelolaan dana ZISWaf sehingga dapat mensejahterakan masyarakat desa, mengatur perekonomian masyarakat sekitar yang berlandaskan pada ajaran prinsip Islam serta dapat memperoleh pemahaman mengenai ZISWaf yakni Zakat, Infaq, Sadaqoh dan Wakaf baik dari praktek perhitungan  ZISWaf maupun dari segi pemahaman dan pembagian tentang ZISWaf.  Metode yang diterapkan dalam kegiatan ini adalah metode coaching dan bimbingan secara holistik step by step. Dari hasil yang dicapai terlihat bahwa pemahaman para peserta tentang ZISWaf masih belum sesuai yang diharapkan dikarenakan para peserta rata-rata masih terpaku dengan sistem manual dan ketidaktahuan mereka tentang pembagian ZISWaf baik jenis nya maupun perhitungannya. Diharapkan agar kedepanya pendampingan ini dirasakan manfaatnya untuk meningkatkan pemahaman mereka tentang ZISWaf.

Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini dilakukan di Desa Kerinjing, Kecamatan Tanjung Raja, Ogan Ilir yang merupakan salah satu desa binaan dari Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Sriwijaya. Pelatihan pengelolaan kegiatan ini diharapkan dapat membantu masyarakat, khususnya ibu rumah tangga untuk memanfaatkan sampah rumah tangga menjadi sesuatu yang bermanfaat seperti membuat kompos dengan menggunakan metode komposting. Metode komposting merupakan teknik menghasilkan kompos yang digunakan sebagai pupuk maupun penguat struktur tanah. Komposting digunakan untuk mempercepat proses degradasi bahan organik dengan bantuan mikroba. Dengan adanya pembinaan tentang sampah rumah tangga menjadi pupuk kompos, maka akan mengurangi volume sampah rumah tangga yang sekarang ini semakin meningkat seiring bertambahnya jumlah penduduk.

Wage a phenomenon that happen today is high wage and high competitiveness. Wage theory that was developed by Rees (1973) and Katz (1980) explain that wage cannot only be seen only as a production cost but also as a part of an effort to increase the labor prosperity and motivation. This theory is a wage efficiency theory, which stated that company's revenue can increase despite paying wage above the market wage equilibrium. Even though here the two experts had calculated the problem of labor's quality but they have not reach empirical testing by developing certain model. Therefore, the researchers saw this gap as an opportunity to unravel the phenomena happening to labor and make an effort to develop an empirical model to see the influence of wage to productivity and variable that can measure the quality of labor and other variables that affect wage and productivity simultaneously. The factors used are the difference in individual characteristic, human capital, and quality of work life. The approach of this research is constructivism approach through quantitative analysis technique with simultaneous equation system. Analysis unit in this research is labor in hospitality industry. Estimation results of research shows that education, training, experience, work hour and productivity have significant positive influence to wage, while age and work status is not significant. Quality of work life, and wage have significant positive influence to productivity, while education, experience, age and work status have no significant influence. Important finding from research that training has significant influence to productivity but negatively. Overall, findings of this research show that positive effect of training to productivity will be bigger in organization that willing to invest in work environment that support the labor.