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Kajian Dalam Bidang Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi: Filosofi, Teori, dan Praktik

The objective of this study is to determine kinds of agricultural commodities
represented in Asian scientific papers, to know the main topics on the commodities
in each country, and to understand the trends of information in main countries
of Asian in the last 10 years. Other objective is to identify the information gap
issues between the government and the Ews, also to identify the information
resources crucial for EWs based on the information needs and to develop a
metadata framework to help EWs access to primary information resources. Data
collected base on literature reviews and surveys by using questionnaires and
interviews with EWs and government officials who are responsible to the EWs
tasks in the field. Data obtained then analyzed by descriptive qualitative. The
study has found five problem areas by analyzing the information gap: (1) budget,
(2) decentralization, (3) human resources development, (4) information content,
and (5) infrastructures. The study also revealed although secondary information
resources were accessible, this was not the case for primary information.
Concerning the issue related to the information content, online databases portals
provided by information centers is very crucial for EWs. However the cross-
institutional interoperability of databases and repositories are crucial issues
that need to be prepared in providing agricultural information portals. Simple
resource discovery metadata is not sufficient to satisfy the needs of EWs because
of the diversity of their working environment. It is crucial for the metadata design
to include attributes to express features of the working environment - distance
to information centers, communication media and logistics, and available
infrastructures - in order to select and deliver an information resource appropriate
for each EWs. The metadata framework is designed based on the gap issues, which
means that the metadata framework includes descriptive elements not only for
intellectual contents but also those for communication, logistics and condition of
access locations.

Keywords: Agricultural information; Selective dissemination of information;
Agricultural commodities; Functional foods; Agricultural extension workers;
Metadata; Indonesia.

I. PENDAHULUAN
Indonesia adalah negara agraris yang memiliki lebih dari 13.000 pulau
yang terbentang di sepanjang garis khatulistiwa antara Samudra Hindia
dan Pasifik serta di antara benua Asia dan Australia. Negara ini kaya akan
sumber daya alam dan populasi, dengan lebih dari 50 persen menghuninya
berada di pulau Jawa dan sisanya tersebar di Sumatra, Kalimantan,
Sulawesi, Irian Jaya dan pulau-pulau lainnya (BPS, 2010a). Sebanyak 8,92
persen (17,04 juta hektar) (Samon, 2009) dari luas daratan Indonesia (1,9
juta km2) adalah lahan pertanian (BPS, 2010a), sementara 46 persen dari
total penduduk bekerja di sektor pertanian (Ikhwan, 2010).

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