Selama ini belum adanya survei (BPS) Badan Pusat Statistik di Kabupaten Sumba Barat terkait data kekuatan otot tangan petani. Tujuan penelitian ini berupa masukan kepada BPS terkait informasi data klinis kekuatan otot petani di Kabupaten Sumba Barat yang dapat dijadikan sebagai acuan bagi petani dalam bekerja guna menekan angka risiko kecelakaan di lingkungan kerja. Metode pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara mengukur kekuatan otot tangan petani menggunakan hand-dynamometer yang terhubung pada software logger pro dan memberikan pertanyaan dalam bentuk kuesioner. Penentuan jumlah sampel berdasarkan pendekatan slovin terdapat 398 sampel petani. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa lebih banyak petani laki-laki dibandingkan petani perempuan sebesar 70 %, 72 % petani yang bekerja diatas 8 jam/hari lebih besar dibandingkan petani yang bekerja dibawah 8 jam/hari, masih banyak petani yang mengalami gangguan kesehatan akibat bekerja yaitu 62.8 % dan masih banyak juga petani usia lanjut yang aktif bekerja layaknya petani usia produktif. Peran data kekuatan otot tangan petani padi dapat dijadikan sebagai sumber data informasi klinis kepada Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Kabupaten Sumba Barat dan juga dapat membantu para petani dalam menyesuaikan kekuatan otot dengan beban kerja guna mengantisipasi risiko kecelakaan kerja.

Since 1980s, social role of the Kyai (Islamic Religious Teachers) has attracted many Indonesian dan International researchers. However, the research publications are mostly from the point of view of the Islamic researchers, therefore, they are less objective. We recognise „teacher-student relationship bias? and „insiders? point of view bias? because the researchers did backyard research. This article is meant to address the issue.

With a qualitative approach, this study intends to describe in depth the socio-cultural background and challenges of agriculture in Southwest Sumba Regency (SBD) which cause the problem of high levels of poverty in the area despite having a wealth of great agricultural potential. This research found that the world of SBD agriculture faces challenges in the form of a high level of agricultural vulnerability and not optimal management of agricultural potential. These two challenges are difficult to overcome due to the lack of farming capital caused by debt bondage due to high-cost customary practices and the characteristics of subsistence farmers. On the other hand, the trade-oriented model of commercial farming of SBD while not leaving cultural values and local knowledge has been proven to be able to overcome the challenges of agricultural vulnerability and not optimal management of SBD agricultural potential.

The case of human trafficking in NTT has become an unresolved case. Most of the case of human trafficking in NTT are migrant workers. Human trafficking cases are effected by the actors involved in the network of problems. ANT (Actor Network Theory) is used as a review to describe the various roles of actors in human trafficking networks and is used to find the point of problem of human trafficking cases in NTT. The results of this study indicate an indication of the onvolvement of actors of human trafficking groups participating in trafficking networks. And poverty is a major factor in the rise and fall of human trafficking in NTT. And the poverty is a major factor in the unstoppable of human trafficking in NTT. The results of this study also led to the solution of economic empowerment as a way out of poverty to end human trafficking cases in NTT.

The article describes the cooperation of non-governmental actors conducted by Christian High School 1 Salatiga and the Institute of Chinese Language Course "Sha Hua" by OCA (Overseas Chinese Affairs). This article is the beginning of a process of cooperation to the success achieved from the cooperation between Christian High School 1 Salatiga and the Institute of Chinese Language Course "Sha Hua" With OCA (Overseas Chinese Affairs) in the improvement of human resources as development indicators by displaying a different dimension. This article also describes the cooperation Christian High School 1 Salatiga and the Institute for Language Course Mandarin "Sha Hua" which embodies the development of education through scholarships, cooperation model performed by actors non-government (in this case Christian High School 1 Salatiga and the Institute for Language Course Mandarin "Sha Hua") to the role of education to national development. Perspective theory used to analyze the cooperation of non-governmental actors is the theory of globalization, international cooperation theory and the theory of social capital (social capital). The method used was a case study (case study). From the data analysis found that: First, cooperation between non-governmental actors is made up of trust fosters a strong commitment to the same goal, and it allows the understanding that has been formed is not easy to be stopped just because of interrelated to one another; Secondly, the State is a partner cooperation between non-governmental actors become the most important thing to consider in a partnership; and Third, education is very important role in human development.