Aep Wawan Irwan

Sebagian petani di desa Sukarasa kecamatan Darma Kab. Kuningan enggan menanam padi, lebih manyukai menanam hanjeli. Tindakan itu disebabkan harga gabah pada saat ini sedang anjlok di pasaran. Justru harga hanjeli relatif lebih stabil dibanding harga gabah. Harga gabah kering dari tangan petani sekira Rp. 1.200 sampai Rp. 1.500/Kg, sedangkan hanjeli mentah harganya Rp.1.500/kg, setelah diproses menjadi bubur hanjeli seharga Rp.3.000/Kg. Harga hanjeli yang menggiurkan itu membuat para petani desa Sukarasa meninggalkan padi. Menurut keterangan Hj. Inoh (54) seorang petani sekaligus penampung hanjeli di desa Sukarasa saat ditemui. Hanjeli merupakan makanan pokok alternatif setelah beras, jagung dan gandum. Hanjeli dapat menggantikan fungsi beras, sebab jika diolah akan menghasilkan beras dan tepung hanjeli. “Beras dan tepung hanjeli, sekarang ini telah menjadi bahan pokok alternatif khususnya di kota-kota besar. Selain harganya lebih murah juga rasanya tidak jauh berbe...

PHOTOSYNTHESIS The free chemical energy required for life processes is derived from organic food materials by a process called biological oxidation. If organisms are allowed to utilize the existing food materials on this planet, it will be exhausted in no time. However, nature has devised a unique mechanism by means of which it replenishes the organic food materials in excess and this is achieved by harnessing the solar energy by plants. Definition: Photosynthesis can be defined as a “series of processes in which solar electro magnetic radiation energy (SEMR) is captured, converted and conserved in the form of chemical energy by green plants”. Biochemically this process can also be defined “as light sensitized Red-Ox process” for it involves light induced Oxidation-Reduction processes. Solar Energy Sun emits light in the form of solar electro magnetic radiation (SEMR) of which only 40% reaches the surface of earth and rest is absorbed by O2, O3, CO2, dust and H2O present ...