Farmer's motivation is essential for developing livestock farming businesses, especially theBali cattle business in Sub-district Parigi, Muna Regency. This study aimed to determine themaintenance system and motivation for raising Bali cattle in Sub-district Parigi, MunaRegency. The course's location was determined intentionally (purposive sampling) that isSub-district Parigi based on the consideration that it had the highest population of Bali cattleamong the other sub-districts in Muna, which was 6,338 individuals. The determination ofbreeders as respondents was carried out randomly in Parigi, Warambe, Kolasa, andWasolangka. Each village was taken as many as 15 respondents, so that a total of 60 people.This study's variables were livestock raising systems, breeding motivation, includingeconomic stimulus, social status motivation, environmental motivation, and productionmotivation. The results showed that the raising system of Bali cattle in Sub-district Parigi wascommonly conducted by using traditional or extensive (46.7%) methods. The highestmotivation for raising Bali cattle in Parigi District was economic motivation (70%), whileother reasons such as environment, production, and social status were medium and lowmotivation categories.
Sub-district Kulisusu Barat is one of the districts that can develop a beef cattle business, so a strategyis needed to utilize local resources. This study aimed to determine the process of creating a beef cattlebusiness in Sub-district Kulisusu Barat, Buton Utara Regency. Respondents were chosen deliberately(purposive sampling) by taking 20 respondents in each sample village based on respondents' criteriato have at least two beef cattle, livestock age of at least two years. The variables in this study wereinternal and external factors of livestock business development, including maintenance systems,raising method, the origin of the breed, sources of feed, water sources, production potential,reproductive potential, disease management and control, the experience of farmers, markets andmarketing, human resources and financial institutions. The results of the study were formulated thatthe strategy for developing beef cattle business includes the strength opportunities strategy (increasingthe scale of beef cattle business), the weakness opportunities strategy (improving the maintenance ofbeef cattle), the strength threats strategy (expanding the capacity of farmers and field officers), and theweakness strategy threats (improving marital management by utilizing IB technology).
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