The purpose of this research was to analyze factors influencing farmers' decision to increase beef cattle business scale through improved technology. The research was conducted by using a survey method. Five districts were purposively selected in three base areas and two non-base areas of beef cattle in Central Java Province, Indonesia. Twenty beef cattle groups were selected based on the largest cattle population managed and their performance, while 196 respondents were randomly selected. Farmers' decision to increase beef cattle business scale was determined using a probit model. Result of the research indicated that the number of family labor and expectation to increase income had a significantly positive influence on the farmers' decision to increase beef cattle business scale. It meant that if the total number of family labor increased, so did the farmers' decision to increase the beef cattle business scale. Also, if the expectation to revenue increased, so did the farmers' decision to increase the beef cattle business scale. On the contrary, education level and business risk had negative significant influence on the farmers' decision to increase the beef cattle business scale with the significance levels of 1.1 and 0.84, respectively.
<p>The study was conducted in Kairatu District, Seram Bagian Barat Regency district from July to September 2008. Materials used in this study were 96 respondents of local and transmigrant cattle beef farmers with questionnaires. The samples were drawn from 4 villages, consisting of 2 villages of local peoples and 2 villages of transmigrants using purposive sampling technique, while the 97 respondents consisted of 49 local and 47 transmigrant beef cattle farmers who were drawn using convenience sampling technique. The objectives of the study: 1) to find out the difference in the motivation and the characteristics of the local and the transmigrant farmers, 2) to investigate the impact of characteristics of the local and the transmigrant farmers on their motivation, 3) to investigate the impact of the characteristics of the local and the transmigrant farmers on their income, and 4) to investigate the correlation between breeding motivation and income. The variables measured in this study were breeding motivation, farmers<br />characteristics and income. The data were collected and analyzed using software SPSS 17 to measure the breeding motivation level, the farmers’ characteristics and income. The results showed that the significant differences of characteristics between the local and the transmigrant farmers were age (P<0.01), education level (P<0.01), the braveness in risk taking (P<0.10), and working hours (P<0.05). The characteristics that had significant impact on the motivation were farming experience (P<0.05), number of dependants (P<0.05), width of agricultural land (P<0.10), and farmers’ dummy (P<0.01). The characteristics that had significant impact on income were age (P<0.05), education<br />level (P<0.05), farming experience (P<0.10), cattle beef ownership (P<0.05), and farmers’s dummy (P<0.05). The motivation of transmigrant farmers have positive relations to the income (P<0.10).</p><p><br />(Key words: Breeding motivation, Farmers characteristics, Local farmers, Transmigrant farmers, Economic motif,<br /> Non-economic motif, Income)<br /><br /></p>
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk merumuskan strategi peningkatan adopsi inovasi pada peternakan sapi perah rakyat. Penelitian dilakukan pada Bulan Mei hingga Juli 2015. Penelitian dilakukan dengan metode survei. Pemilihan responden dilakukan dengan metode multi stage sampling yaitu sebanyak 270 peternak sapi perah rakyat di Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Jawa Tengah, dan Jawa Timur. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan menggunakan analisis SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity and threat). Hasil penelitian merumuskan strategi peningkatan adopsi inovasi antara lain mengoptimalkan sumber daya; memberikan informasi yang jelas dan kontinyu mengenai inovasi; mempermudah akses informasi dengan memperbanyak penyebaran informasi; memberikan program pendampingan, penyuluhan, dan pelatihan disertai demonstrasi mengenai inovasi; meningkatkan partisipasi peternak; memperkuat kelembagaan peternak; mengusahakan alat pendukung inovasi secara bersama-sama; meningkatkan kualitas penyuluh, media, dan cara penyampaian informasi; mengoptimalkan bantuan pemerintah dan lembaga swadaya masyarakat.
The research was conducted to evaluate the performance of broiler chicken farmer with partnership system. The research was conducted using survey method to broiler chicken farmer who joining partnership system. Descriptive explanative method was using to analyze data. This research used descriptive explanatory method using a quantitative approach. The result showed that income of the broiler farmer received from the core-breeder Rp 13,836,594.08 /head/ period, while net-income of the famers is amounted to Rp 7,864,326.24 / head/period. It is concluded that the net income received by farmers was only half.
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