Barriers to Adopt Biosecurity at Smallholder Farmers

Abstract

Biosecurity is one of the policies of the Indonesian government that should be followed on cattle farms to maintain healthy and disease-free cattle. The objective of this research was to identify barriers to adopting biosecurity on smallholder farmers. This research was conducted in the Bone Regency. The study enlisted the participation of 115 beef cattle ranchers. The data was acquired through surveys and observation as well as in-depth interviews. There were total of 17 of questions. The Guttman scale was used to see if biosecurity precautions have been implemented. A score of 1 was given to yes, while a 0 was given to no. The data were processed using SPSS software version 23 and descriptively analyzed by using frequency and percentage table. The results of this research showed that the cattle farmers were dominated by men. The respondents were mostly between the ages of 41 and 50 (58.26%). The majority of the respondents had completed primary school (55.65%). According to the family size, 74.78% of respondents have less than 5 dependents. The experience of raising cattle was dominated by those with fewer than 10 years of experience (60.00%). Mixed farming (87.83%) was the most common way for respondents to make a living. The majority of farmers have less than 5 head (79.13%). Only 33.04% of respondents who did the sanitation of the cage and 84.35% of the cages did not have a fence. The acquired cattle were not quarantined in 93.04% of the cases. The cowshed was opened to the public in 97.38% of cases. The research revealed that the primary barriers to biosecurity adoption were a lack of knowledge (64.35%), insufficient time (20.87%) and high cost (14.78%).