Determinant Factors of Goat Milk Production in Banyuwangi East Java

Abstract

Goat livestock is one of the livestock businesses that is overgrowing, especially in the Banyuwangi Regency. Dairy goats are dual-purpose type goats because they produce meat and milk. Efforts to develop dairy goats as milk producers in Banyuwangi Regency continue to be improved. This study aims to determine the factors that impact the milk production of dairy goats in the Banyuwangi Regency. Data were collected using direct interviews with respondents who had been selected using the purposive sampling technique. The method used in this study uses a quantitative approach. The indicators observed in this study were feeding, maintenance, environmental, disease, and methods of providing drinking water. The questionnaire that will be submitted was tested first using validity and reliability tests. The results obtained showed that the effect of production with indicators of feed, livestock care, pen environment, livestock disease, and water consumption had a significant effect on goat milk production. The t-test results on the feed indicator were 2,412, treatment 4,477, environment 3,000, disease 6,677, and water consumption 3,294. It was which were stated to be greater than the T table value of 2.0017, and the significance value for the indicator feed was 0.021, livestock care was 0.000, pen environment was 0.005, livestock disease was 0.000, and water consumption was 0.002, which means less than 0.05 and the hypothesis is accepted. The effect of feed, livestock care, pen environment, livestock disease, and water consumption had a significant effect with a value of 0.000, which was below 0.05 overall; The indicators of feed, livestock care, pen environment, livestock disease, and water consumption affected the milk production variable by 55.9%.