Farmer Empowerment in One Thousand Cattle Village Program: Reflection on Government Regulation Number 6 of 2013 on Sustainable Livestock Development

Abstract

Decree of the Director General of Livestock and Animal Health Number 9632 of 2020 concerning Technical Guidelines on 1,000 Cattle Village Development Program and Activities for the 2020 Fiscal Year states one of the program's primary objectives is to increase the cow population in beneficiary locations. Efforts to support the program's sustainability can be carried out through farmer empowerment in accordance with the Government Regulation Number 6 of 2013. This research aims to examine the effect of farmer empowerment on sustainable livestock development in the One Thousand Cattle Village Program. The research variables consisted of farmer empowerment (X) and five dimensions of sustainable livestock development, including the ecological dimension (Y1), economic dimension (Y2), social and cultural dimension (Y3), institutional dimension (Y4), and technological dimension (Y5). Data were collected using surveys (interviews and questionnaires), observation, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The respondents were 36 beneficiary farmers of the One Thousand Cattle Village Program. The data were analyzed using simple linear regression. The results showed that the farmer empowerment positively and significantly affected the economic dimension with the equation Y = 27.712 + 0.305X and the social and cultural dimension with the equation Y = 13.531 + 0.310X. It is concluded that it is necessary to increase the implementation of farmer empowerment regulated in the Government Regulation Number 6 of 2013 and evaluate all lines to support the One Thousand Cattle Village Program sustainability.