Pemahaman Manajemen Peternak dalam Meningkatkan Produktivitas Usaha Ternak Sapi Potong di Kabupaten Kupang Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur

Abstract

A study has been conducted with the aim to know and understand the complex interactions between various stakeholders and the lever factors in increasing beef cattle productivity in Kupang Regency. Sampling is done in stages. The first stage was to determine four sample districts purposively, the second stage was to determine 40 farmers and 10 traders by snow ball sampling and 6 government officials using the interview approach. The number of key informants depends on the saturation of the information obtained. The software used in this research is Ventana Simulation (Vensim) PLE. The software is used to make a causal diagram. The results showed thatinteraction in beef cattle business can be said that the interaction between actual beef cattle business actors in Kupang Regency is only limited to cattle procurement or sale and purchase of livestock between interests, in this case there are no other interactions that can grow or increase the productivity of beef cattle. An important factor is the production of beef cattle and government services and academic institutions, which means that if these two factors are intervened, the behavior of the system in beef cattle business can change significantly.