Effect of Planting Corn Harvest Cattle (TJPS) on sustainable integrated farming system in the Village of Raknamo West Kupang Subdistrict of Kupang Regency, East Nusa Tenggara

Abstract

The aim of this study is to show community livelihood changes through the improvement of corn and cattle by application of “Planting Corn Harvest Cattle” (TJPS). TJPS is not literally meant that planting corn will that produced cattle, however it is a “tagline” to encourage farmers in the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) that by improving corn production will give extra cash to buy cattle. The method was a survey involving 50 farmers, collecting primary and secondary data. The productivity of corn in NTT in 2018 was 2.52 ton/ha, while at National level was 5.24 ton/ha. Survey indicated that before TJPS, farmers in Raknamo village produced only 27.9 ton per one planting season, while at TJPS farmers produced 82.1 ton per one planting season, or it almost tripled. For cattle ownership, Raknamo farmers started with no cattle and now own 41 head of cattle. The use of corn cobs mixing with leaf of Tarramba Leucaena give DWG of 0.3 to 0.5 kg/hd/day. Thus it is concluded that TJPS would be an excellent entry door into a sustainable integrated farming system of corn and cattle in the dry land and climate of NTT.