Farmer Participation in Maiwa Breeding Center Program In Barru Regency, South Sulawesi

Ilham Syarif,Siti Nurani Sirajuddin,Syahdar Baba

doi:10.20956/hajas.v1i1.6596

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https://doi.org/10.20956/hajas.v1i1.6596

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Abstract

Abstrak The Maiwa Breeding Center program was a communiversity program from Hasanuddin University in the form of a Bali cattle nursery. The aim of this program was to preserve Bali cattle germplasm and improve the genetic quality of Bali cattle while increasing farmer income. The participation of farmers in implementing the MBC program was the key to the success of the program. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of farmer participation in the MBC program in Barru District. The number of respondents was 72 people who were randomly selected from 234 MBC partner farmers. Data was collected by enumerators who have been trained using questionnaires. The measured variable was the level of farmer participation during program planning, program implementation, program monitoring and evaluation and utilization of the results of the nursery program. Variables were measured using scores 1 - 4, namely from not participating, low participation, high participation and very high participation. Data analysis uses frequency distribution and continuum value table. The results showed that the participation of farmers in planning and monitoring and evaluation was in the low category. The participation of farmers in the implementation and utilization of results was in the high category. Overall, farmer participation in Bali cattle breeding activities was in the high category.

Highlights

National beef consumption tends to increase every year while domestic cattle production tends to stagnate every year
This research was conducted from February to March 2018 in Tanete Riaja, Tanete Rilau and Barru sub-districts which are the locations of Maiwa Breeding Center (MBC) cattle breeding in Barru district
The average business experience of farmers is 11.05 years. This means that farmers have experience in raising Bali cattle for a long time

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National beef consumption tends to increase every year while domestic cattle production tends to stagnate every year. In terms of the performance of local cattle production, especially Bali cattle, it tends to decline in several decades so far. The birth weight is only around 15 kg, weights 60 kg and the weight of adult males is around 250 - 350 kg (Telupere and Katipana, 2014; Winarso and Basuno, 2013). This is due to the negative selection of Balinese cows where good-performing bulls are anchored and sold for slaughter while small bulls are semi-intensive grazing and marrying females in the field.

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