Perbaikan Manajemen Kelompok Peternak Sapi Berbasis Kandang Kolektif Di Desa Gelangsar Kecamatan Gunung Sari Kabupaten Lombok Barat

Abstract

Initiation of mostly the cattle farmer groups in the Village of Gelangsar, the Sub-district of Gunung Sari Sub-district, District of West Lombok was started from the joint practices of keeping their cattle safe in a certain location through Kandang Kolektif. Up to currently, they have an understanding that 'kandang kolektif' is only a keeping place technically for cattle rather than as an institutional for farmers. Indeed, kandang kolektif can be developed as an institutional model to mobilize potentials of cattle-farmers in improving their business productivity. This community service aims to increase knowledge and understanding of cattle farmers, especially Kelompok Muda Mandiri (Independent Young Group) on kandang kolektif-based institutional management including economic analysis of cattle farming through implementation of multiple methods as follows: field observations, in-depth interviews, discussions, and practice. The stages of activities that have been carried out for 12 weeks (3 months) are: analysis of ground problems by observations and interviews with target cattle-farmers; design of problem solving methods; in-class training; technical assistance; and evaluation. The deliverable-results of this community service are: the strengthening of cooperative ties among cattle-farmers; increasing knowledge of cattle-farmers on institutional benefits; they understood the basic concepts of cost-income and was able to calculate the profit-loss of their cattle farming.