Abstract
For the identification and assessment of possible technologies for Indonesian smallholder sheep and goat producers, a survey of six specialized, commercial producers was made. Herd or flock sizes ranged from 13 to 400 small ruminants. Measures of biological and economic efficiency were studied. Major differences between technologies used and typical smallholder operations included intensive breeding with bucks or rams, regular animal health inspections, feeding of soybean waste as concentrate, use of hired labor, and sale of manure among commercial breeding operations. Correlation analyses indicated that most measures of productivity were not significantly correlated with size of operation. However, transfer of technology used by commercial, specialized farms to smallholders will have to include frequent mating services, improved plane of nutrition, and better preventative health measures. Economic analyses indicated that, for intensive breeding operations which achieved high reproduction rates, the feeding of soybean waste as a concentrate was profitable when the operation was reasonably close to a soybean processing plant.
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