Abstract
The aim of this paper was to determine the factors influencing biogas adoption as a livestock waste management among smallholder farmers in Indonesia. The study emphasized the positive influence of farmer engagement on the technology transfer process. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia by involving 351 respondents who were smallholder practicing the Mixed Crops and Livestock (MCL) farming from 2013 to 2014. The results of Logit regression showed that the biogas technology adoption in Indonesia was influenced by attainment of formal education, women involvement in decision making, number of cattle in the household, household’s income, availability of biogas instalment funding, and the degree of connectedness to stakeholders in the agricultural technology transfer system. The study concluded that the availability of biogas installation funding and better engagement to the technology transfer stakeholders positively influenced the biogas technology adoption among MCL farmers.
Highlights
Biogas technology for smallholder farmers household has been promoted across the Asia countries as an applied technology in livestock waste management [1]
The results of Logit regression showed that the biogas technology adoption in Indonesia was influenced by attainment of formal education, women involvement in decision making, number of cattle in the household, household’s income, availability of biogas instalment funding, and the degree of connectedness to stakeholders in the agricultural technology transfer system
The study concluded that the availability of biogas installation funding and better engagement to the technology transfer stakeholders positively influenced the biogas technology adoption among Mixed Crops and Livestock (MCL) farmers
Summary
Biogas technology for smallholder farmers household has been promoted across the Asia countries as an applied technology in livestock waste management [1]. Sub Saharan African countries have gained momentum on the promotion of biogas technology since 2007 to support their household activities such as cooking and heating [2]. Indonesian is facing the low rate of biogas technology adoption compared to other Asian and Sub Saharan African countries [4]. Smallholder farmers expect that by adopting biogas, they will reduce the use of firewood, conventional gas, and even chemical fertilizers [6]. Biogas technology is often characterized as a technology with high investment and maintenance costs with a required number of cattle in the farm household [7]. Studies in biogas technology adoption showed that socio-economic characteristics (e.g. age, education, family size, and in position of having access to a formal credit) and farm heterogeneity (e.g. land size and number of livestock) may constrain farmers’
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