The Analysis of Ruminant Cattle Potential as a Source of Meat Production in East Nusa Tenggara Regency

Abstract

East Tenggara Timur (NTT) Province that was often called by cattle source mastering ruminant livestock commodity including: beef cattle was 803.450, dairy cows was 39 and buffalo was 133.122, totally was 936.611. In regarding to the land area that was managed by household including: not agricultural land area was 396,19 m2, agricultural land area i.e. rice field land area was 1.228,38 m2, not rice field land area was 7.616,50m2, the land area totally was 8.844,88 m2 (agricultural sense, 2013). Based on the ability, the research was conducted by the writer toward three regencies in NTT, those regency were: Kupang, Timur Tengah Selatan (TTS) and Belu. Belu regency has ruminant cattle that looked after of food land, horticultural and plantation. The result of this research were: (1) Math relation between food land (X) towards beef cows population (Y), it was obtained Y = 110, 23238792-1,7048432552 X and R2 = 0,9838238238085. (P<0.01). (2) Math relation between plantation land area (X) towards beef cows population (Y) was Y = 116,59960539 – 2,4734723692 X and R2 = 0,983288695 (P<0.01). (3) Math relation between horticultural land area (X) towards beef cows population (Y) was no significantly differ (P>0,05). (4) The buffalo Location Quotient (LQ) value was 6,291957 in Kupang regency, next to the buffalo LQ value was 4,94106 in TTS regency and the buffalo LQ value was 2,076242 in Belu regency. The dairy cows LQ value was 1.457694 found in TTS regency. This research result was able to be concluded that livestock population towards food land and plantation high reality positive relation (R2 = 0,98 P<0,01). LQ value of buffalo cattle was continuously highest obtained in Kupang regency, TTS and Belu, thus it could become buffalo cattle central for other district in NTT province. As well as, in TTS regency it could be central of dairy cattle therefore it was larger than one.