Abstract
One livestock commodity that has the potential to supply the people's need for the protein is goat, but the distribution of goat meat in Surabaya and its processed products can be said to be limited if compared to the superior commodities such as chicken and beef. This phenomenon may be caused by limited knowledge of value-added products, distribution of goat and goat processed products. The objective of this research was to establish a value chain recommendations of goat commodity. The qualitative method was used in this research and the data were collected from business actors in goat commodity through semi-structured face-to-face interviews and analyzed by value chain method analysis. The findings of this research show that there are 17 products that can increase goat commodity added value. Managerial implications are generally addressed to business players of Micro, Small, Medium Entreprises (MSMEs) and prospective business actors of processed goat products to be able to maximize the potential of goat livestock, which is aimed to improve product quality and added value of the product itself. Keywords: goat, value chain analysis, processed food, MSME, commodity
Highlights
One of the livestock commodities that has the potential to meet the community's need for animal protein is goat, and the advantage of goats is its high adaptability to various environmental conditions, high reproductive potential, bearing more than one offspring per birth (Mahmilia, 2007)
The data for value chain analysis were taken from three sources who were actors in the goat commodity business residing in Surabaya
The business actors engaged in the goat processed products recommend value chains produce 17 processed goat products, so it is expected that these products can increase the value-added to the product processed goats and can increase buyer interest in processed goat products
Summary
One of the livestock commodities that has the potential to meet the community's need for animal protein is goat, and the advantage of goats is its high adaptability to various environmental conditions, high reproductive potential, bearing more than one offspring per birth (Mahmilia, 2007). For the last few decades, product farming demands have increased, in tune with the population growth, community economic development, improvement in education levels, and lifestyle changes as a result of globalization and urbanization (Inounu, 2005). As a result, it can affect the level of production and consumption of each commodity that is relatively different in each country
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