Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Goat livestock in Jeneponto Regency is one of the livestock species that are in high demand by the community and is one of the leading commodities, but the cultivation results from year to year have not shown a significant development due to the problems faced by farmers are limited feed and the role of farmer group organizations.The solution to overcome these problems is by formulating a complete feed from agricultural waste and strengthening institutional farmers through coaching.This study aims (1) to determine the level of adoption of comprehensive feed technology and (2) to determine the institutional group of goat farmers in Jeneponto Regency.The method used is descriptive research.From 11 districts in Jeneponto Regency, 3 districts were selected which had the largest goat population, Tamalatea District (34,828 tails), Bangkala West District (23,274 tails), and Bontoramba District (20,713 tails).Research samples from these 3 districts selected 25 people so that all of them were selected by 75 goat farmers.The sampling technique is simple random.Data collection was conducted through interviews, focus group discussions and using a Likert scale on every aspect measured, namely 1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high and analyzed descriptively statistically.The results showed that (1) the level of adoption of goat farmers on complete feed technology was in the high category namely availability of raw materials and complete feed fermentation, in the medium category namely mixing complete feed ingredients, while the low category was the availability of complete feed fermentation sites, and (2) evaluation of goat farmers on group institutions based on aspects of natural resources, aspects of human resources, aspects of financial resources, group organization, and group norms are in the high category.
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4248689178