Influence of Forage Supply, Concentrate Provision, and Farmer Characteristics with the Number of Cattle in Breeding Village Putut Suryo Negoro (a,c), M Nasir Rofiq (b), and Nur Rochmah Kumalasari (a)
a) Study Program of Feed Nutrition Science, Department of Nutrition and Feed Technology, Faculty of Animal Science, IPB University
b) Research Centre for Sustainable Production System and Life Cycle Assessment National Research and Innovation Agency
c) Research Center for Animal Husbandry National Research and Innovation Agency
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the influence of forage supply, concentrate provision, and farmers^ characteristics on the number of cattle in the breeding village. One hundred and three farmers were selected, in interviews were carried out aiming to characterize the management practices related to forage supply, concentrate supply, and farm labour. A linear model was performed to analyze the significant variables. The result showed that the number of cattle was influenced by forage stock, farmers^ experience, and occupation. the correlation analysis showed a weak correlation between forage stock and farmer experience with the number of cattle. The clustering showed the direction effect of forage stock to the right side while the farmers^ experience to the bottom of the cluster. It concluded that the forage supply and farmers^ experience have influenced the number of cattle.
Keywords: farmers characteristics, forage supply, cattle breeding village
