The Power of Resources in Independent Livestock Farming Business in Malang District, Indonesia

Abstract

Independent farmers principally provide all production inputs from their own capital and can liberally conveytheir products on the market. From the problems found in the real life, thus the purposes of this study are: 1) to assess the resources that can be accessed by independent broiler breeders, 2) to find the strength of independent broiler breeders’ resources that support business development.A total of 144 independent pattern broiler breeders are still running their livestock businesses in Malang Regency. Data were analyzed using SEM (Structural Equation Model) with SmartPLS 2.0 application. The results showed that: 1) independent broiler breeders have access to financial resources, technological resources, physical resources, economic resources, environmental resources, and social resources; and 2) financial, technological, physical, economic, environmental and social resources affect farmer human resources by 82.7%, while financial, technological, physical, economic, environmental, social, and HR resources have an influence on the development of chicken farming broiler at 16.3%. Economic resources have a direct and significant negative effect on the development of independent pattern broiler farming.

Quality of Imported Beef in Indonesia

“…The limited resources of breeders are the main obstacle to the development of smallholder beef cattle businesses because resources have an important role in the development of livestock business (Amam et al, 2019). state that livestock business resources consist of financial resources, technological resources, physical resources, economic resources, environment, and social.…”

Pengaruh aspek kerentanan terhadap aksesibilitas sumber daya usaha ternak sapi potong

“…Hambatan tersebut muncul disebabkan oleh modal usaha, pemotongan betina produktif, munculnya penyakit, dan inbreeding [6]. Modal usaha dapat mempengaruhi pendapatan peternak dalam usaha ternak [7].…”

Aksesibilitas Sumber Daya pada Usaha Peternakan Sapi Potong Rakyat

“…Sumber daya teknologi dipengaruhi SDM peternak secara positif dan signifikan (taraf signifikansi 5%), artinya semakin tinggi SDM peternak maka akses terhadap sumber daya teknologi semakin besar. Peternak yang memiliki SDM tinggi misalnya syarat pengalaman beternak sapi dan memiliki pengetahuan dan keterampilan umumnya memiliki akses sumber daya teknologi yang tinggi, seperti mampu memilih bibit, mampu mengolah pakan ternak, paham perkandangan, paham cara menggemukan sapi, dan paham manajemen pemasaran sapi (Amam et al, 2019f;Amam et al, 2019h).…”