IOSR-JAVS   Volume-5 ~ Issue-6 ~ Nov-Dec-2013

ABSTRACT: Indonesia's animal protein needs keep increasing. The rate of population increase followed by improvement of standard of living and changes of consumer'staste has changed consumption patterns toward animal protein from livestock.Integrated Farming System (Sistem integrasi tanaman–ternak or SITT), whether plantation crops or feed crops, is a potential alternative which can solve the problem of plantation business, feed crops and even livestock problems. The aim of this study is to investigate integrated farming system in North Sulawesi. Data analysis tool used was Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and linear regression analysis. ANOVA was used to compare income and cost of agricultural business on various types of business. Regression analysis was used to test factors influencing the income of integrated farming system. The result of this study show that integrated farming system which involves food crops in coconuts and cows systems produced higher income than coconuts-cows system, or non-integrated coconut and cows. The recommendation from the study is to optimize coconut farms with food crops and livestock to increase farmers' income. Thus, there should be further study to improve techniques of cultivating food crops between coconut trees, so that coconut and food crops production will increase.

Keywords: Integrated Farming System, South Minahasa, Coconut, Cow

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ABSTRACT: This study aims to analyze the impacts of feedtechnology usage in raising the revenue of beef cattle farmers in North Dumoga Subdistrict, Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi Province. The results of study showed that:(1)Feed technology usage led to increased production costs, but it also led to increased revenue, resulting in increased revenue of household of traditional cattle farmers, (2)Expended labor of respondent farmers after using feed technology was higher than before using feed technology, which seemed different with Chayanov' theory stating that using technology would reduce expended working hours of family in their farming, so it provided leisure time for family members for recreation or other activities. This difference was due to the characteristics of traditional technology or hereditary technology with working time allocation of human labor that was still likely to be higher than advanced technology and intermediate technology, (3)The highest revenue raising of beef cattle farm equal to 18.29% occurred to the application of simulation usageof feed technology with subsidy policy by the government tocattle farm production cost reduction equal to 25%onthe economy of traditional beef cattle farmers; and (6) Some policies could improve the production and suppress cost factors sothey could increase the household economy of traditional beef cattle farmers. Some suggestions for policy makers based on the results of this study, it is expected to implement the policiesof(1)feed technology support in the economy of beef cattle farmers, and (2)subsidy of the increase in the number of cattle ownership.

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