FACTORS AFFECTING BEEF CATTLE SHARING (GADUHAN) PROGRAM TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN DISTRICT OF BENGKULU TENGAH – PROVINCE OF BENGKULU, INDONESIA

Dwatmadji, Dwatmadji and Tatik , Suteky (2014) FACTORS AFFECTING BEEF CATTLE SHARING (GADUHAN) PROGRAM TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN DISTRICT OF BENGKULU TENGAH – PROVINCE OF BENGKULU, INDONESIA. In: RENPER 5 Conference. Banking University of Hochiminh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, pp. 1-6.

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Abstract

The current situation indicated that the beef production in Indonesia is still very low, resulting in low per-capita beef consumption (only 1.8 kg/capita/year), high price of beef in market, and high number of imported beef both as frozen meat or as livestock from overseas. The need for significant improvement of beef productivity become the big issues because the need of beef is constantly increasing (560.000 ton in 2014), and in the same time the beef cattle population was decreased in 2013. There should be significant efforts to improve the production of beef cattle production throughout Indonesia. In the same time, out of 33 provinces in Indonesia, Bengkulu province was ranked number 7 in term of total population lives under poverty line in which 17.5% population was under the poverty line. Gaduhan Sapi program or Cattle Sharing Program has been one of the solutions to overcome the deficiency of cattle production and reduced the poverty line in targeted areas. Several factors have been indicated to play important roles in the success of Cattle Sharing Program in District of Bengkulu Tengah. These include: initial capital, quality and quantity of initial livestock, the availability and initial price of livestock, donor-recipient agree ment, farme rs’ livest o c k b ackgro u nd , f armer s’ kn o wled ge an d skill, gen d er, t he availability and price of feeds, the livestock market or beef market, timing, and the incidence of diseases. In general it was found that Cattle Sharing Program was successfully ele vat ed t h e f armers’ income far away from the poverty line in Bengkulu Province.

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