Socio-economic factors of farmers in implementing the profit-sharing system in beef cattle business

Abstract

One of the regency in South Sulawesi Province that implements a profit-sharing system is Bone Regency which has been done by farmers for a long time and has been carried out from generation to generation. This system is one of the local wisdoms for the community in managing the beef cattle business. The aim of this study was to analyze the socio-economic factors of farmers in implementing a profit-sharing system in beef cattle business in Bone Regency. The type of the research was an explanatory study with a sample of 175 farmers who were taken simple random. Data were collected through interviews with the help of a questionnaire where each variable measured used a Likert scale, namely 1 = disagree, 2 = disagree less, 3 = agree and analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results of this study indicated that socio-economic factors of farmers have a significant effect on the profit-sharing system in beef cattle business in Bone Regency.