Cattle Production on Small Holder Farms in East Java, Indonesia: I. Household and Farming Characteristics

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A general household survey was carried out in the village of Sonoageng in East Java, Indonesia with the aim to assess their socio-economic status, and the crop and livestock production system prevailing in the area. Of the households interviewed (164), 52% are landless, 35% own land or have a combination of own and shared land, and 12% do not own land but have access to land by sharing. Nearly two thirds (65%) of the households raise cattle; most of them own animals, 8% reared shared animals only. The dominant crop was rice; other crops grown were soya bean, groundnut, maize and sugar cane. Nearly half (47%) the household income was derived from off-farm work (non-agricultural activities), 33% from crops, 13% from livestock (mainly cattle), and 7% from agricultural labour. Most households kept 1 to 2 animals and only 21 out of 164 households earned more than Rp. 500,000 (∼250 US$) per annum from livestock. The most prevalent type of livestock production in the area could be characterized as small-scale cow/calf operation, either by landless households or those with <0.4 ha of land.

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Winarto, P. S., Leegwater, P. H., Zemmelink, G., & Ibrahim, M. N. M. (2000). Cattle Production on Small Holder Farms in East Java, Indonesia: I. Household and Farming Characteristics. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 13(2), 220–225. https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2000.220

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