Populasi dan Manajemen Pemeliharaan serta Pola Pemasaran Ternak Itik (Studi Kasus di Desa Pematang Balam Kecamatan Hulu Palik Kabupaten Bengkulu Utara)

Abstract

This research was aimed to identify the development of the population of ducks and find out the management system and marketing patterns of ducks. This research was conducted for four months in Pematang Balam Village, Hulu Palik Subdistrict, North Bengkulu Regency, Bengkulu Province. The method used was the survey method, with interviews directly to farmers. The variables observed were respondent's identity, duck population, maintenance management, and livestock marketing patterns. The results of the study were presented in tabular form, and analyzed descriptively. Based on the results of the study of the population of ducks from 10 respondents were 187 ducks, the management system for raising ducks in Pematang Balam village was still inefficient, and furthermore, the marketing patterns for duck in Pematang Balam Village were carried out by selling through collectors, and determining direct prices by breeders. It was expected that with the identification of population identification and maintenance management and marketing patterns that existed at this time, the development of duck farming could develop well and could have a positive impact on improving the management system