Aksesibilitas Sumber Pakan Ternak Ruminansia pada Musim Kemarau di Daerah Pertanian Lahan Kering

Abstract

This aim of this research to find out the level of easiness or difficulty of beef cattle farmers in obtaining feedstuff in the dry season in dry land farming area . The research was take place in the village of Kemejing, District of Semin, Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta from August to October (dry season). The research with survey method on the techniques of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). Thirty (30) farmers as respondents, with 2-3 cows ownership provisions, and have a minimum of 2 years on the experience of raising cattle. Accessibility to sources of feedstuff were observed related to the origin of feed, feed resources and location distance or using time, purchase feeds, availability of labor and time needed in looking for feed. Results of the research were reported by descriptive. The results showed that the average of the five observed variables, namely the origin of feed, distance and time, the purchase of feed, labor availability and the search time, obtained score are successively 0.77; 0.73; 0.96; 0.71 and 0.88, so that the total score was 4.05 and it is called in easy criteria. The conclusion from this study is the accessibility of feed for cattle in dryland farming areas in the dry season is easy.