Farmers’ Individual Potential in Different Sizes of Local Beef Cattle Farming in Kebumen, Indonesia

Abstract

The increasing size of beef cattle breeding farming pattern encourages farmers to have higher individual potential. This study aims (1) identify the farmers’individual potential in different farming sizes and (2) analyze factors which influence the farmers’individual potential in different farming sizes. 100 respondents from 6 sub-districts known as Kebumen PO beef cattle development centers are selected using a purposive sampling method based on the available breeding records. The results of Kruskal Wallis Test shows that the increasing size of Kebumen PO beef cattle farming requires higher farmers’individual potential (P <0.01). Based on the Spearman rank correlation, the availability of technological potential and the provision of production input potential are considered as the important elements regarding to the farming size differences (P <0.01). The increasing size of beef cattle breeding farming patterns should be followed by the increasing availability of technology and provision of production inputs