Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (Oct 2009)
EFEKTIVITAS INTEGRASI TANAMAN TERNAK SAPI POTONG MENUJU KETAHANAN DESA TANJUNGHARJO KECAMATAN NANGGULAN KULON PROGO
Abstract
The aim of this research was to know the effectivity of integrated crop-beef cattle to reach the food tenacity on Tanjungharjo village, Nanggulan Kulon Progo. Sixty four repondens were taken in a random sampling from four hamlets (Dengok, Klajuran, Tanggulangin dan Tanjung Gunung). The data were tabulated and analyzed descriptively. This research showed that the average area that are owned for rice field, yard and land were 1.159 m2, 1.798,1 m2, dan 674,6 m2 respectively. The average of beef cattle owned was 1,42 UT with the aim of raising cattle was 68,75% as main effort. From the field area 145,45 Ha, used for rice plant, peanut, soybean, corn, cassava, watermelon and chili. The waste of agriculture i.e. the straw used for their cattle. The respondents which use the straw for feed their beef cattle was 95,31% but 4,69% was not. The productivity of beef cattle was still low, with calving interval 16,78 months, S/C 2,51 and average of body weight 315 kg. Based on this research, with the number of cattle 90,63 UT and faeces production 21,6 kg/day, produced the faeces 1,957.61 kg/day, 3% of faeces was sold and 97% was used for fertilizer. It could be concluded that the effectivity level of integrated crop-beef cattle is high.
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