Farmers’ Motives in Raising Ettawa Crossbred Goat in Purworejo, Central Java Province

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10.2991/978-94-6463-122-7_10How to use a DOI?

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Characteristics; Ettawa crossbred; Farmer; Goat; Motives

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the farmers’ motives in raising Ettawa crossbreed goats in Purworejo. The method used in this study was a survey, Criteria used in sampling were farmers who still maintain goats and joined in the animal collective housing as well as group member that still active. The analysis used in this research was descriptive. Descriptive analysis was used to describe the characteristics of the farmers. These characteristics included: age, education, farming experience, number of family members and the number of cattle ownership. Motivation in raising Ettawa crossbreed goat was analyzed by Likert scale, which measured respondents’ answers to each statement of questionnaire that was divided into four categories: economic, utilization of cattle raised, social and motive of the utilization of resources other than goat farming. Results of the research of raising Ettawa crossbreed goat motivation were that economic motives, the strongest motives that lead respondents do business cattle of raising Ettawa crossbreed goat. Another motive that affected the business of raising Ettawa crossbreed goat started from the highest level was the social motives, utilization motives of resources other than goat, and utilization motives of goat owned. It also showed that farmers had a high motivation in the category of raising Ettawa crossbreed goat business.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Budi Guntoro
AU  - A. Setiawan
AU  - Annisa’ Qurrotun A’yun
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/22
TI  - Farmers’ Motives in Raising Ettawa Crossbred Goat in Purworejo, Central Java Province
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Smart and Innovative Agriculture (ICoSIA 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 100
EP  - 112
SN  - 2468-5747
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-122-7_10
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-122-7_10
ID  - Guntoro2023
ER  -