Potential of Dairy Cattle Development in Boyolali Central Java, Indonesia

Abstract

This study is one part of the evaluation and policy research of dairy cattle development in Boyolali, Central Java. This studyaimed: 1) to analyze demographic of farmers characteristics, 2) to recover the potential of availability of land forage and water availability , 3) to figure out thetrend ofdairy cowpopulationandmilkproduction. This research was carried out from December 2010 to March 2011 at three of village cooperative units, consists of Mojosongo cooperative, Musuk cooperative, and Cepogo cooperative. This research using survey method. The number of respondents used in this research was 266 farmers. Primary data were collected by interviews based on questionnaires. Secondary data were collected from the government related with this research. The data were analyzed by multiple linier regression analysis. The results showed that the farmer s characteristic influenced to the milk production. R2 value for 0, 549, it showed that 54,9% of milk production can be explained by the independent variables, and 45,1?n be explained by other variables beyond the model. Availability of land forage and water availability influenced to the milk production significantly (P<0.001). 40,2% of milk production can be explained by the availability of land forage and water. The results also showed that the dairy cow population was significantly positive effect (P <0.01) on milk production. The prediction results showed that dairy cow population and milk production of dairy cows in the 10 years later would increase