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Acceleration of Beef Cattle Development UPSUS-SIWAB Program in Terms of the Three-Cycle of Farmer Empowerment
Tanri G.R.
Aip Conference Proceedings
Abstract
Issues that occur in the community that farmers have not fully carried out the activities of the Special Efforts for Gestant Obligatory Cows (UPSUS-SIWAB). To answer this issue, the research approach is preceded by pre-research in the form of a field survey and conducting a focused group discussion to get a picture of the condition of the main actors or farmers of UPSUS-SIWAB as well as finding research variables and indicators. The research objectives were set, namely describing three cycles of farmer empowerment in accelerating the development of beef cattle UPSUS-SIWAB Program, namely: (1) motivation to desire to join the UPSUS-SIWAB Program, (2) focus on UPSUS-SIWAB Program activities, (3) institutional responsibility in UPSUS-SIWAB Program activities. The study was conducted in one regency in South Sulawesi through a quantitative descriptive approach, and data were collected using in-depth interview techniques with questionnaire aids for 20 farmers. The measurement of research variables uses a three-level Likert scale, namely 3=high, 2=medium, and 1=low. The results showed the factors (1) motivation to participate in the UPSUS-SIWAB Program was in the medium category, (2) the focus on the activities of the UPSUS-SIWAB Program was low, (3) institutional responsibility in the UPSUS-SIWAB Program was high.