# Motivation of farmers to increase goats production > Rasyid T.G. URL kanonis: https://discover.unhas.ac.id/publications/motivation-of-farmers-to-increase-goats-production Jurnal / Konferensi: Iop Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science Tahun terbit: 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/486/1/012006 ISSN: 17551307 Citations: 3 ## Authors - Rasyid T.G. ## Abstract Abstract Goat is one of the livestock commodities which significantly contributes to the increase in community income. In addition to the economic benefits obtained, goat farming also has its own advantages. Raising goats does not require a large capital. In fact, it only needs a fairly simple maintenance system and goat livestock resistant to disease compared to other livestock commodities such as cattle and broiler farming. This becomes the reason behind many people in Jeneponto Regency are motivated to carry out goat raising efforts to increase the income of their families. This study aims to determine the motivation of farmers raising goats. The sampling was carried out by a simple random sampling technique of 60 farmers in Tamalatea District. Data collection was done through interviews and FGD using the Likert scale on each measured variable; 1 = disagree, 2 = doubt, 3 = agree. It was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that the motivation of farmers raising goats consisted of: (1) economic value; (2) request; and (3) the role of the government is in the agreed category. ## Keywords - Livestock - Simple random sample - Agriculture - Agricultural science - Production (economics) - Likert scale - Government (linguistics) - Descriptive statistics - Business - Scale (ratio) - Agricultural economics - Economics - Geography - Mathematics - Statistics - Environmental health - Biology - Philosophy - Linguistics - Population - Cartography - Macroeconomics - Forestry - Medicine - Archaeology --- Sumber: Discover Unhas — RIMS Universitas Hasanuddin. Saat mengutip, gunakan DOI bila tersedia atau URL kanonis di atas.