Study of Goat Breeders in the Development of Rural Goat Center Cultivation Areas inthe Ampelgading Sub-District, Malang Regency of Indonesia

Abstract

Goats are livestock that have a high tolerance for a variety of forages and have good adaptability to various environmental conditions. The development of goats has good prospects because besides meeting the domestic demand for meat, goats and sheep also have opportunities as export commodities. For this reason, goat breed is one of the determining factors of production and has strategic value in efforts to develop it in asustainable manner. Goat breeding is currently still based on smallholder farms which are characterized by small business scale, simple management, use of makeshift technology, non-concentrated locations and have not implemented agribusiness systems and efforts.Based on the problems above, the research problem can be formulated as follows: How is the social behavior of goat breeders indeveloping rural goat center cultivation areasin Apelgading District, Malang Regency? and What factors are behind the social behavior of goat breeders in developing rural goat farming centers in Ampelgading Sub-District, Malang Regency? The theory used in this study is the theory of social behavior and social interaction theory. And there are several concepts, namely the entrepreneur concept, the breeder concept, and the cultivation concept. This study used qualitative methods using descriptive qualitative in Ampelgading Sub-District, Malang Regency. The research was conducted by interviewing PE (Goat hybrid etawa) goat breeders to find out more about the social behavior of PE (Goat hybrid etawa) goat breeders which can increase the quantity of their livestock. Qualitative research is very important to be able to reveal what reasons are hidden behind various aspects of behavior.Strauss and Corbin (1990) state that qualitative methods can be used to uncover and understand whatever is hidden behind the phenomena that occur. This method can also provide complex details ofphenomena that are too complex to be explained using quantitative methods. The use of qualitative research is based on the consideration that this study is a study of the behavior of breeders related to the attitudes, actions and decisions taken indeveloping their livestock for their life needs as a support for the family economy. In this study, 17 findings and 7 minor propositions were produced so the major propositions could be formulated as follows. Protecting, and developing genetic heritage in raising livestock stimulates and reasons critically to continue to raise livestock traditionally and use animal husbandry technology so that the local government determines it as a place for the cultivation of goat livestock.