Muhammad Mukhtar, Lely Ummi Wakhidah, Mohammad Zubair Hippy
The purposes of this study were to analyze the regional advantages in beef cattle development in Gorontalo and beef cattle development strategies in Gorontalo. This study is a quantitative study. Sources of data in this study were secondary data in the form of data from the Central Bureau of Statistic and primary data from distributing questionnaires to parties related to the development of beef cattle. The data analysis techniques used are Location Question (LQ) analysis, LQ Shift Share, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threat) analysis. The result of this study indicate that beef cattle are livestock that have regional advantages (base sector) and are a progressive sector in the development of beef cattle in Gorontalo because they can be a catalytic factor in regional economic development and meeting people’s needs for meat and various sources of protein. Thus it is necessary to add a strategy to the previous strategy (strategy) in the development of beef cattle in Gorontalo. Based on the results of the AHP and SWOT above, it can be seen that the implementation of all process models for the beef cattle development policy strategy is the WO strategy. The level of the role of the actor element on the focus element found that the actor who has the biggest role in the development of beef cattle in increasing the income of livestock farmers is the livestock business actor himself with an interest weight of 0.399. In conclusion, taking into account aspects of supporting strategies, namely improving livestock technology and reporting systems, improving animal disease management and feed quality, facilitating business licensing, and strengthening legal regulations on livestock © 2023 by the authors. Licensee ResearchersLinks Ltd, England, UK
Animal Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Gorontalo State University, Indonesia; Livestock and Animal Health Service of North Gorontalo District, Gorontalo, 96252, Indonesia; Agribusiness Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Gorontalo State University, Gorontalo, 96554, Indonesia
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