Carrying Capacity of Human Resources in Increasing Livestock Productivity in Wagir District, Malang Regency, East Java in the Development of Sheep and Goat Center
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-670-3_18How to use a DOI?
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- Livestock; Human resources; Sheep and goat farming; breeders; Carrying capacity of human resources
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Sheep and goat farming is one of the leading livestock products in Malang Regency. This goat and sheep farming business is a livestock business carried out by breeders in 12 villages in Wagir District, Malang Regency as the main supporters of initiating a goat and sheep center. The development of sheep and goat centre is one of the activities in the Program of Development of Regional Competitive Products. Human resources, namely farmers, are one of the determinants of the success of a farm. Therefore, it is necessary to know the carrying capacity of human resources, especially livestock breeders in Wagir District, in order to support the realization of a goat and sheep center. The purposes of this article were to discuss the potencies and constraints of human resources, and to find out a strategy to improving goat and sheep farming human resources in Wagir District, Malang Regency in developing a sheep and goat center. A participatory approach with the concept of learning in the community was applied in exploring potencies, problems and solutions in developing a sheep and goat center by involving key figures from Wagir District. Meanwhile, the method applied in this program is a participatory community empowerment method by adopting Dharmotharan’s 7D model. Wagir District is worthy of being developed into a center for goats and sheep in Malang with the potential of its human resources. One of the strategies for developing the Malang goat and sheep center in Wagir District is through optimizing human resources.
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TY - CONF AU - Enike Dwi Kusumawati AU - Akhmad Zaini AU - Endi Sarwoko AU - Ali Mahmud AU - Kinta Ramayanti AU - Estri Pamungkasih AU - Rahmadina Fitria Ristanti AU - Iftita Yustitia Arini AU - Dimas Pratidina Puriastuti Hadiani AU - Diva Cahyo Pradana AU - Muchammad Fachthurrohman AU - Haydar Wafiq Nugke PY - 2025 DA - 2025/04/18 TI - Carrying Capacity of Human Resources in Increasing Livestock Productivity in Wagir District, Malang Regency, East Java in the Development of Sheep and Goat Center BT - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Animal Industry (ICESAI 2024) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 169 EP - 183 SN - 2468-5747 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-670-3_18 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-670-3_18 ID - Kusumawati2025 ER -