Potential Development of Cattle Business in Farming System in Lima Puluh Kota, West Sumatera

Abstract

The increasing demand for livestock product recently needs proper development of livestock business, included cattle business, that has big contribution toward meat commodity. This research was aimed to: 1) analyze the support from natural and human resources for developing cattle business, and 2) analyze the development program for cattle business. The method used in this research were survey and observation, this research was divided into 2 stages, those were 1) identification and analytical of potential development cattle business, and 2) analysis of development program for cattle business. The result of this research showed that community cattle business in Lima Puluh Kota can intensively manage seedling cultivation. It can be found that some areas were known as cattle business basis, like Luak, Lareh Sago Halaban, Situjuah Limo Nagari, and Bukit Barisan district. Lima Puluh Kota still accommodate about 25.481,19 AU, spread in 3 areas, those were Pangkalan Koto Baru, Lareh Sago Halaban, and Luak districts. Evaluation showed that program executed in Situjuah district was better than those in Luak and Lareh Sago Halaban district. Keywords: Area potential, Development of cattle business, Lima Puluh Kota, West Sumatera