Influence of Physical and Social Factors of Livestock on Duck Farmers’ Income and Regional Development: A Case of Rokan Hulu Regency, Riau Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract: Livestock sector plays an important role for regional economy. Physical and social planning is one strategy to spur economic growth, so it must be well planned. The aims for this research were: 1) to study physical and social planning of duck farmers’ income; 2) to study development planning. The location of the research was determined purposively because the district was the center of duck farming in Riau. Sampling of 180 farmers was taken using Purposive Sampling. Physical factors consist of population and livestock production while livestock social factors consist of unemployment rate, population of poor people and Human Development Index (HDI). The positive influence of physical and social planning of livestock on the income of duck farmers and regional development was analyzed using path analisys. Based on the results of path analysis, 1. the planning of Human Development Index (HDI), population of poor people, unemployment rate, livestock production and total of duck population have a positive effect on the income of duck farmer 2. Farmer duck income, HDI, population of poor people, unemployment rate, duck production and rate of duck populations have a positive effect on the development of the area in Rokan Hulu. Based on the results of the research, it is recommended that the Rokan Hulu government makes efforts to empower duck farmers in order to increase duck farmer income, to improve the HDI, to reduce population of poor people and unemployed rate, to increase productivity of duck livestock, to absorb labor in the field of duck farming as one indicator of regional development and to make efforts to provide business capital for people's livestock in duck farming. Index Terms: physical and social planning, income of duck farmers, duck production, HDI.