Open AccessSocial and economic analysis of food crops and beef cattle sub systems in the dry land area of Kupang Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
Author(s) -
Maximilian M. J. Kapa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/287/1/012039
Subject(s) - agricultural science , agriculture , crop , sustainability , productivity , geography , beef cattle , agricultural economics , land area , business , economics , forestry , environmental science , economic growth , ecology , biology , archaeology
This study aims to analyze the system properties of food crop and beef cattle sub-systems in dry land area. The properties analyses are divided into two factors, namely the social and economic factors of both sub-systems. The study was conducted in Pakubaun Village in East Amarasi Sub District and Pukdale Village in East Kupang Sub District, Kupang Regency. The method applied was a survey method and the data was analyzed by using 5 (five) agro-ecosystem properties. Results of the research were the economic properties namely productivity of both subsystems were low to moderate, while, the stability of rice farming was low and the stability of the beef cattle enterprise was high. The sustainability of the two subsystems was high. Based on the social properties analysis, it was found that the equitability of food crops sub-system was low; on the contrary, the equitability of the beef cattle sub-system was high. From autonomy point of view, the results of this study indicated that the autonomy in both sub-systems was high. Based on agro-ecosystems properties, in general, the performance of both sub-systems was low, out of five properties only two properties described the high conditions.