DOI: 10.36347/sjavs.2018.v05i09.004

Pages: 498-503

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to (1) analyze the INKA program and (2) problems related to the program in buffalo livestock groups in Sijunjung District. Primary data collection takes place from November to December 2017 toward 92 farmers who are taken by a census. Analysis of the research used qualitative and quantitative descriptive methods. The results of the study showed an increase of 81 buffaloes, the highest being in the Kubelu Saiyo farmer group, which was 48.84%. While the birth rate in 2016 was the highest in the Kubelu Saiyo farmer group 31.82% and in 2017 the Batu Gadang farmer group reached 44.44%. Mortality rate is 1.43% in 2016 and 0.74% in 2017. In general, the age characteristics of breeders in productive age (95.7%), male (65.22%), with primary school education level (81.52%), and the main job as a farmer (97.83%) with the experience of farming > 10 years (88.04%). Business profile of ranchers has buffaloes as much as 3-4 tail (46.74%) and land area category of 0.5 to 2 ha (82.61%). the problem faced is the character of the given stud is wild and requires time to adapt. Monitoring of the program needs to be improved because mentoring only runs at the beginning of the program. The number of members of the Muaro Sumpur farmer group precisely declined (56.25%). The target to increase the productivity of Buffalo has not been optimal. So the implementation of the INKA program through farmer groups in the Sijunjung District still needs improvement.