Additional income for poor families through native chicken farming (KUB and Sensi) development in Gorontalo Province

Abstract

Abstract Poverty has remained a major governmental concern and in 2019, Indonesia^s poor population was 25.14 million, most of whom lived in rural areas. Consequently, several government programs have been designed to alleviate poverty, such as the development of native chicken farming for poor households which was implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the cash income from native chicken farms on a household scale. The location was Bulontala Village, Bone Bolango Regency where a total of 53 chickens were reared, and this research took place between July to September 2020. Subsequently, analysis results showed that at 70 days of harvest, the mortality rate was 1.88%, while the Sensi and KUB native chickens were estimated to have average body weights of 892 g/bird and 925 g/bird respectively. A total revenue from the sales was calculated to be IDR 2,340,000 with IDR 1,652,375 as incurred cash costs and IDR 687,652 obtained as the resultant earnings of the farmers. The RC ratio of the native chicken farming was 1.42 which was regarded as feasible, and as a result, this business was deemed capable of serving as a source of family income for the community. However, information on the chicken sales market and/or an increase in business scale are needed by the breeders and farmers to enable them to have the potential to realize profits.