Aplication of Hybrid Method for Superior cattle selection using Decision Support System

Abstract

Merauke is one of seventeen districts selected for strengthening beef cattle breeding activities to provide livestock germs, especially for local livestock, through domestic procurement. The sustainability of domestic beef production supplies must be supported by the availability of quality beef breeds. Superior beef cattle are one of the determining factors and have a strategic value in the effort to develop beef cattle. Criteria for evaluating the quality of cattle breeds, including body size or morphology, health and defects in livestock, are in accordance with Indonesian national standards for good beef cattle breeding guidelines. Selection of cattle breeds is done by the traditional breeders community only by visually paying attention to the size of cattle. This study aims to develop decision support tools for farmers in selecting prospective high-quality beef cattle, to analyze the criteria data for cattle using a combination of two methods; AHP and SMART, that alternative solutions can be obtained that will be recommended to farmers. The local beef cattle of Merauke that are used as research samples are PO cattle, system provides information on bull superior which farmers can use as supporting information in making decisions.