Working Time Family Allocation in
Livestock and Its Impact of
Household Incomes
ABSTRACT
Livestock is one
source of rural household incomes. This objective
of this paper is to investigate working time family allocation in the
livestock and its impact of household incomes. The research was conducted at Watumbaka
village, district of Pandawai, East
Sumba, in NTT Province in 2005, passing survey of 50 farmer’s respondent. Data
analysis conducted descriptively qualitative and quantitative with non
parametric statistic using Spearman rank correlations. The result of the research
shows: (1) Most farmers (80 %) in dry farming have livestock effort like owned or
sharing holder, covering 2 - 3 head of cattle, 2 - 3 head of goat, 3 head of
pig, and 3 - 4 head of chicken per household respectively; (2) The working time
allocation is depend on livestock
preservation work type covering grassed, shepherd, cleaning cage, feed giving, curing,
bathing, breeding and selling livestock; (3) Working family allocation range of
0.5 - 4 hour for man; 0.1 – 3.3 hour for woman and for children about 0.1 - 4
hour per day. The higher time allocation was grassing and the lower was feed
giving; (4) Livestock contribution of the household incomes approximately 3.3
%, statistically it doesn’t relation about household income and time
allocation. To more increase of livestock contribution, intensive and
continuously construction are needed.
Key
words: Livestock,
Preservation, Working time allocation, Income, East Sumba
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