AI) Innovation Adoption to Buffalo Livestock Business in Padang Pariaman District, West Sumatra Ediset* and Jaswandi
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Scholars Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences Abbreviated Key Title: Sch J Agric Vet Sci ISSN 2348–8883 (Print) | ISSN 2348–1854 (Online) Journal homepage: https://saspublishers.com/sjavs/ Methods and Approaches of Extension in Artificial Insemination (AI) Innovation Adoption to Buffalo Livestock Business in Padang Pariaman District, West Sumatra Ediset* and Jaswandi Faculty of Animal Science, Andalas University, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia DOI: 10.36347/sjavs.2020.v07i09.002 | Received: 13.09.2020 | Accepted: 21.09.2020 | Published: 30.09.2020 *Corresponding author: Ediset Abstract Original Research Article This research was conducted in Padang Pariaman District, West Sumatra province. The purpose of this research was to know: a) outreach approach in the adoption of artificial insemination (AI) innovations applied to the business of Buffalo Farms in Padang Pariaman, and B) extension methods in the adoption of artificial insemination (AI) Innovations that applied to the business of Buffalo Farms in Padang Pariaman district. The research used a survey method approach and a secondary data analysis approach. Quantitative descriptive data analysis calculated using Likert scales. The results showed that the extension approach that has been implemented well by the extension agents in Padang Pariaman in the adoption of artificial insemination (AI)innovation on the business of Buffalo farming was into persuasive approach extension (persuasion/ Invitations), while on a pervasion approach extension (persuasion/invitation repetition) and compulsion approach extension (indirect compulsion) application was still a medium category, and in the coercion approach extension (Direct compulsion) application was still less category. The extension method carried out by the extension in the adoption of artificial insemination (AI) innovations in the business of Buffalo Farms in Padang Pariaman has not run optimally, where for the individual extension methods were in good category, while Group extension methods and the mass extension methods were in medium category. Keywords: Innovation Adoption, Artificial Insemination, Extension Methods, Extension Approach. Copyright @ 2020: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial use (NonCommercial, or CC-BY-NC) provided the original author and source are credited. NTRODUCTION 10%), length of birth intervals and as well as negative I impression on the Buffalo. The increase of Buffalo cattle population in West Sumatra from year to year has slowed down, and The business condition of the farm as above it can be seen from the population of Buffalo cattle in will because the population number of buffalo slowly 2013 as many as 114,013 buffaloes and in 2014 as increases while the other side of the meat needs many as 118,844 buffaloes [1] Padang Pariaman is the increase with evidence of increasing the number of district of West Sumatra province that most people run slaughtering buffalo cattle annually. The anticipation of the business of Buffalo farming, but even though the the condition is by applying the relevant policies and business of this buffalo-run farm is still a side business programs so that the balance between availability of with 1-5 buffaloes ownership scale. The maintenance buffalo meat with demand for buffalo meat can be system is done in a semi-intensive, where during the maintained, where one of government program that has day Buffalo cattle are grazed then by night Buffalo been applied in Padang Pariaman District to support the cattle are attached near the farmer's house without using development of the Buffalo Farm business is an a cage. extension program [2]. Said that extension aims to change the behavior of breeders, whether it is for The problem of Buffalo farms in this area is technical business, the purpose of business and welfare quite varied among others: the traditional maintenance of its own businesses. The extension process should pattern, reduced grazing land so that buffalo cattle are take into consideration the dimensions of the extension difficult to marry naturally, high stud slaughter that element itself, especially material/message/innovation impact shortage of stud, slaughter productive breeding that will be delivered to the Buffalo breeders as the of females, lack of feed in a certain season, hard to target of extension activities, so that innovations are detect in the silent heat, a high enough calf death (about convey in the extension is relevant to the problem © 2020 Scholars Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences | Published by SAS Publishers, India 210 Ediset & Jaswandi., Sch J Agric Vet Sci, September, 2020; 7(9): 210-214 confronted by the breeder and can answer the problems The results of this study are expected to be that exist in the breeder. beneficial as information or scientific reference for all stakeholders as: The type of innovations that have been 1. Guidance for the extension agents to apply the delivered through the extension activities in Padang appropriate strategy in implementing the Pariaman District are innovations of artificial extension in the future, both for the same type insemination (AI), type of AI innovations have been of innovation as well as different types of applied to Buffalo cattle since 2012 in this area. innovations, whether it is for Padang Pariaman Preliminary survey conducted shows that there are Regency and other areas. several sub-districts in Padang Pariaman district that 2. Evaluation material for government in have applied artificial insemination (AI) in Buffalo measuring the success rate of extension cattle such as V Koto Kampung Dalam Sub District, program. VII Koto Sungai Sarik Sub District, 2x 11 Kayu Tanam 3. Reference for academics, both for research and Sub District, Batang Gasan Sub-district, and Ulakan for additional information in formulating the Tapakis Sub-district, where the number of Buffalo theory of extension strategies relevant to the breeder already implementing the innovations is ± 100 social culture conditions of the target. breeders. MATERIALS AND METHOD The purpose of extension activities will be Research location achieved if in the implementation refers to the approach This study was conducted in 5 sub-districts in and method of relevant extension to the target Padang Pariaman regency of West Sumatera province, conditions of the extension, for that so that the namely in V Koto Kampung Dalam Sub District, VII innovation of AI can be adopted by the Buffalo breeder Koto Sungai Sarik Sub District, 2 x11 Kayu Tanam Sub should be aware of some Approach and extension District, Batang Gasan sub District and Ulakan Tapakis methods that need to be applied by the extension at the Sub-district. 5 (five) of these sub-districts are the places time of submission of material related to the AI's where artificial insemination (AI) innovation has been innovations. implemented. Extension approaches and extension methods Data Collection that are usually used by extension in innovation The data collected on this research were adoption process include persuasive approach primary data and secondary data according to research (invitation), pervasion approach (repetition), needs. The primary Data were derived from the results compulsion approach (Indirect compulsion) and of a live interview with the breeders in the research coercion approach (direct compulsion), while the location and with a thorough interview (In depth extension method applied by extension agents to Interview) related stakeholders who are considered to implement innovation is individual extension method, be aware of the issues studied. Primary Data was used group extension method and mass extension method. to identify the characteristics of buffalo farms, approaches and extension methods in the adoption of Based on the explanation above, the research artificial insemination (AI) innovations. Meanwhile, problem is formulated as follows secondary data was obtained from the literature, BPS, 1. How the extension approaches in the adoption livestock office, District Extension Agency and other of artificial insemination (AI) innovation relevant agencies. applied to the business of Buffalo farm in Padang Pariaman district. Population and Research Samples 2. How the extension method in the adoption of The population of this research was a buffalo artificial insemination (AI) innovation applied breeder who has adopted an artificial insemination (AI) to the business of Buffalo Farms in Padang innovation. Determination of the number of samples Pariaman district. was conducted with the formula Slovin so that the sample obtained as many as 50 breeders, while the Based on the problems that have been formulated, determination of samples using accidental sampling was the research aimed to a sampling technique based on coincidence, which 1. Know the extension approach in the adoption anyone who coincidentally /accidental meet with of artificial insemination (AI) innovation researchers can be used as a sample [3]. applied to the business of Buffalo Farms in Padang Pariaman district. Data Processing and Analysis Methods 2. Know the extension method in the adoption of Research objectives, 1) extension methods, 2) artificial insemination (AI) innovation applied extension approaches, in a quantitative descriptive to the business of Buffalo Farms in Padang analysis, which was calculated using a Likert scale.