Dissertation Submitted in Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree “Doktor Der Agrarwissenschaften” (Dr.Sc.Agr./Ph.D
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UNIVERSITÄT HOHENHEIM Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics Section of Animal Breeding and Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics Prof. Dr. Anne Valle Zárate Sustainability analysis of beef production with Bali cattle in smallholder farms on Ceram Island, Indonesia Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree “Doktor der Agrarwissenschaften” (Dr.sc.agr./Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences) to the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences presented by Faradilla Attamimi born in Ambon, Indonesia Stuttgart-Hohenheim, January 2011 This thesis was accepted as a doctoral dissertation in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree “Doktor der Agrarwissenschaften” by the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Hohenheim on (date): January 26, 2011 Date of oral examination: February 28, 2011 Examination Committee Supervisor and Reviewer Prof. Dr. Anne Valle Zárate Prof. Dr. Michael Grashorn Co-Reviewer Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Piepho Additional Examiner Prof. Dr. Regina Birner Dr. Pera Herold Vice-Dean and Head of the Committee Prof. Dr. Andreas Fangmeier i Acknowledgements First of all, I would like to appreciate my heartfelt acknowledgements to my main supervisor, Prof. Dr. Anne Valle Zárate, who supported me even when I was not known to her and assisted in the entire arrangement and the execution of the study. Special mention is made to her overwhelming assistance in facilitating my family to join me in Germany. I am grateful to Prof. H.-P.Piepho for being my co-supervisor during my study period in the University of Hohenheim. His advises and suggestions in the statistical analysis, especially in providing information on applying cluster analysis and general linear model for cattle performance and forage analyses was helpful. My sincere gratitude is extended to my mentor, Dr. Marianna Siegmund-Schultze for her guidance from the first time I approached the Institute in 2003 to the end of my thesis completion. She assisted me from the time I prepared my PhD proposal, getting the scholarship until the first time I came to Germany, and entered the door of the Institute. Thank you for being my friend, my mentor, and my family in Germany. Many thanks to all farmers and key persons on Ceram, who participated in the study and shared the information with me. Many thanks were also addressed to the lecturers and students of Pattimura University for joining my team to conduct the research on Ceram. My gratitude is extended to the following persons from within and outside the Institute of Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics: Dr. Pera Herold for her guidance especially in the first days I entered the Institute, Dr. Regina Rößler, Dr. André Markemann, Dominique Keller (who provided me invaluable information and helped me in administration works), Margit Mayr (for the opportunity to share the office in the first days of my arrival, and helping me to search for some documents in the library), Sigrid Seitz (for helping me registering in the Rathaus once I arrived in Stuttgart), Dr. Getahun Legesse (for sharing invaluable information and suggestions for my research and study), Dr. Thomas Rewe, Dr. Le Thi Thanh Huyen (for sharing some invaluable information and especially for being my friend), Evans Ilatsia (for being my “private mentor” in statistics), Kebede Amenu Ejeta (for being my room-mate who accepted noise from my visitors and helping me in editing the thesis), Bianca Haußner, the Al Baqain family, Sarah Schneider and Thanammal for editing my language. Special gratitude to Sjakkelien van Lier and Stevan for providing me support and Hetty Londo for being my family in Europe. Special thanks to Ratna CP Armanugraha for ii her suggestions, information and guidance, especially for getting research funds. Many thanks go to my Indonesian collegues at the University of Hohenheim and all members of Ngaji Stuttgart for being my family here in Germany. The study could not have been done without the financial support from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) which provided me a scholarship to undertake the study and the Father and Son Eiselen Foundation Ulm which provided me funds to undertake the research in Indonesia. I would also like to thank The Department of Agriculture, Maluku Province for all the support and for allowing me to study in Germany. I thank my parents for all the encouragement they have given me throughout the time it has taken to complete this research project. I thank my beloved husband, Agus Pambudi who has sacrificed his career and works to accompany me through these tough days. And last but not least, I thank my beloved son Fayyadhansyah Gibraltar Pambudi for understanding my absence. iii Table of contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................................................................. II TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................................................IV LIST OF TABLES ..............................................................................................................................VI LIST OF FIGURES .........................................................................................................................VIII LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.............................................................................................................IX 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1 2 LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................... 4 2.1 SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION ............................................................................ 4 2.1.1 Definition of sustainability ................................................................................................ 4 2.1.2 Sustainable livestock production systems.......................................................................... 6 2.1.3 Assessment of sustainable livestock production ................................................................ 7 2.2 BEEF PRODUCTION WITH BALI CATTLE IN INDONESIA .................................................... 11 2.2.1 Breed description and population dynamics ................................................................... 11 2.2.2 Production systems.......................................................................................................... 15 2.2.3 Performance of Bali cattle............................................................................................... 18 2.3 SMALLHOLDER FARMING SYSTEMS ON CERAM ISLAND , INDONESIA .............................. 21 2.3.1 Feed Resources................................................................................................................ 21 2.3.2 Population and socio-economic conditions..................................................................... 22 3 MATERIALS AND METHODS.................................................................................. 32 3.1 STUDY AREA .................................................................................................................... 32 3.2 SELECTION OF DISTRICTS, VILLAGES , FARMERS , CATTLE AND KEY PERSONS ................. 34 3.2.1 Selection of villages......................................................................................................... 35 3.2.2 Selection of households (farmers and cattle)................................................................... 36 3.2.3 Selection of key persons................................................................................................... 37 3.3 DATA COLLECTION .......................................................................................................... 38 3.4 DATA ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................. 51 3.4.1 Characterisation of the production systems .................................................................... 51 3.4.2 Cattle performance analysis............................................................................................ 55 3.4.3 Forage analysis ............................................................................................................... 57 3.4.4 Sustainability Indicator selection .................................................................................... 60 3.4.5 Estimation of the farms’ sustainability............................................................................ 61 iv 4 RESULTS....................................................................................................................... 64 4.1 CURRENT BALI CATTLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS ON CERAM ISLAND , INDONESIA ........... 64 4.1.1 Characterisation and socio-economic analysis of Bali cattle farms in different crop- livestock production systems ........................................................................................... 64 4.1.2 Performance of Bali cattle............................................................................................... 77 4.1.3 Forage availability and quality ....................................................................................... 84 4.2 ESTIMATION OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS ’ SUSTAINABILITY ............................................. 87 4.2.1 Sustainability indicator selection ...................................................................................