Proceeding of 2013 International Seminar on Climate Change and Food Security ISCCFS 2013
Palembang, South Sumatra -Indonesia, 24-25 October,2013
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Potency and Intitutional Performance on Integration System of Beef Cattle and Oil Palm SISKA for Increasing the Beff Cattle Population
Sriati
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, Armina Fariani
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, Gatot Muslim
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, Imron Zahri
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, and Elly Rosana
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Faculty of Agriculture, Sriwijaya University
Abstract.
Beef cattle breeding activities, especially Brahman Cross species, on fortified SISKA system showed a positive response for increasing the population, but its socio-economic and institutional aspects has
not yet been studied comprehensively. The objective of this research was 1 to describe the socio-economic conditions, and 2 to analyze the potency and performance of institutions on SISKA development. The
research was conducted by survey method, and simple random sampling, namely 30 samples taken from 350 farmer population member of oil palm planter. Data was collected on July-August 2013. It was processed
and analyzed by tabulation and descriptive analysis. The results showed that 1 socio-economic condition of farmers at the region of SISKA development were potential for developing the SISKA program, 2
institutional performance of cooperative institutions namely Koperasi Permata was stated on high catagory and 3 institutional performance of farmer groups was stated on medium category, 4 farmers have positive
perceptions to SISKA program.
Keywords:
institutional performance, SISKA, cooperative, farmer groups, perceptions
1. Background
Governments efforts to address the needs of the national meat, was through Program of Self-Sufficiency Beef PSDS which was began at 2005, 2010 until to 2014. At the same time Crop Livestock Integration
Systems SITT=Sistem Integrasi Tanaman Ternak has been started at various area of Indonesia. It was one of the forming of implementation the concept of Integration System Beef Cattle and Oil Palm
SISKA=Sistem Integrasi Sapi dan Kelapa Sawit. The main concept is based on placement beef cattle in oil palm cultivation, without reducing the activity and productivity of oil palm cultivation, but it was expected to
increase the productivity of both oil palm and beef cattle.
Beef cattle breeding activities of the nations foremost Brahman Cross species that apply on fortified SISKA system in PT Andira Agro at Banyuasin district showed a positive response, especially on
increasing the population, but the institutional and socio-economic aspects is still need to be studied more comprehensively. Study of the institutional aspects was aimed to develope an institutional system based
agribusiness centers of production of beef cattle and collect a good data base. Therefore, it is important to conduct the studies on the potency and performance of institutional Integration System of Beef Cattle and
Oil Palm SISKA. The objective of this research are 1 to describe the socio-economic condition of the community and 2 to analyze the potency and performance of institutions for supporting the SISKA
program.
2. Literature Review
There are some basic concepts should be considered to answer the problem related the objective of research, namely socio-economic conditions of society, the concept of institution and institutional
performance. Institution is a set of norms and behavior has been going on for a long time, endure from time to time to meet the collective needs and are used to achieve a common need
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. The term of institution, it was consisted of institutional aspects and organizational aspects . The institutional aspects was focused
on the behavior with core basis on values, norms, and rules behind it, while the organizational aspects was intended on the roles and structure
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. Institutional was different with organization. Institutional is the rules of the game, while the organization is their interpreneurs are the player .This opinion is reinforced by
statement that institutions determine social organization
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Proceeding of 2013 International Seminar on Climate Change and Food Security ISCCFS 2013
Palembang, South Sumatra -Indonesia, 24-25 October,2013
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under the condition of social, economic, resource and familiarity to improve and develop members
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. Institutional farmers farmer groups has a function as a place of learning, a vehicle of cooperation, provider
of tools and supporting unit production, unit production, processing and marketing units and supporting servises services
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. The performance of an institutional system is the result of a complex process in a system of interaction. Institutional performance is determined by the pattern of interactions, that in the sistem was
contained the action situation variable and the actors variable
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. Institutional analysis is help to identify the constarins within organizations that can undermine policy implementation.The contrains may exist at the
level of internal proceses , relationship concerns among organizatiom eg between ministries or be a product that the way the system is organized reporting hierarchies or operates the financial year is not
folowed in practis and accaunt are not closed‖. Institutional analysis was studied the formal institutional as well as power of soft instrumentation on many levels, such regulations and power structure at various level
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. Institution that related to Integration System of Beef Cattle and Oil Palm is the institution of farmer
groups and cooperative. Institutional performance could be measured from two aspects, namely organization management and administrative management. Organisation Management of cooperative
consisted of the establishment of the structure, the presence of members at the meeting, and the duty participation of tasks. While aspects of administrative management consisted of the meeting intensity, the
existence of the principal books, supporting book, work plans, and facilities owned. Similarly, for the farmer groups performance, aspects of organizational management are working distribution, members task
agreement, and the idea contribution for solving the problems . By knowing the potency and performance of institutions in the Integration Systems of Beef Cattle and Oil Palm, as well as faced the problems, it is
expected to formulate a strategy to empowering the farmers through SISKA program for improving the national beef cattle population.
3. Method
