FACTORS INFLUENCING THE LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN SMALLHOLDER DAIRY FARMS (CASE STUDY IN KEDIRI REGENCY, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA) Eko Nugroho, Zia Ul Rahman Fithron, and Khusnul Fajriyah
Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Brawijaya
Abstract
The majority of small-scale dairy industry in South-east Asia depends on farmers using their own family labour in operating their dairy activities. As dairy farming is a highly labour intensive production activity, its success is substantially challenged by smallholder farmers^ labour productivity. Our objective is to assess the factors affecting labour productivity in small-scale dairy farms in East Java, Indonesia. We collected 100 surveys from dairy farmers in Kediri regency from November to December 2023. Using ordinary least squares regression model, we examined factors affecting the labour productivity. Our findings suggest that labour productivity increases with increased level of education. Age, family size, number of cattle owned by a household, and non-farm employment correlated negatively with labour productivity. Increasing farmers^ knowledge and skills about good dairy farming practices is needed to improve the labour productivity, for instance, through intensive extension service.
Keywords: dairy production, family labour, good dairy farming practices, small-scale dairy farming
Topic: Socio-Economic Studies and Community Development
