Slametans and sheep: savings and small ruminants in semi-subsistence agriculture in Indonesia

• Published in: Indonesian Agricultural Research and Development Journal (Indonesia) Vol. 21; no. 2
• Main Authors: Nerlove, M, Soedjana, T.D. (Pusat Penelitian Peternakan, Bogor (Indonesia))
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: AGRICULTURA DE SUBSISTENCIA; AGRICULTURE DE SUBSISTANCE; AHORROS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COMMERCIALISATION; ELEVAGE; EPARGNE; GANADERIA; INDONESIA; INDONESIE; MARKETING; MERCADEO; OVIN; OVINOS; SAVINGS; SHEEP; SUBSISTENCE FARMING
• ISSN: 0126-2920

In Indonesia, India and throughout Africa and elsewhere in poor rural societies, livestock have frequently been used as a store of value. It is shown that in general small-ruminant husbandry undertaken in part to satisfy the need for a store of value is inefficient compared with production solely for the purpose of generating the maximum discounted net revenue, but that this inefficiency becomes negligible when herd size is constrained by sharply rising costs of holding additional animals such as might arise if the farmer faces a binding labor constraint, and it is argued that this is the case in Indonesia Di Indonesia, India, dan seluruh Afrika serta di tempat lain pada masyarakat miskin pedesaan, ternak seringkali digunakan sebagai sarana penyimpan nilai. Usaha peternakan ruminansia kecil, tidak memberikan hasil yang memuaskan sebagai penyimpan nilai, dibandingkan dengan peternakan produksi yang semata-mata bertujuan mencapai net discounted revenue. Hal ini disebabkan peternakan ruminansia kecil umumnya tidak efisien. Namun, ketidakefisienan menjadi terabaikan ketika ukuran jumlah ternak yang dipelihara menghadapi kendala yaitu peningkatan biaya yang tinggi akibat perubahan jumlah ternak, seperti halnya petani menghadapi kendala tenaga kerja. Fenomena semacam ini diduga terjadi juga di Indonesia