Information access among chicken and cattle farmers in Gunung Kidul Yogyakarta and Ngada East Nusa Tenggara

Abstract

The current study aims to identify level of knowledge and sources of knowledge needed by chicken and cattle farmer to promote innovativeness and possible dissemination channels of knowledge. It is expected that results of the study give a better portrait of chicken and cattle farming and could be useful inputs for policies formulation. Based on data from 149 farmers in two districts (Gunungkidul and Ngada) and interviews with key players, we find that knowledge on marketing, feed management, healthcare and reproduction are determinant of innovativeness. Capital is still an unsolved classic problem and hence it is found that knowledge on capital has no significant contribution to innovativeness. Friends/group and extention workers are considered as the most important source of knowledge, while only limited farmers who utilize media as source of relevant knowledge.