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Small-scale cattle raising in East Java, Indonesia: a pathway out of poverty? / Priyanti, Atien; Cramb, Rob ; Hanifah, Vyta W ; Mahendri, I G A P   Article
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Summary/Abstract Despite its small area and intensively cropped landscape, East Java accounts for 30% of Indonesia's cattle population. About two million households draw on family labour to raise cattle in backyard sheds and small enclosures, largely for cash income. In this paper, we examine the opportunity for such small-scale producers to benefit from Indonesia's economic transformation, given the rising urban demand for beef. The paper reports on a study in two contrasting sites in East Java – irrigated lowlands and rainfed uplands – to explore the constraints facing small-scale cattle producers in these environments, the means by which they have adapted to these constraints (especially by going beyond the farm household to access feed supplies) and possible means to enhance their production systems and incomes. The findings suggest that such cattle production systems can provide a viable source of livelihood, even for resource-poor households; hence, appropriately adapted cattle improvement programmes are a sensible component of a pro-poor development strategy.
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