Factors Affecting The Adoption Rate Of Beef Cattle Farmers Implementing A Profit-Sharing System In Bone District

Abstract

This study aims to determine the factors that influence the level of adoption of beef cattle farmers who run a profit-sharing system. This research was conducted in Bone District, South Sulawesi Province. The sample size was 164 farmers who adopted the profit-sharing system using probability sampling technique. Data collection methods were conducted through observation and interviews. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression models using simultaneous and partial tests. Independent variables included social capital (trust, cooperation, and norms), financial capital (business capital, farm income, non-farm income and land area), and human capital (formal education, farming experience and counseling). The dependent variable includes the level of adoption of farmers. The results showed that the level of adoption of beef cattle farmers who run the profit-sharing system is in the very low category because farming work is only used as a side job and pays less attention to operational costs so that sometimes the results are less profitable. Therefore, extension activities are needed to educate farmers on how to manage operational costs used during the beef cattle rearing system. Factors that influence the level of adoption are trust, cooperation, norms, business capital, farm income, land area and farming experience.