Kuntoro Boga Andri
East Java Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology,
Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development
Jl. Raya Karangploso Km 4, P.O. Box 188 Malang, 65101 , Indonesia
ABSTRACT
This research attempts to analyze the characteristic of Indonesian`s dairy cooperative and its performance. The study revealed that, all dairy cooperatives sampled facilitates and gives opportunities to farmers to carry on their small business unit and to improve. They attempt to develop the smallholding dairy farms into economically successful enterprises. It was found that the source of the increasing of cooperative`s capital and the total milk produced in this study is neither farmer`s productivity larger nor cooperative operational unit working efficiently, other than due to the influence of increasing the number of farmer and the dairy cattle. Theoretically, the success of the increasing of capital for the productive investment will afford an upcoming advantageous for the members in the form of better supports and services. However, this study has not yet found a significant correlation between the success in performance of the cooperative and the improvement of farmer`s dairy enterprises.
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How to cite this article
Kuntoro Boga Andri, 2006. Analysis on Characteristics of Three Dairy Cooperatives Sampled in East Java. Journal of Applied Sciences, 6: 757-761.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.757.761
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2006.757.761
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.757.761
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2006.757.761
REFERENCES
- Andri, K.B. and Y. Shiratake, 2005. Empirical study of contract farming system conducted by dairy cooperatives in East Java, Indonesia. Rev. Agric. Econ., 55: 73-84.
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