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Research Results
Objectives
Project objectives were to study the
process of dissemination and the adoption of
small ruminant production packages, to assess
the role of small ruminants in plantation systems
and to upgrade the capacity to conduct
farming systems research.
Project Progress and Achievements
Village Women's Groups Engaged in Small
Ruminant Production
The focus of this project was to devise
technology packages and dissemination strategies
in order to improve small ruminant production
among women producers. Women play an
important role in Indonesian small ruminant
production. Devising methods to disseminate
small ruminant technology to them will be an
important element of an overall development
strategy. The approach undertaken was to
organize women's groups, or to utilize existing
groups, to serve as vehicles for transmitting
information. An evaluation of changes in small
ruminant production management strategies
would follow. Data was collected and analysis
was begun. Further analysis was thought
necessary and it is expected that a report will be
published 1990-91.
Extension Seminar
This project was not undertaken due to
new responsibilities of the RIAP collaborating
scientist.
Evaluation of SR-CRSP Input in Cerebon
One of the earliest sites for SR-CRSP onfarm
research was in Cerebon, West Java. Early
in the history of the program a significant
program of data collection, coupled with farmers'
meetings and technology dissemination was
undertaken. Most activities ceased about 1985
and as yet no evaluation of the long-term effects
of those early efforts has been done. Data for
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evaluation was collected, but before analysis
could be undertaken the collaborating scientists
were assigned other duties which forced a
suspension of activities.
Gender Gap Study
This study continues a series of studies
which have sought to clarify sex role differentiation
with regard to small ruminant production.
Such knowledge is critical if appropriate technologies
and strategies for disseminating these
technologies are to be developed. In the case of
this study a modified survey approach which
combined in-depth interviews, questionnaires,
and scalogram analysis was undertaken. An
analysis was begun after the data was collected;
however, further analysis is necessary and it is
expected that a report will be published in 1990­
91.
Dissemination of SR Technology to Non-OPP
Farmers
This study was not undertaken due to
time constraints of investigators.
Peasant Household Production in Plantation
Areas: A Case Study of North Sumatra
At the time that the preliminary 1989-90
workplans were developed (Fall, 1988) this
study was not discussed. It was undertaken by
Sri Wening for her M.S. thesis research and
actually approved in the 1990-91 plan of work.
The study sought to begin to build a data base to
support the SR-CRSP effort in North Sumatra.
Specifically, it sought to study the dynamics of
farm size, off-farm income, household resources,
and livestock production. Knowledge of how
these are interconnected will be critical in order
to anticipate the consequences of the sheepunder-rubber
technology package being developed.
Data for the study were collected in the
summer of 1990. Preliminary analysis showed
nearly no relationship between farm size and
family income due to the large number of small
farmers who worked off-farm (e.g., on rubber
plantations). A majority of all farm size groups