Study of the Implementation of Good Dairy Farming Practice (GDFP) for Dairy Goat Farms in Banyumas Regency, Central Java Yusuf Subagyo*, Hermawan Setyo Widodo, Afduha Nurus Samsi, Merryafinola Ifani, Annistia Rahmadian Ulfah, dan Rizak Tiara Yusan
animal science fakulty, jenderal soedirman university
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the implementation of Good Dairy Farming Practices (GDFP) for smallholder dairy goat farms in Banyumas district. GDFP is a standard guideline for producing good quality milk and an efficient production system. Respondents for this research were breeders of Ettawah Peranakan (PE) goats at the PE Goat Development Center in Banyumas district, namely Gumelar sub-district. Samples were taken from all groups of breeders in four (4) villages or groups in the sub-district, 10 farmers each, namely: Pegumas, Bondo Mertani, Satoguno, and Tunas Mukti. Data collection was carried out based on structured interviews and observations of 40 farmers, on the six most important aspects of GDFP, namely: A) seed and reproduction, B) feed and drinking water management, C) processing, D) cages and equipment, E) livestock health, and F) livestock welfare. Each aspect has 5 - 9 questions and the score is 1 - 4. The results of the study produce the average aspect scores as follows: A is 2.18 - 3.18, B is 2.56 - 2.86, C is 1.86 - 2.41, D is 2.45 - 2.95, E is 2.43 - 3.03, and F is 3.08 - 3.60. The mean value of all GDFP aspects of smallholder dairy goat farming in Banyumas district is 2.80 with a range of 2.17 - 3.57. It can be concluded that the GDFP of people^s dairy goat farms in Banyumas district is quite good.
Keywords: GDFP, Milk quality, Production system, People^s Dairy Goats
