Production and Revenue of Pigs to Reduce Poverty and to Support Food Security of Papuan Farmers In Manokwari

Abstract

Pigs are a favorite animal for the Papuan because they are very valuable in social, cultural and economic status of the community. In order to support food security and poverty alleviation for the people of Papua, the relationship among pig production, revenues, poverty reduction and food security were analyzed. The study aimed at determining the factors that influence production and pig revenue to reduce poverty and to support food security of famers in Manokwari . Data were taken from 36 farmers in Manokwari. Pig production, pig revenues, poverty gap and food security were analyzed simultaneously by Two Stage Least Squares regression. The results showed that feeding of pigs (source of protein), land area, and body weight of sows had significant and positive impact on the pig production (CI 95%). Price of rice bran, banana, stall waste, and costs of transportation were negatively significant effect on revenue of pigs. The revenues of pig and farmer education had positive effect on poverty gap (CI 90% and 95%). Farmer education had positively significant effect on food security while kerosene prices had negatively significant effect on food security. However revenue of pigs did not have yet any effect on food security.