We certify that there is no conflict of interest with any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organization related to the material discussed in the manuscript. Thank you for submitting the manuscript, "The regional analysis of beef farm development in Semarang Regency" to Tropical Animal Science Journal (formerly Media Peternakan). The author puts a lot of discussion in the results section, while the discussion is shorter than the results.
3 The author did not mention, discuss and conclude the sustainability aspect, while the purpose of the study is to determine the priority areas for the development of beef cattle farms in Semarang Regency based on the concept of sustainability. I have added and clarified the concept of sustainability for beef farming in the methods section. In the research results, precisely in the first section related to leading raw material, an interpretation of LQ and SS values has been explained, which can be useful for the regional analysis of the development of beef cattle farms in Semarang Regency.
In the material and method section, the suitability value of the ecological environment of the beef cattle farm has been added. I have reviewed the journal publication for the past 10 years and it is compliant with the guidelines (>80%).
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One of the reasons for the low production and productivity of beef cattle in Indonesia is that information on the allocation of livestock development areas is not yet clear. This study aimed to determine the priority areas for the development of beef cattle farm in Semarang Regency based on the concept of sustainability. Comprehensive planning for the development of beef cattle farm is directed in three sub-districts, namely: Bringin, Bancak and Banyubiru.
The results of the analysis showed that the three sub-districts were base areas for beef cattle (LQ>1), had farm growth (positive SS) and had a secure status in terms of forage availability (>2). Other results showed that the carrying capacity for beef cattle farms in Bringin sub-district was 15,829 AU, Bancak 8,457 AU and Banyubiru 6,315 AU. The land area suitable for beef farming from the three priority sub-districts was 5,760.141 ha.
It can be concluded that the development of beef cattle farm in Semarang Regency is focused on three priority sub-districts, namely: Bringin, Bancak and Banyubiru. The results of this study can be an input for local governments to determine the direction and pattern of beef farm development to be more sustainable. Beef consumption in developing countries such as Indonesia tends to increase every year (Thornton, 2010; Agus & . Widi, 2018), but the population of beef cattle in some regions is actually decreasing due to the complexity of technical and non-technical problems (Paly et al., 2013; Ariningsih, 2014; Nuhung, 2015).
Many factors causing this gap, including the domestic production of beef cattle is still low because information on the allocation of livestock development areas is not yet clear. The number of available beef cattle could not meet the high meat consumption of people. The consumption of beef in 2020 is estimated to reach 3.36 kg per capita per year, but beef.
Indeed, beef imports are relatively larger compared to the other types of meat imports and contribute 21.44% to the total livestock import value while the livestock import value is 18.29%. The development of beef cattle farms in potential areas is an effort to strengthen meat production in the country, so implementation should be done with a comprehensive assessment. Semarang regency is a region of Central Java province that has the potential to develop beef cattle farms as it has natural resources in the form of land as a place for livestock farming and fodder production.
The Regional Analysis of Beef Cattle Farm Development in Semarang Regency
The development of beef cattle farms in Semarang Regency must adopt the concept of sustainability. This study aims to determine the priority areas for the development of beef cattle farms in Semarang Regency. The research sample for assessing the suitable ecological environment for beef cattle farms in Semarang Regency was 19 points distributed over the entire sub-district area (Table 5).
The last step was to create a “suitability map of the ecological environment of beef cattle”. The results of the LQ and SS analysis calculations for beef cattle products in Semarang Regency are shown in Table 3. The development of beef cattle farms in Semarang Regency is given priority in the sub-districts with LQ>1 and SS (+) values.
Therefore, these two sub-districts are not recommended for the development of beef cattle farms. Sub-district areas with carrying capacity index value >2 (safe) mean that the areas can be recommended for the development of beef cattle farms. The suitability of the ecological environment map for beef cattle farms in Semarang Regency is shown in Figure 1.
The measurement results of environmental factors affecting the growth of beef cattle in Semarang District in 2018. The extent of ecology suitability of beef farms from the three priority sub-districts is shown in Table 6. Accordingly, the three sub-districts prioritized the development of beef farms in Semarang District .
Extent of suitability of ecological environment map of beef farms in Bancak, Banyubiru and Bringin sub-districts. The beef cattle production systems often found in Semarang Regency is an intensive production system. Planning for the development of beef cattle farming with intensive production systems in Semarang Regency.
The development of beef farms in the priority sub-districts is expected to increase livestock production and productivity. The regional development of beef cattle based on physical and fodder suitability in Cianjur Regency.
