This research is a research on the South Bandung Animal Husbandry Cooperative (KPBS), which is a cooperative consisting of dairy farmers located in Pangalengan District, Bandung Regency, West Java Province. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of forage feed costs, labor costs, capital and selling prices on the economic value of dairy farming cooperatives and the economic value of sustainable dairy farming cooperatives in the long term. This research is a causal study that is analyzing the effect of forage costs, labor costs, capital and selling prices on the economic value of sustainable dairy farming cooperatives using path analysis method. The population group is dairy farmers who are members of a dairy farming cooperative in West Java Province, namely in Bandung Regency. The sample of this research was carried out at the South Bandung Livestock Cooperative KPBS Pangalengan, Pangalengan District, Bandung Regency, West Java Province. The data used are primary data and secondary data from the cooperative and will be analyzed using the multiple regression analysis method and using the E-Views program. The results of data processing show that partially forage costs, capital and selling prices have a positive and significant effect on the economic value of cooperatives. Labor costs have a negative but not significant effect on the economic value of cooperatives. Taken together, the cost of forage, labor costs, capital and selling prices significantly affect the economic value of cooperatives. So overall, KBPS still gets economic value from the dairy farming business activities. Thus the sustainability of the dairy farming business continues to run well. In the long term, it is hoped that this livestock business will provide a better economic contribution for dairy farmers and the surrounding community.
Oleh :
Nico Lukito
