The Dynamic and Characteristic of Etawah Cross Goat Breeders in Sleman Regency

The experiment was carried out to investigate the dynamic and characteristics of Etawah Cross Goat breeders kept under goup and individual cage system. Twenty four farmers from each system were randomly selected as respondents. The observed variables were goup dynamics (activities in training and extention services, goup meeting attendance, goats trading (buying and selling) activities, technology adoption including utilization of concentrate feeds and recording system) and respondents characteristics (age of respondents, goat keeping experiences, education, the main job, land owned to cultivate gass and 166 forages and the number of goats). Data were analyzed by descriptive method. The result of the research showed that keeping goats under goup cage system is more dynamic rather than keeping goats under individual cage system and characteristics of goat breeders in both systems tend to be homogeneous (JIIPB 2009 Vol 19 No 1: 73-79). Keywords : dynamic, breeder characteristics, etawah cross goat