Potensi Pengembangan Usaha Ternak Jangkrik di Kelurahan Rangkapanjaya Baru, Kecamatan Pancoran Mas, Kota Depok

Abstract

Cricket’s farming have potency to be developed as a profitable business. The potency is seen from biological aspects, potency of resources and environmental and also business potency. From the biological point of view, cricket was very efficient, with short live cycle (±70 days) and high egg production (100-250 eggs/cycle). Farmer harvested crickets 6 time every year. Egg’s production of cricket as much as 100-250 eggs with 20% mortality rate. The main component for cricket breeding are breed stock and feed. Breed stock was obtained from breeder and the environment. The parent stock were obtained from the environment has good body resistence. Feed, especially vegetable were obtained from the surrounding environment around the house. Papaya and cassava tree can be found easily in Kelurahan Rangkapanjaya Baru. The cricket’s farming was well accepted by the community. The existence of cricket’s farming can reduce the unemployment in Kelurahan Rangkapanjaya Baru and cricket’s farming doesn’t has any negative impact to the environment. Business potency from cricket’s farming can be seen from the farmer’s income and market potency. The income of farmers received from cricket’s farming were Rp.9.837.705 per year and the economic of scale is 58 box. The biggest cost spent for labor cost as much as 61,09% from total cost. Cricket’s revenue is much to Rp.33.738.435 per year. R/C ratio of cricket’s farming were 1,41. Market potency seen by the trend of cricket’s demand used time series analysis. The result of forecasting of cricket’s demand using equation: Y = 397.646,41 + 15.749,49X – 820,27X2 + 22,04X3 showing cricket’s demand had tendency to increase in the future.