PERANAN WANITA TANI-TERNAK DALAM MENUNJANG PEREKONOMIAN NASIONA

Peranan kaum wanita Indonesia cukup besar andilnya dalam pembangunan ekonomi Bangsa terutama dalam bidang Peternakan mulai dari hulu ke hilir. Banyak studi yang menunjukkan bahwa tingginya peran wanita dalam usaha tani-ternak. Di beberapa negara di Asia Tenggara; seperti; Thailand, Philipina dan Malaysia wanita memberikan kontribusi sekitar 1/3 (sepertiga) dari total tenaga kerja yang bekerja di sektor pertanian dalam arti luas termasuk sektor peternakan.Bahkan, di Indonesia, Srilangka dan India Selatan lebih dari setengahnya adalah tenaga kerja wanita. Peran wanita tidak hanya dalam rumah tangga tetapi juga dalam kegiatan usaha tani-ternak seperti on farm (budidaya padi, pemeliharaan ternak) maupun dalam kegiatan off farm (pengolahan lahan, penyediaan pakan ternak, pemasaran produk, dsb.) serta non farm (mengantar anak, mengangkat barang, dsb.). Di negara maju seperti Jepang pada umumnya kaum wanita bekerja karena factor Status dan gerakan ekonomi maju.\ud Industri Peternakan di Indonesia cukup berkembang pesat terutama dalam bidang perunggasan mulai dari hulu ke hilir, begitu juga komoditi sapi potong, sapi perah, babi, kambing dan domba, itik, ayam buras, dan wallet. Hal ini semua membutuhkan tenaga-tenaga kerja dari kaum wanita. Rata-rata persentase alokasi waktu wanita tani ternak 3,2 jam per hari.\ud The role of Indonesian women is sizable their part in the Nation's economic development, especially in the field of Animal Husbandry from upstream to downstream. Many studies show that the high role of women in livestock - farming business. In some countries in Southeast Asia; such as Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia women contribute about 1/3 (one third) of the labor total working in the agricultural sector in addition including livestock sector. Even, in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and South India more than half of the labor is female. The role of women is not only in household but also in livestock- farming activities such as on-farm (rice cultivation, cattle raising) as well as in off farm activities (land processing, provision of animal feed, product marketing, etc.) And nonfarm (taking a child, lifting, etc.). In developed countries such as Japan in general, women work because of economic status factors and forward economic movement.\ud Livestock industry in Indonesia is growing rapidly, especially in the field of poultry from upstream to downstream, as well as the beef cattle commodity, dairy cattle, pigs, goats and sheep, ducks, free-range chicken, and wallet. All of them requires working personnel of the women. The percentage average of time allocation of women farmer- livestock 3.2 hours in a day