Empowerment and increasing the scale of beef cattle in Bonto Manai Village Bisappu District Bantaeng Regency

his study aims to determine the mechanism of empowerment, increase the scale of cattle beef and factors that influence increase the scale in Bonto Manai Village Bissappu District, Bantaeng Regency. This research used descriptive method and data collection by observation and interview. The results show the empowerment mechanism carried out is divided into 4 stages, namely motivation, providing assistance, conducting guidance, and evaluation. The increase the scale of beef cattle scale in 2008 was 47 heads, in 2009 there were 39 heads, in 2010 there were 48 heads, in 2011 there were 102 heads, in 2012 there were 121 heads, in 2013 there were 138 heads, in 2014 there were 150 heads in 2015 there were 130 heads, in 2016 there were 105 heads, in 2017 there were 116 heads and in 2018 there were 120 heads. Four factors that influence increase the scale are namely group institutions, member skills, abundant availability of food, and livestock insurance