Owen Ega Irfanda, Panjono, Tri Anggraeni Kusumastuti, Adi Tiya Warman
The Indonesian government accelerated the growth of its cattle population through a program named SIKOMANDAN. This study evaluated the performance of Bali cattle and the implementation of the SIKOMANDAN program in Sekadau Regency, West Kalimantan, and formulated strategies for improvement. This research involved 95 Bali cows, 95 farmers, and four inseminators across six distriets. Data were colleeted through surveys, struetured interviews, and observations and analyzed using Customer Satisfaetion Index (CSI), Importance Performance Analysis (IPA), and focus group discussions. The results showed that cattle performance was generally favorable, with satisfaetory outcomes in birth weight, calving ease (71.58%), post partum estrus <81 days), post partum mating (<91 days), service per conception (1.07), and calving interval (11-14 months). However, the conception rate remained low at 27.37%, indicating suboptimal reproduetive efficiency. Farmers and inseminators were within produetive age ranges and possessed adequate educational backgrounds, yet most cattle were raised under extensive systems with limited technological adoption. The CSI revealed that both farmers and inseminators were satisfied with the current services. IPA identified key priority improvements, particularly in pregnancy examinations, service cost standardization, availability of reproduetive medicines, and farmers' reproduetive skills. The proposed strategies included strengthening inseminator technical training, enhancing farmers' reproduetive management skills, adopting digital communication media, and developing a millennial farmer program supported by veterinary authorities. In conclusion, although the SIKOMANDAN program showed positive performance indicators, improving artificial insemination success remains essential to accelerate Bali cattle population growth and enhance program effeetiveness. Copyright: 2026 by the authors. Licensee ResearchersLinks Ltd, England, UK. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl. Fauna No. 3 Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia; Food Security, Agriculture, and Fisheries Office, Sekadau Regency, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia; Faculty of Food Security, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Kampus Unesa 3, Jl. Prof. Dr. Moestopo No.4 Surabaya, 60131, Indonesia
