Livestock Etawa Kambing Will Become A Mainstay Banyuwangi Tourism Product

Banyuwangi Regent Ipuk Fiestiandani milks etawa goats. (ANTARA)

BANYUWANGI - Banyuwangi Regent Ipuk Fiestiandani said that the etawa-type goat farm area on the slopes of Mount Raung can also be packaged into educational tours regarding etawa goat milk. "Currently it has become a trend of educational tourism in plantations and livestock. This can be an educational tourism by offering a milk-reducation and education related to tawa milk. Thus, farmers will be more empowered," said Ipuk as quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, February 26. According to him, the etawa-type goat farm area located in Jambewangi Village, Sempu District, was able to produce 2,000 liters of tawa milk. Therefore, said Ipuk, the potential for etawa goat milk must be utilized, one of which is by selling tawa milk processing, so that production can be packaged from upstream to downstream, in addition to the livestock area, it can also be packaged into educational tourism. "Although it is said that it has only been pioneered but the potential for etawa goat milk production is very large. This could be a populant economy that can be imitated by other villages," he said.Etawa type of goat farming in Jambewangi Village, this is managed by the Joint Business Group (KUB) Panji Makmur which was founded in 2018, and this effort combines 15 prolific goat breeders on the slopes of Mount Raung.Chair of the Joint Business Group Panji Makmur Banyuwangi, Hanif said that there are about 100 productive dairy goats in Jambewangi, with an average goat milk production of about 2,000 liters per week.

"If the goat population continues to laugh more than 100 tails, and the productive ones are about 100 milks. Every day for the pure etawa produces 1 liter of milk, while the crossbreeding can be up to 2 liters per day," said Hanif. He added that the productive period of dairy goats begins when goats are 2 years old with a dairy period of more than 1 year. After the goat has passed its productive period, goat meat can be used for consumption or stock of sacrificial animals.