Abstract:
Identification of potential livestock commodities is expected to see the differences in potential livestock resource
in each districts in Tarakan City. The purpose of this study was to determine the distribution of (featured) base
commodities in each subdistricts and determine the availability of food from livestock in Tarakan City.
The Survey method was used in this study. The sampling technique is done by deliberately (purposive sampling)
with certain considerations. The Analysis used in this study are descriptive analysis. Furthermore, to determine the
potential of livestock commodities in each district in Tarakan City done with Location Quotient (Lg) analysis and
Coefficient of Specialization (~)
From the analysis of economic's base diversity, food commodity from livestock which has potential to develop in
Tarakan City are; (I) Egg-laying hens, with the highest LQ value (5,21) in North Tarakan subdistrict. (2) Goat, with
Lg value 3,49 in Middle Tarakan Subdistrict, (3) Buffalo, with LQ value 2,88 in North Tarakan Subdistrict, and (4)
Duck, with LQ value 2,35 in Middle Tarakan subdistrict. While based on the coefficient of specialization, the area of
food production from livestock approaching area specialization with the value of =0,93 is West Tarakan subdistrict
with free-range chicken commodities.
Analysis of the potential of livestock commodities for each of subdistricts where the results are a potential
livestock and specialization of livestock area are the efforts to increase the success of livestock farming in order to
guarantee the availability of food from livestock in Tarakan City
