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Majority of dairy farmers in Indonesia are small-scale. These farmers face challenges of land scarcity, limited farmer education, low dairy cow productivity and profitability, and low milk quality. Over 80 % of total dairy cattle in Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY) Province are in Mt. Merapi valley area. The volcanic eruption in 2010 damaged dairy farms mostly caused by hot smoky ash clouds and flowing lava. Death of cows resulted in reduced milk production in the region. Dairy farmers’ groups in this area played an important role in the disaster recovery processes. Before the disaster, dairy farmers’ groups had relationship with only cooperatives. After Mt. Merapi disaster in 2010, the dairy farmers’ groups joined Merapi Mandiri Gabungan Kelompok Tani (GAPOKTAN), which has the leverage to facilitate government assistance to farmers. GAPOKTANs were established to help solve smallholder farmers’ challenges in farm management including lack of access to government services, financial problems, difficult on milk marketing, unavailability of far inputs, and lack of access to knowledge and technology. GAPOKTANs play an important role in improving smallholder dairy farming management in a sustainable way. Through GAPOKTANs, government financial assistance was channeled to members of farmers’ groups which are affiliated to GAPOKTANs which helped immensely farmers’ recovery from Mt. Merapi disaster.
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Muzayyanah, M.A.U., Syahlani, S.P., Suranindyah, Y., Haryadi, F.T. (2014). Post Mount Merapi Eruption Recovery of Smallholder Dairy Farming: A Case Study of Disaster Management in Indonesia. In: Maharjan, K. (eds) Communities and Livelihood Strategies in Developing Countries. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54774-7_9
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