Determining the Eligibility of Livestock Assistance using the Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment Method

Abstract

Livestock is a part of the agricultural sector in Indonesia's national development which aims to increase the income and welfare of farmers and ranchers. This is evidenced by the growth rate which is always positive and the contribution which tends to increase, one of which is the Agam Regency Animal Husbandry Service. In providing assistance, the Livestock Service Office of Agam Regency, in providing assistance, livestock assistance is often not on target and the livestock assistance that is given is not properly managed because often groups of farmers or livestock after receiving assistance after being checked again, the livestock that are given are not well cared for. In providing livestock assistance, it is still being carried out by using a manual process, namely the Agam Regency Animal Husbandry Service in providing assistance does not use a special calculation method such as using the scientific method. The implementation of the Decision Support System in this study uses the Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS) method, which is a combination method of the WP method and the SAW method. The WASPAS method is expected to provide better results in assisting the determination of decision support systems. Then the best solution will be made to help make a decision to determine the feasibility of livestock assistance using the Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS) method. The results of this study that get the highest ranking is Breeder 4 with a preference value of 0.84. This research also produces a decision support system that can analyze the right assistance to be given to farmers so that farmers can receive assistance according to the problems they face.