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Sustainability Strategy for the Beef Cattle Manure Waste Management Program in Kediri City, Indonesia

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of respondents in beef cattle waste processing and to formulate strategies for sustainable beef cattle waste processing. Data collection was conducted from February to April 2025. The study was specifically carried out in Kediri City, Indonesia with a total sample of 80 respondents. The main variables observed in this study were: characteristic respondent (X1) motivation (X2), perception (X3), role of stakeholders (X4), participation (Y1), and sustainability (Y2). This research study employed a descriptive survey method. Based on a survey of 80 respondents, the majority of beef cattle farmers in Kediri City exhibit the following characteristics: 85% are male, and 92.5% fall within the productive age category (17–59 years. Most respondents (58.75%) have a senior high school education. Additionally, 63.75% work primarily as farmers or livestock breeder. The study’s findings reveal that the sustainability of the waste management program is strongly influenced by three key variables. The motivation-based strategy (X2) focuses on self-esteem needs (X2.4) as the dominant factor and includes symbolic rewards, formal recognition, storytelling of successful farmers, and involvement in community forums to strengthen intrinsic motivation and pride. The perception-based strategy (X3) emphasizes affective perception (X3.2), with initiatives such as visual and audio-visual education tools and participatory workshops rooted in local knowledge, aiming to cultivate positive emotions and environmental responsibility. Although stakeholder contribution (X4) is statistically significant, it has a negative influence, indicating a need to revise top-down approaches. The proposed strategy includes strengthening participatory methods, improving program transparency, building synergy among government, private sectors, and farmer groups, and recognizing local wisdom and grassroots initiatives. Finally, the participation-based strategy (Y1) identifies evaluation (Y1.4) as the dominant indicator, promoting sustainability through Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) and continuous training.

Indonesian Wedding Organizer’s Ecosystem Business Mapping

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Business growth in the wedding industry has begun to grow and spread in Indonesia, seen from the variety of types of this industry, one of which is wedding organizer (WO). WO is an organizer with many networks involved in its business ecosystem. It can’t stand alone without relations and interactions with its stakeholders (vendors) such as wedding decor, catering, entertainment, make-up artist, and others. In this research, a conducive network model in the industry can be optimized by mapping the WO business ecosystem to expand and create a complete and sustainable business. The method used is qualitative, with data collection through interviews, observations, and literature studies. James F. Moore’s business ecosystem will be used in data analysis as a mapping reference for WO business network model. The results found that several networks were classified into three scopes of the business ecosystem. It considers the relationship of each stakeholder to the WO and vice versa. The relationship between stakeholders resulted in two-way and one-way relationships and activities. It was also found that stakeholders may decrease or increase over time the development of creativity, technology, references, and processions that will be carried out at the wedding. For relationships with the highest interaction urgency, they can continue to occupy their permanent positions in the WO business ecosystem. The form of the WO business ecosystem as a whole cannot be determined by a single model and will continue to evolve according to the procession.