Academic Research International Vol. 5(3) May 2014 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2014 SAVAP International ISSN: 2223-9944, eISSN: 2223-9553 www.savap.org.pk 174 www.journals.savap.org.pk Household Budget and Calorie Consume of Livestock Products: Evidence from Indonesia M. A. U. Muzayyanah 1 , S. Nurtini 2 , S. P. Syahlani 3 Department of Socio-Economics, Gadjah Mada University, INDONESIA. 1 m_anggriani_um@ugm.ac.id, 2 nurtini@ugm.ac.id, 3 suci.syahlani@ugm.ac.id ABSTRACT This study intends to capture the household budget of livestock products consumption and its calorie consume in six provinces of Java Island in Indonesia. An empirical analysis is made by employing simple Engel model and the descriptive analysis. The result suggested that both household in urban and rural area spent their income for meat higher than that of egg and milk. In other words, as income increase consumption of meat responds much faster than consumption on egg and milk. The calories consume from meat, egg and milk consumption are still low, under government’s recommendation. Keywords: Household budget, calorie consume, livestock products INTRODUCTION Livestock product is important animal protein source for Indonesian consumers. Even the average consumption of protein in Indonesia above of the amount of recommendation but consumption on animal protein still low. Overall, animal protein still 21.56 percent from the total recommendation of protein consumption. High proportion of consumption of food is rice (49.61 percent). The low consumption of animal protein in Indonesia due to high price of animal protein compare with that of vegetable protein. In other words, purchasing power is the main factors of animal protein consumption (see Martianto, 1995; Hermanto et al., 1996; dan Erwidodo et al., 1998). However, the average of meat, egg and milk consumption of Indonesian people is relatively low as compared with that of other countries like Malaysia, Philippine, and Thailand. Annual per capita consumption of meat is relatively low as compare with that of Malaysia (36.7 kg/cap/year), Thailand (13.5 kg/cap/year) and Philippine (7.5 kg/cap/year). Consumption of milk reached 8 liter/cap/year still lower than that of Malaysia (25 liter) and India (45 liter). The highest rate of consumption in livestock products is egg compare with Malaysia (14.4 kg/cap/year) and Thailand (9.9 kg/cap/year). Livestock products such as meat and dairy products have higher responsiveness than do cereals (Chernichovsky and Meesook, 1985; Hutasuhut et al, 2002; Ariningsih, 2004, Warr, 2005; Bond et al, 2007). Hence, the share of expenditure allocated to livestock product food groups increases faster than the share for other food groups when consumer’s income rises (see Seale et al, 2003). As follow Bennet`s law that as incomes rise the share of `starchy staple` in diet decline (Bennet, 1941). There is positive relationship between level of income and the consumption of livestock products, with the consumption of meat, milk and eggs increasing at the expense of staple foods (WHO). Animal protein food is more elastic to the change of income that that of vegetable protein such as soybean curd and soybean cake.