Goat livestock etawah (PE) is a result of dairy goat crosses between local goats goat etawah. Breeding goats PE is an effort to improve the genetic quality of dairy goats to develop in Indonesia. Kambing PE also includes dual-purpose type cattle because it can be used to produce meat and milk. PE goat's largest centers in the area Kaligesing, Purworejo, Central Java. According to the Animal Husbandry Department Purworejo (2008), the goat population in Kaligesing PE in 2004 as many as 46,985 tails, in 2005 were 47,018 fish, the year 2006 as many as 47,686 fish in 2007 and as many as 51,461 head. Based on these data can be seen that the goats in Kaligesing PE from 2004 to 2007 has increased, this indicates that the potential of goats in the district Kaligesing PE is very good and can be used as an effort to improve dairy goat farm in Indonesia.
Group is a unit consisting of two or more people who interact with each other and are in the same container with a purpose and same interests. The characteristics of the group itself, among others is to have the same motivation, the attitude of In-Group and Out-Group, a solidarity, a group structure and has a norm group (Huraerah and Purwanto, 2006). The formation of farmer groups is one of the organizing effort at the farmer level to facilitate the development, because the behavior of individuals within the organization would be formed by two characteristics of the individual and organizational characteristics, the existence of this group of farmers can be more easily in the carrying out farming activities are planned in accordance with the purpose of the group available. PE goat farmer in the subdistrict of this Kaligesing many groups forming the cattle business, most of the residents who have formed a group of cattle farmers and ranchers with the aim of the same interests.
Groups in Sub Kaligesing not just a group of ranchers farmers alone, but other farmers 'groups also exist, such as farmers' groups clove, brown sugar, crops, horticulture and mangosteen. Especially for farmers farmer groups in Sub Kaligesing, which most of the farmers group PE goat breeder. PE goat population in the district this Kaligesing most numerous in several villages of Donorejo, Pandanrejo, Tlogoguwo, TAWANGSARI, Purbowono, Kaligono and Kaliharjo, so the farmer farmers in Sub Kaligesing most numerous in these villages.
