A study of integrated cattle-rice farming in rainfed fields in Jambi, Indonesia

Abstract

The objective was to obtain information about the impact of innovation in rice cattle integration on farmers' income in Sarolangun District, Jambi by using technology IPM Paddy. A study was carried out on the utilisation of cattle waste for rice farming in rainfed rice fields in Pematang Kabau at Sarolangun District, Jambi, Indonesia, from October 2017 to February 2018. There were 25 cooperators in the Sumber Rezki farmer group divided into three treatment groups. The first group applied manure and inorganic treatment for rice cultivation and cattle maintenance with the intensive system, the second group applied inorganic treatment for rice cultivation and cattle maintenance with intensive system, and the third cooperator farmers applied no manure and inorganic treatment and cattle maintenance with extensive system. The rice variety namely Inpara 3 and Bali cattle were used in the experiment. Data was analyzed descriptively. The results showed the production of harvested dry unhulled rice in each treatment was 6.56, 4.75 and 3.51 tons/ha, and birth rate of calves was 84.6, 80, and 75% each treatment, respectively. The revenue farming analysis was Rp. 20,552,000, -, Rp. 18,606,250, - and Rp. 14,509,300, - and the RC ratio was 2.03, 1.85 and 1.64, respectively.

Ingrained: Rice farming and the risk of zoonotic spillover, examples from Cambodia

“…Wild and livestock species of small and large ruminants can also serve as pathogen reservoirs for zoonotic emerging infectious diseases [ 48 , 49 ]. Wet conditions in rice fields serve as a medium for the spread of disease-causing bacteria (i.e., Brucella, Dermatophilus congolensis, E. coli, Leptospira interrogans, and Listeria monocytogens ) and protozoal parasites (i.e., Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium ) that are the causative agents of numerous zoonotic diseases that can be transferred from small domestic ruminants to other ruminants and humans [ 50 , 51 ].…”