Kemadirian Pakan Berbasis Hijauan Lokal Untuk Kerbau Di Provinsi Banten

Abstract

ABSTRAKHijauan merupakan pakan utama ternak kerbau di peternakan rakyat. Kebutuhan hijauan pakan akan meningkat seiring tuntutan peningkatan populasi kerbau. Kerbau dipelihara secara semi intensif di padang penggembalaan alam, pekarangan dan terintegrasi dengan lahan pertanian. Ketersediaan hijauan untuk kerbau rendah pada musim kemarau. Tujuan penelitian adalah mengukur potensi hijauan pakan dan strateginya untuk kemandirian pakan hijauan bagi kerbau di Provinsi Banten. Penelitian dilaksanakan di padang penggembalaan kerbau (padang alam dan terintegrasi pertanian) yang dikelola oleh peternak rakyat di Kabupaten Lebak dan Serang Provinsi Banten. Parameter yang diukur meliputi: (1) komposisi botani hijauan pakan, (2) kapasitas tampung hijauan pakan, (3) jenis-jenis tanaman pakan di padang penggembalaan kerbau, (4) kualitas produk silase dan hay dari hijauan pakan asal padang penggembalaan kerbau. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa komposisi botani yang bervariasi dengan dominasi vegerasi utama adalah jenis rumput (56,55-95,94%), nilai kapasitas tampung rendah dan bervariasi (0.29 ± 0.17 -0.98 ±0.39 UT/ha). Diperoleh 24 jenis tanaman pakan yang berpotensi sebagai hijauan pakan bagi kerbau. Dihasilkan produk hijauan hasil penyimpanan berupa silase dan hay yang berpotensi sebagai sumber pakan pada musim kemarau. Kata kunci : kemandirian pakan, kerbau, padang penggembalaan, peternakan rakyatABSTRACT Forage is the main feed of buffalo in smallholder farms. The need of forage will increase along to the increased demand of buffalo population. Buffaloes are kept as semi-intensive in natural grassland, house yard and integrated with agricultural land. Forages availability for buffalos are low in the dry season. The aim of this research is to measure the potential forage and the strategy for self-sufficiency of forage for buffalo in Province of Banten. The research was conducted in buffalo pasture (natural and integrated with paddy fields) managed by smallholder farmers in Lebak and Serang Regencies, Banten Province. Parameters measured include: (1) botanical composition of forage, (2) forage carrying capacity, (3) types of feed crops in buffalo pastures, (4) quality of silage and hay products from buffalo pasture. The results showed that botanical composition was varied with predominant vegetation dominance was grasses (56.55-95.94%), low and varied carrying capacity (0.29 ± 0.17 -0.98 ± 0.39 AU/ha), 24 types of forage plant were found which are potential as buffalo feed. Silage and hay from buffalo grassland were potential as feed resources in the dry season.

Botanical Composition and Forage Quality as Swamp Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Feed In Jembrana Regency, Bali Province– Indonesia

“…Research conducted by Prihantoro et al (2018) found that the botanical composition value of buffalo grazing areas varied with the main vegetation dominance being grass species (56.55 -95.94%). Sudarman et al (2019) found that the traditional feeding system applied by farmers for their buffaloes in the form of only rice straw and grass, although given ad libitum, could not increase the body weight of livestock.…”