Potential production and utilization of agricultural and food industry wastes as animal feed in Manokwari Regency

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to know the potential of agricultural waste production and its benefits as animals feed in Manokwari. Data was collected from oil palm and rice areas, 2 traditional markets and 3 food industries in Manokwari Regency. The data collected consisted of data on the daily potential of each waste, the nutritional content of each waste and its benefits as a determinant component of the cost of pig and goat feeds. The results showed that the three most commonly found agricultural wastes were rice straw, oil palm frond, and rice bran with production of 104,876.71, 42,147.95, 11586.60 kg/day, respectively, while food industry waste, namely tofu pulp, fish waste and banana peel with production of 2400, 1000, 127.50 kg/day respectively. The crude protein content of agricultural waste varied from 2.2-15.8%, while food industry waste varied from 0.97 to 31.2%. The use of agricultural and the food industry wastes as a grower period pig feed provided the margin profit per kg of live weight was IDR 39,618.83, while the grower kacang goat was 4,127.53. Based on this study it was concluded that agricultural and food industry wastes were potentially economically as pigs and goats feeds in Manokwari.