Support for animal feed innovation technology in the North Sulawesi border area

Abstract

One of the visions of the Nawacita Program proclaimed by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr Jokowi, is to build Indonesia from the periphery by strengthening the regions and villages in the NKRI region and the developing of border areas. Each border area has the potential of diverse agricultural and cultural resources, but so far, most of the potential resources have not been managed well or even underutilized. The potential of livestock, land, feed and human resources is available enough to support the development of farms in the border areas. Livestock activities in general in border areas can contribute economically to farmer households. The current problem is that livestock productivity in this region is relatively low. This is due to several things, namely where farmers in raising livestock still use traditional cultivation systems and the use and mastery of technological innovations that are still very limited, especially in the provision of animal feed sources, as a production area of plantation crops and food that produces a lot of untapped side waste. Through several touches of technological innovation, side waste can be processed into a quality source of feed, so it is expected to increase livestock productivity and welfare of farmers in the border region of North Sulawesi.

The Utilization of Coconut Coir as Supplementary Feed for Beef Cattle Production

“…Utilizing agricultural, plantation and industrial waste is one of the efforts that increase productivity and reduce the price of animal feed. Coconut coir contains 3.13% protein (Kairupan et al, 2021) and can be used as a mixture of ruminant animal feed as a source of fiber (Muzaki et al, 2020). It is a natural fiber often used to manufacture household products; hence, it can be converted into animal feed with the suitable fermentation method that will reduce the cost in the livestock business (Shamim et al, 2016).…”