System Integration of Paddy-Cattle in Wetland Areas of Merauke Regency Papua
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2018-06-23
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International journal of Agriculture Innovation and Research
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Abstract – Aside from being a rice development area,
Merauke Regency is also a center for beef cattle
development. The more intensive the use of land for
agriculture, the dependence of livestock feed supply from
agricultural byproducts/waste will be greater Commodity of
rice and beef cattle is very potential to be developed in
Merauke Regency, because in addition to producing main
products (rice and meat) also produce side products (straw,
bran, manure). The cattle system integration system of
paddy-cattle is one of the alternatives in increasing the
production of rice, meat, milk, and increasing farmers'
income. This study aims to evaluate the utilization of
fermented straw fodder for beef cattle and the utilization of
compost from livestock for the growth of rice crops. The
results of the study indicate that paddy-cattle integration can
increase farmer income by 68.42% with 1 ha and 11 cattle
planting area. The integration of livestock system of paddycattle
gives benefits to farmers, because : 1). Agricultural
waste (rice straw and rice bran) is available and can be
utilized as a source of quality feed through the fermentation
process to reduce feed costs, and 2). Waste of livestock that
has not been utilized optimally can be utilized as organic
fertilizer to improve soil fertility and also as a source of
income.
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Research Subject Categories::A Agriculture/Pertanian::A50 Agricultural research/Penelitian Pertanian