Strategy of Beef Cattle Development Based on Agricultural by Product in Kuningan District, West Java

Abstract

Development of beef cattle in Kuningan District based on agricultural by product will be created with an appropriate strategy. The aim of research wasto identify potential of agricultural by product as feed to formulate strategies of beef cattle development in Kuningan District.The research was conducted in three sub-districts namely Cilimus, Japara and Cigugur based on the largest beef cattle population from data on local government of Kuningan District. There were two types of data consist of primary data and secondary data. Primary data was obtained from interview with respondents and data from laboratory analysis. Interview conducted with 30 farmer respondents as much as 10 farmers each district by using a questionnaire guide. The data nutrient composition of agricultural by product obtained from laboratory analysis. Those were the most three types of by product widely used by farmers. It taken each three replicates retrieval. Secondary data obtained from local government of Kuningan District, Department of Food Crops and Central Statistics Agency (BPS). The result showed that Kuningan District can be increase number of beef cattle 21 194 AU based on rice straw as roughages resources and 364 AUusing other agricultural by product such as sweat potatoes straw and peanuts hay. Agribusinesssystem could be done in Kuningan District only for sub-systemon-farm without processing animal products.