Potential of Agricultural By-Product as Ruminant Feed in North Aceh District

Abstract

North Aceh District is one of the districts that produces ruminants and has great potential in the agricultural sector which will produce by-product so that it can be used as animal feed. The study was conducted from January to December 2018 in North Aceh district, Aceh Goverment. This study is a descriptive study. From the results of the study, it was found that the potential of agricultural by-product that could be used as feed was 5.145 rice (DDM / ton), peanuts 3.508, green beans 1.249, corn 261.530, cassava 146.332, soybean 145.420 and sweet potato 15. 077 (DDM / ton). Almost sub-districts have the potential for by-product from rice plants except for the Nisamsubdistrict. Baktiya Subdistrict is the largest producer of by-product from cassava, rice and sweet potato plants with a percentage of 12.43. The second place was followed by Sawang sub-district with potential by product from soybeans, cassava, corn, rice, and peanuts with a percentage of 9.23 and in third place was Tanah Jambo Aye sub-district with potential by-product from peanuts, cassava, soybeans, corn, sweet potatoes and rice. the percentage of 6.59 and finally the Geureudong Pase sub-district with the potential of cassava, peanuts, green beans, rice and corn with a percentage of 0.86. It can be concluded that with the increasing population of ruminants, it will require alternative feed obtained from agricultural byproduct which has potential in all sub-districts of North Aceh District.