(May 16, 2024) Jembrana | Academician of the Faculty of Agriculture, Warmadewa University (FP-Unwar), Ir. Luh Suariani, M.Si, offers innovation of fermentation of barren waste as potential animal feed. According to Luh Suariani, barren waste that has been considered as garbage can be used as nutritious animal feed through a fermentation process. "Barren waste has good nutritional content for animal feed, but it needs to be processed first so that it can be used optimally. "Fermentation of coconut dregs will increase the crude protein content of coconut dregs from 5.78% to 11.84% and reduce crude fiber from 15.47% to 11.23%," said Luh Suariani, who is also the Head of the Animal Husbandry Study Program, FP Unwar when confirmed in Denpasar, Wednesday (15/5/2024). The fermentation process of barren waste involves the addition of microbial starters that can improve the nutritional quality and digestibility for livestock. The fermentation results can be used as an alternative feed that is economical and environmentally friendly. "Utilizing waste as animal feed can reduce the environmental burden caused by waste accumulation, while also providing affordable feed for livestock farmers," added Luh Suariani. This Unwar FP academic hopes that the innovation of waste fermentation can be adopted by the community, especially livestock farmers, to increase their productivity and welfare. In the future, his party will also continue to develop other agricultural waste processing technologies as an effort to support food security and environmental sustainability. She admitted that this innovation has been socialized to the Kusuma Dewi Women Farmers Group (KWT), Segah Hamlet, Asahduren Village, Pekutatan, Jembrana. KWT Kusuma Sari was chosen because this group produces barren waste sustainably, but waste management has not been carried out optimally.
KWT Chairperson Ni Ketut Sadri stated that the innovation offered is very useful because so far the waste from making coconut oil has only been given to their chickens, and it quickly becomes damaged. Through fermentation innovation, the use of coconut pulp waste will be more useful. In addition, by fermenting coconut pulp, it can improve the quality and storage life of coconut pulp as animal feed. Coconut (Cocos nucifera L) is one of the highest yields in Jembrana Regency. Coconut fruit is not only sold as young coconut but also as old coconut or sold after processing. Coconut oil can be processed by wet or dry processes and can be processed traditionally which can produce oil with good quality. One method that can increase the yield and quality of oil is by hydrolyzing its protein so that the oil can be released from lipoprotein bonds.
