Knowledge and Technology Transfer

on Livestock Farming for Sustainable

Palm Oil Plantation

by Ali Agus

FACULTY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA

YOGYAKARTA

Asia Sustainable Local Resource Management Workshop, Fukuoka, March 6, 2012

INTRODUCTION

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Indonesia is the world

biggest palm oil producing

country (>8 million ha)

Province of Riau is the

largest area of plantation

Palm oil plantation has

been criticizing for not

environmentally farming

system => global warming

Highly dependent on the

chemical fertilizer that

may in long term harmful

to the environment

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More friendly farming system to support

sustainable palm oil plantation, while

reducing the cost of production, would

be the challenge in the future !

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INTRODUCTION OF LIVESTOCK FARMING

UNDER PALM TREES WOULD BE ONE OF

THE SOLUTIONS

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LIVESTOCK GRAZING UNDER PALM TREES

Farmers generally use herbicide to kill or clean the grass

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CATTLE CAN BE USED FOR

WORK/TRANSPORT

KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ON

LIVESTOCK FARMING FOR SUSTAINABLE PALM

OIL PLANTATION WAS DONE IN ‘KUD TUNAS

MUDA’ DAYUN-SIAK-RIAU SUMATERA

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1. Liquid Organic Fertilizer (LOF)

2. Feed technology based on palm

trees by products (leaf and palm

kernel cake)

3. Biogas development

4. Livestock management

INTRODUCTION OF APPLIED

TECHOLOGY : EASY - CHEAP

METHODS :

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TRAINING – STUDY TOUR - DIRECT COACHING REGULARLY

30 farmers member of KUD ‘Tunas Muda ‘ were trained & Study tour to UGM

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PALM’s LEAF

AS LIVESTOCK FEED

FEED TECHNOLOGY BASED ON

PALM TREES BY PRODUCTS

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MOLASES

MULTI MICROBES

LIQUID ORGANIC FERTILIZER (LOF)

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COLLECTION OF URINE / LIQUIID MANURE

PREPARATION AND FERMENTATION

OF LIQUID ORGANIC FERTILIZER

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Famer produce LOF 750 – 3000 liter / month

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BIOGAS DEVELOPMENT :

Energy for electricity, cooking and chopper

RESULTS & CONCLUSION :

After 2 years of training and direct coaching :

- 19 Farmers (63%) adopted the LOF technology

based on cattle manure

- Beef cattle population increased two times (from

200 to 400 head)

- Production cost (chemical fertilizer) reduce 50-

60% after replaced by LOF

- Farmers get additional income 55.000-170.000

yen/month

- Palm oil trees productivities improved

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CONCLUSION Introduction of Livestock farming under

palm oil plantation offer significant benefit

either economically or environmentally

for the future sustainable farming system

including forest and agro forestry

management

However, knowledge and technology

transfer through direct and regularly

coaching to the farmers will be one of the

key success of technology adoption rate

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

1. Financial support from the PTPN V Riau for

running the project was highly appreciated

2. Sustainable Community Based resource

Management and International Cooperation

Project (SCBRM Project, Laboratory of

Forest Policy, Kyushu university, Fukuoka

Japan

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