Potensi Pengembangan Budi Daya Ternak Kambing di Wilayah Pesisir

Abstract

Sudolar NR.  2020. Potential development of goat farming in coastal areas. In: Herlinda S et al. (Eds.), Prosiding Seminar Nasional Lahan Suboptimal ke-8 Tahun 2020, Palembang  20 Oktober 2020. pp. xx.  Palembang: Penerbit & Percetakan Universitas Sriwijaya (UNSRI).

The increasingly limited availability of land for agricultural cultivation and livestock, encourages us to take advantage of the available land, including marginal land, one of which is coastal land. Although coastal land has various shortcomings, these limitations can be circumvented and used for the development of goat farming. This paper aimed to present the characteristics of coastal land, shortage of coastal land, and the potential crops to be developed to support goat farming in coastal areas. With limited coastal land nutrients, various types of halophytic forages that generally grow on saline land can be found and used as animal feed, ranging from various types of grass from the Poaceae family (subfamily Chloridoideae, tribes Paniceae and Triticeae); various leguminous plants from the Fabaceae family; as well as various flowering plants from the Amaranthaceae family. From various types of forage, gamal, grasses and Leucaenaare the most common forages found in coastal lands. By considering the availability of forage with the number of goats that can be developed, goat farming has the potential to be implemented in coastal areas. Goats are the most adaptable livestock and saline water tolerant up to 0.75% of salt content. Through the development of goat farming in coastal areas, diversification of food sources in coastal areas can be realized, either through protein sources of goat meat or milk if dairy goats are being developed.