Feeding Effect of Different Levels of Agricultural and Food Waste on Growth Performance and Economics in Pig Production

Abstract

This study was undertaken with the objectives to determine the feeding effect of different levels of agricultural and food waste on growth performance and cost effectiveness in pig production. This study was conducted at Manokwari regency, West PapuaProvince, Indonesia. The agricultural and food industry by-products used were collected from two traditional markets, five restaurants and 15 small-scale food industries. All materials used as ration were proximally analyzed to determine their nutritional values. Average daily gain (ADG), feed consumption and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were taken to determine the pigs’ performance. Feed cost using local market prices was estimated in knowing the ability of agricultural waste product and food industry to substitute commercial feed. Tabulation was used to analyse the data. The result of this research indicates that the usage of agricultural and food industries’ wastes as the alternative components of pigs’ feed to substitute the commercial ones does not reduce the pigs’ performance and production. Among three rations that use agricultural and food industry wastes, ration with the combination of 25% waste and 75% commercial feed had the best FCR. On the other hand, a mixture of 75% waste and 25% commercial feed is the most economic one, and able to reduce the cost of feeding up to 35.86%.