The role and utilization of feed in supporting UPSUS SIWAB in East Aceh District

Supporting the SIWAB program, especially in East Aceh, requires a guarantee of adequate feed availability, for that, information on aspects of regional potential is needed, so that the location chosen for development efforts is a potential area. The research objective was to determine the potential of natural resources in terms of the availability of forage for the development of ruminant farms. Research and data collection were carried out in East Aceh District in 2017. The method used research analysis is descriptive. The data needed is in the form of potential natural resources seen from the availability of forage. The variables observed included: (1) ruminant livestock population data, (2) food crop production data, (3) livestock groups, (4) the number of livestock officers. The largest population of cattle is in Peudawa Sub district with 17,683 AU (Animal Unit) the production of by-products of food plants is 713.44 tons / year and feed needs of 20,158.25 tons/year. The largest population of buffalo is in Bireun Bayeum Sub district, amounting to 3,062.40 AU, production of food crop by-products worth 904.73 DDM tons / year and feed needs 3,491.14 DDM tons/ year. It was concluded that the insufficient need for by-products of food crops could be surplus in other districts by using the by-products of plantation, horticulture and agro-industrial crops to support the SIWAB program in East Aceh District.