The Integration Model of Sweet Potato-Pigs in the Papua Highlands Alberth Soplanit, Siska Tirajoh, Batsyeba Tiro, Ghalih Dominanto and Merlin K Rumbarar
Assessment Institute for Agricultural of Papua
Abstract
As an effort to increase food security, it is necessary to have a local specific technology assembled model based on sweet potato as an effort to diversify non-rice food. One model that can be used is the sweet potato-pigs integration system (hipere wam). The aim of this study is to produce a specific location model of sweet potato-pigs integration technology in the sweet potato development center area. The results of the study showed that sweet potato production during the four months of the assessment with the wet tuber weight for Musan cultivar was 0.90 kg / plant or 21.67 t/ha and Cangkuang cultivar was 1.06 kg/plant or 25.47 t/ha, respectively. Biomassproduction was 0.84 kg /plant or 20.24 t/ha for Musan cultivar and 0.76 kg/plant or 18.31 t/ha for Cangkuang cultivar, respectively. The increase in body weight of introduced pigs was 157 gr/pig/day, compared to the farmer^s pattern of 50 gr/pig/day. Based on the calculation of the level of consumption of pigs during the assessment, it shows that the average feed requirement from sweet potato is 1.5 kg /pig/ day or 180 kg /pig/ 4 months or 2.880 kg /16 pigs /4 months. The calculation of organic fertilizer from wet livestock manure for four months of maintenance is 625 kg or 39.1 kg/ pig or 0.32 kg /pig/day. If it is assumed that the 0.20 hectare land contains 5.333 plants, the contribution of organic fertilizer from pig manure to sweet potato plants is 0.12 kg or 120 g/plant/4 months.
Keywords: Sweet potato-pigs, Integration, local technology specific
Topic: Adapting Agricultural Production to Covid-19
