Indonesian

Abstract

Lainawa J, Santa NM, Pandey J, Bagau B. 2015. Utilization of local resource as industrial raw materials and alternative poultry feed to improve organic quail farm’s revenue in Sonder, District of Minahasa. Pros Sem Nas Masy Biodiv Indon 1 (2): 383-387. A limited supply of feed, in addition to baby chicks, is on of main problems in quail poultry. More than 80% of the total cost is spent on feed expenditure. Furthermore, farmers are suffering from the highly fluctuating price of the feed which is mostly supplied by big companies. It is, therefore, necessary to develop a new alternative of feed for quail farms from local resources. The purpose of research is to determine the type and amount of feed compositions required accordingly by the quails. Local resources were used, thus reducing the feeding cost, which consequently would increase the revenues. Furthermore, this might also open business opportunity in poultry feed industry. This research was conducted using trial and error method, by categorizing some local feed resources, then analyzing the composition of the feed. This study has obtained feed ingredients and composition which are suitable for quail farms. The feed is composed of corn flour, fine bran, coconut meat, and fish meal. In conclusion, the use of local feed resources in appropriate composition can increase revenue by 34.56%, thus the local resources can be used as raw materials for quail farm feed.