Livestock Forage Resources in Manokwari Lowland Valley; A Case Study of West Papua’ Abundancy, Richness, and Potential
Livestock Forage Resources in Manokwari Lowland Valley; A Case Study of West Papua’ Abundancy, Richness, and Potential
Deny Anjelus Iyai1*, Ambo Ako2, Sitti Nurani Siradjuddin2, Budiman Nohong2
ABSTRACT
Typical areas of oil palm plantations and land-use change are open gates to biodiversity loss. The aim of the research was to find out the types of plants that can be a source of natural food for livestock both inside and outside the oil palm land. The study area was purposively selected from 9 districts (subdistricts) as many as 4 districts (44.44%). Withdrawal of grass clippings is done using a quadrant measuring 1 x 1 m2. Quadrant laying is done diagonally in a land area of 100 m2. Dominance Index, Species abundance using Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index, Similarity index, Species richness). The number of plant families identified was 751 families spread over 4 districts, with 890 species of grass, legume and non-grass/non-legume plants. There were 11 families found in total in the observation plots in each district, namely Compositae, Poaceae, Fabaceae, Rubiaceae, Cyperaceae, Moraceae, Lamiaceae, Melastomataceae, Acantaceae, Peperomiaceae and Verbenaceae. Dominant plant species are in the range of 0.01-0.03, abundance is in the range of 1.65-3.87, evenness is in the range of 0.76-1.67 and species richness is in range of numbers 2.74-4.66. The range of scarcity numbers is in the numbers 1-29 (2.08-60.42%), followed by the adequacy status of animal feed is in the range 144-248 (19.17% -33.02%), while the abundance of animal feed livestock is in the range of 0.00% -66.67%. Cattle and goat feed is more available with a range of 39-84 (16.96% -36.52%). Whereas for pigs it is quite low, which is in the range of 0-3 (0.00% -75.00%).
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