The Faculty of Animal Science (Fapet) Universitas Gadjah Mada introduced the modern livestock as a biological industry full of high technology. The event which was held in the framework of Lustrum X Faculty of Animal Science UGM was attended by high school, vocational and new students from the 2019 class of Fapet.
The activity, which lasted for three days, August 26-28, 2019, was filled with a profile video screening of the Faculty of Animal Science UGM which was guided by Ir. Ahmad Romadhoni Suryaputra, S.Pt, M.Sc, Ph.D, IPM (Secretary of the UGM Faculty of Animal Science Study Program) and giving material on Animal Husbandry and National Sovereignty by Muhsin Al Anas, S.Pt (Lustrum X Committee). UGM Faculty of Animal Husbandry lecturers who also spoke at this event were Dr. Ir. Endy Triannanto, S.Pt., M.Eng., IPM and Dr. Ir. Siti Andarwati, S.Pt., MP., IPM.
The event lasted from 26 to 28 August 2019. It involved a profile video screening of the Faculty of Animal Science UGM guided by Ir. Ahmad Romadhoni Suryaputra, S.Pt, M.Sc, Ph.D, IPM (Secretary of the UGM Faculty of Animal Science Study Program) and a presentation on Animal Science and National Sovereignty by Muhsin Al Anas, S.Pt (Lustrum X Committee). UGM Faculty of Animal Science lecturers who also spoke at this event were Dr. Ir. Endy Triannanto, S.Pt., M.Eng., IPM and Dr. Ir. Siti Andarwati, S.Pt., MP., IPM.
Regarding this event, Ahmad Romadhoni said that animal science is a biological industry that is run using biotechnology engineering. From an engineering point of view, livestock is a biological machine that produces high-quality food in the form of meat, eggs and milk from raw materials such as grain and forage feed.
He explained that the complete structure of the livestock industry includes the upstream industry such as the nursery industry, the feed industry, the veterinary medicine industry, and the equipment industry. Meanwhile, the downstream of the poultry industry includes the processing and distribution of livestock products.
“So, studying at the Faculty of Animal Science UGM is not only about studying in the room and taking care of livestock in the pen. Students also learn about nutrition and animal feed, livestock production, livestock breeding and reproduction, animal product processing technology and animal science socio-economics,” he said at the Faculty of Animal Science UGM, Friday (30/8).
Muhsin Al Anas said that today’s livestock is no longer stereotyped as rickety stalls, skinny cows and old farmers. Livestock is currently a modern industry that produces animal protein needed by the community.
This need, according to him, always increases from year to year, in line with population growth and economic growth which is reflected in the increase in the socio-economic income of the community. The demand for milk in Indonesia reaches 3.8 million tons of fresh milk, while domestic fresh milk production is only able to produce 700 thousand tons.
“Most of the needs must be imported. This shows how much money is circulating in this industry. Put the price of 1 liter of fresh milk at 5 thousand rupiahs, then 3.8 million tons of fresh milk is equivalent to 19 trillion, not to mention if this is calculated using the price of processed milk, of course the figure is much higher,” said Muhsin.
Not to mention national beef consumption which is recorded at 12 kg per capita because to meet this need every year around 3.5 – 4 million cattle must be slaughtered.
“In fact, cattle population in the country is only 14 million – 16 million. So without additional supply from outside, we could run out of cattle in 4 years,” said Muhsin.
In the field of animal science, Indonesia is now facing increasingly tough challenges because fewer and fewer young people are willing to become farmers and breeders.
“In fact, the livestock industry has actually followed the industrial era 4.0, even the Industry 5.0 initiated by Japan. We don’t need to control cages, we just need to arrange it through gadgets,” he explained.
Therefore, the Faculty of Animal Science UGM and the Faculty of Engineering UGM continue to work together to encourage and develop farmer 5.0 to follow world industrial trends. In this way, it is hoped that the millennial generation will be more interested in this field.
“Animal science based on knowledge will continue to be developed synergistically with economics and business, engineering techniques, and human health through functional nutrition used for nutritional therapy so that eggs contain protein, one of which can be developed for the treatment of serious diseases such as cancer and HIV/AIDS. There will be many aspects to work on in this livestock industry,” he explained.
Source: https://ugm.ac.id/id/berita/18366-fapet-ugm-kenalkan-industri-peternakan-berteknologi-tinggi
