STRATEGY OF STRENGTHENING THE FEED AND BEEF CATTLE DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE UTILIZATION OF FOOD CROP WASTE IN GORONTALO REGENCY

This research aims was to determine the production and carrying capacity of crop waste as a source of beef cattle feed, analyze the capacity of livestock development from the utilization of food crop waste and design the strategy of beef cattle development by utilizing the existing food crops in the province of Gorontalo by taking one the regency that is refresatif of Gorontalo Regency is finally followed by all districts in Gorontalo Province, because Gorontalo Regency is indeed a district that has the largest paangan plantation area and the largest population of livestock. The research was conducted in Gorontalo District in 2016. Site selection based on the amount of food crop production and the potential of beef cattle population where Gorontalo Regency has very high food crop production and largest ruminant's population (39.27%) from all regencies in Province Gorontalo.