DEVELOPMENT OF TILAPIA GROWER FEED (TGF) WITH APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE MATERIAL

Abstract

The price volatility of tilapia fish's feed in the market is strongly positively associated with its price increase. Thus, a possible approach is to generate food for from agricultural waste materials. Hence, this work aimed to generate TGF from black soldier fly larvae (BSFL), defatted kenaf seed (DKS), and broken rice (BR), with the primary objective of obtaining a yield with elevated protein and energy content. As part of our statistical analysis platform, we utilised the Design-Expert software application, which adheres to the response surface approach and mixed design strategy. The study's results showed that the combination of BSFL at 0.01 w/w%, DKS at 0.74 w/w%, and BR at 0.17 w/w% generated TGF that satisfies the Tilapia fish diet conditions, with a crude protein (CP%) content of 37.45% and energy content of 2970.26 kcal. The data obtained in this study is derived from laboratory conditions, therefore it is crucial to provide data obtained from living organisms in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the produced items.