High Quality Silage From Paddy Waste (Rice Straw)

Product Features

High quality silage from paddy waste (rice straw) which having lower cost than imported feed and similar nutrition value. It can fulfill requirement of local cow protein (more than 10%). Give high palatability from cocoa bean shell smell and taste by using low processing cost (semi-anaerobic solid state fermentation). It also stable in aerobic condition especially during feeding and can enhanced fiber digestion in cow rumen.

Benefits

    • Production of cheaper feed with high protein content from waste.

which can improve conventional ensiling process (fully anaerobic).

  • Production of HALAL feed product that contribute to HALAL cow meat and milk.
  • Save our planet from open burning of rice straw worldwide.
  • Improve the agricultural industry in MALAYSIA and lesser the.
  • Dependence on imported feed and cow product.

 

Collaborators

  • Yusof Jantan Enterprise
  • Phyto Biznet Sdn Bhd
  • FELCRA Seberang Perak

Awards

  1. Bronze Medal in Islamic Innovation Exposition (I-Inova10), held in Nilai Stadium Negeri Sembilan
  2. Bronze medal in INATEX 2012, held in UTM Skudai
  3. Silver medal in Bio-Malaysia 2012, held in KLCC

Researchers

1) Dr. Siti Hamidah Mohd Setapar
2) En. Aidee Kamal Bin Khamis
3) Dr. Zainul Akmal Zakaria
4) Sheikh Imranuddin Sheikh Ali (Master Student)
5) Norfahana Binti Abd Talib (PhD Student)

 

Research Ecosystem
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM Nexus - Research & Innovation

Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation)

DVCRI Profile Johor Bahru Office Kuala Lumpur Office

Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HI-COE)

Advance Membrane Technology Research Centre - AMTEC Institute of Noise & Vibration - INV Wireless Communication Centre - WCC

Research Institute

Centre of Excellence (COE)

Institute of High Voltage & High Current - IVAT UTM-MPRC Institue for Oil & Gas - IFOG Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics - CAIRO Centre for Engineering Education - CEE Centre for Advanced Composite Materials - CACM Innovation Centre in Agritechnology for Advanced Bioprocessing - ICA Institute of Bioproduct Development - IBD

Service Entity

Research Management Centre - RMC Penerbit UTM Press Centre for Community & Industry Network - CCIN Innovation & Commercialisation Centre - ICC University Laboratory Management Centre - PPMU Institut Sultan Iskandar - UTM-ISI

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