BRIN Develops Fish Feed Based on Kecipir, Becoming a Solution to Reduce Imports and Lower Production Costs

Fish feed innovation based on kecipir from BRIN is considered capable of reducing production costs and strengthening the independence of national aquaculture.

Panennews.com – The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is introducing a local feed innovation based on winged bean seeds as a solution to reduce the national feed industry's dependency on imported raw materials, particularly soybean meal. Dependency on imports has been a serious challenge in the development of Indonesia's aquaculture sector, especially due to global price fluctuations and supply chain disruptions that impact the rising costs of fish farming production. BRIN researcher Deisi Heptarina, along with her team, developed a feed formulation for gourami fish using winged bean seeds (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), a tropical legume rich in protein and with a good amino acid composition. Read Also: From Research to Innovation, BRIN Strengthens Palm Oil Downstream Processing and Fisheries in Tidore "Winged bean seeds have the potential to become a local feed raw material that can partially replace imported materials due to their fairly good nutritional content," ...