Regional nutrient budget framework for integrating livestock manure and inorganic fertilizers: a case study of Jember, Indonesia

Adi Septa Hidayat; Wulan Triminarwati; Ratmi Rosilawati

doi:10.31102/eam.3.2.157-187

Authors

Adi Septa Hidayat Universitas Islam Jember
Wulan Triminarwati Universitas Islam Jember
Ratmi Rosilawati Universitas Muhammadiyah Luwuk

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31102/eam.3.2.157-187

Keywords:

circular nutrient management, crop–livestock integration, livestock manure, nutrient budgeting, residual fertilizer requirement

Abstract

Regional integration of livestock manure into inorganic fertilizer planning requires explicit accounting of crop nutrient demand, manure recoverability, nutrient retention, and plant availability. This study developed a regional nutrient budget framework for Jember Regency, Indonesia, to estimate crop nutrient demand (CND), collectable livestock manure (LM), manure-derived nutrient supply (MNS), and residual inorganic fertilizer requirement (RIFR) for nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K). Regional crop and livestock data were combined with crop-specific nutrient coefficients, manure excretion rates, dry matter fractions, collection efficiencies, nutrient concentrations, retention factors, and plant-availability coefficients. The selected crops required an estimated 32,478.0 Mg N, 5,770.8 Mg P, and 26,613.6 Mg K yr⁻¹. Collectable LM was estimated at 221,268.5 Mg dry matter yr⁻¹, providing approximately 1,087.0 Mg N, 775.5 Mg P, and 2,012.2 Mg K yr⁻¹ as plant-available nutrients. Crediting these nutrients produced estimated potential reductions in inorganic fertilizer requirement of approximately 3.35% for N, 13.44% for P, and 7.56% for K. Under the enhanced manure redistribution scenario, the modeled reductions increased to approximately 5.19% for N, 20.83% for P, and 11.72% for K. Sensitivity analysis identified crop nutrient requirement coefficients and target yield as the most influential crop-side parameters, while collection efficiency and plant availability were important manure-side determinants. The framework provides a transparent and reproducible basis for nutrient-specific regional fertilizer planning; however, the estimates should be interpreted as planning values rather than field-level fertilizer recommendations, with local implementation requiring additional soil, manure, spatial, and economic information.

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