Integrating Material Flow Cost Accounting and IoT-Based Monitoring for Eco-Efficient Goat Farm Management
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35145/6e5wnv18Keywords:
Goat Farming, Internet of Things (IoT), Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA), Sustainable Livestock Management, Environmental Monitoring, Eco-Economic Decision Support, GEMBALAAbstract
Goat farming plays an important role in supporting rural livelihoods, food production, and agricultural sustainability. However, conventional goat farm management often separates environmental monitoring, financial accounting, and livestock management, limiting the ability to identify resource inefficiencies and associated environmental impacts. This study aims to develop and implement GEMBALA (Green Eco-smart Management-Based Automation for Livestock and Accounting), an integrated digital platform that combines Internet of Things (IoT)-based environmental monitoring, Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA), emission analysis, artificial intelligence-based livestock management, and analytical reporting. The research employed a research and development approach in collaboration with CV Cahaya Firdaus (Fathur Farm). An IoT sensor prototype was developed, installed, and tested in a real goat farming environment to monitor temperature, humidity, Heat Index (THI), ammonia gas, and dust density. The platform also incorporates MFCA, emission, AI Estrus, AI Health, and analytical reporting modules. The results demonstrate progress toward integrating environmental, economic, and livestock management information within a unified digital platform. However, further validation is required to improve sensor data transmission, synchronization, emission calculations, MFCA data consistency, and AI performance evaluation. The study provides a foundation for eco-economic decision support, sustainable livestock management, and future commercialization of digital livestock technologies.
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