Profiling Waste Management and Modeling Circular Economy Transition of Dairy Cattle Farmer Groups in Pacitan Indonesia

A circular economy (CE) is a topic that is rising lately due to the increase in environmental degradation and global climate change. The CE approach becomes a promising strategy to make sustainable and environmentally friendly livestock. This study evaluated circular economy implementation qualitatively. This study was conducted in Indonesia, especially in dairy cattle farming in Pacitan. Dairy cattle farming is still with decentralized small-scale family businesses so this study aims to identify manure management patterns in dairy cattle farmers in Pacitan that lead to a CE transition and offers a model for the CE implementation for improving the operational efficiency of the family economy and reducing livestock waste. This study was conducted on households that have dairy cattle businesses in Tegalombo Sub-district, Pacitan Regency, Indonesia. Tegalombo is one of the biggest suppliers of milk production in East Java. Profiling manure management was performed by descriptive analysis. The results in this paper evaluated waste management in dairy cattle farming in Pacitan towards the CE transition. Overall, most farmers in Tegalombo have utilized livestock waste, manure from dairy cattle, as bio-fertilizers and energy by biogas technology (76.7 of the total 136 farmers). The strategy to accelerate the CE transition in dairy cattle farming in Pacitan is by strengthening farmer’s institutions and establishing a waste business unit, involving women and youth, and requiring policy support. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.