1. Key Resource 1996-01-01 This publication is a report of a meeting held in 1992 to discuss the use of farm-made feeds in Asia. It presents and discusses 11 country reviews of the topic, and nine technical papers directed at farm-made rather than commercial feeds. Emphasis is placed on the importance of farm-made...
  2. Rural Solutions is a video series that highlights solutions to specific challenges that are common in rural areas of developing countries. Without access to financial services, rural people can find themselves forever in debt to loan sharks. In this Indian fishing community, the solution to this...
  3. AGRISprovides a great opportunity to increase analysis of agricultural performance and, consequently, help inform agriculture investment, innovation and policy to drive changes toward increasing sustainability in the agriculture sector. The platform provides free access to more than13 million...
  4. Fingerling production and availability of quality fish feeds have been bottlenecks for development of fish farming inNigeria for the past 40 years. Over the past several years, private sector fingerling production has increased from more than 30 million per year in 2001 to more than 30 million...
  5. Fish Pond design and construction: A typical earthen fish pond should be 300m2 . The main physical factors to consider are the land area, water supply and the soil water retention capacity
  6. Executive Summary: The main focus of the business is to raise different species of fish that is found of the Zambian market such asTilapia and Catfish. The industry has had a good market price over the year's cause of its high demand, so we plan to run as a medium scale for a year and later...
  7. Ponds can be earthen ponds or concrete ponds, but most production takes place in earthen ponds. Ponds vary in sizes and range from about a quarter acre to several acres. Fish production may take place in a farm pond or in ponds specifically designed and constructed for aquaculture. Though most...
  8. The objective of feeding fish is to provide the nutritional requirements for good health, optimum growth, optimum yield and minimum waste within reasonable cost so as to optimize profits (Schmittou et al., 1998). Every farmer should be particular about the quality of feed fed to the fish because...
  9. This manual is to enable trainees to: Explain the importance of fingerlings production Describe the materials required for hatchery Describe brook-stock Use hormone for inducing brooder-stock Carry out artificial propagation Manage brood-stock Feed and Protect fingerlings in the hatchery