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LOW COST FISH FEED PREPARATION FOR ISLAND AQUACULTURE

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Title LOW COST FISH FEED PREPARATION FOR ISLAND AQUACULTURE
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Creator T. Sivaramakrishnan
K. Saravanan
Benny Varghese
J. Praveenraj
R. Kiruba Sankar
I. Jaisankar
S. Dam Roy
 
Subject Fish Feed
 
Description Not Available
The farmers of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(ANI) are practicing aquaculture since the early
settlement period. On an average, the Islands
produce around 800-1000 kg/ha/yr of freshwater
fishes as compared to 8-10 t/ha/yr in mainland India
or other Southeast Asian countries and its about 10
times lower than that of mainland India. This
immense lag in production is attributed to the
improper pond management and feeding practices
followed by the farmers. Various problems faced by
Island farmers include unavailability of good quality
feed, high cost of formulated feed and mainland
based feed ingredients, lack of knowledge about
alternative indigenous feed ingredients available in
ANI. Owing to these reasons, the Island farmers are
forced to follow the improper feeding practices
which hinder the productivity of the farm. Educating
the farmers to utilize the underutilized, indigenous
fish feed ingredients enables them to increase the
unit production at an affordable price. Feed based
aquaculture can create a revolution by increasing
the fish production from the same unit area thereby
satisfies the consumer demand of better quality
protein at a cheaper and affordable price.
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Date 2019-05-26T11:10:07Z
2019-05-26T11:10:07Z
2017-01-01
 
Type Extension Leaflet
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/19886
 
Language English
 
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Publisher The Director, ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair