FARM FEEDING PROFILE
Country: | Reference: | |||||
Province or state: | ||||||
Name/postal address of farm: | ||||||
Name/address of funding agency if farm is state owned or assisted: | ||||||
Name/position of compiler/interviewer: | ||||||
Date of compilation/interview: |
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
1. Farm ownership (tick appropriate box)
State | State assisted | Private |
2. Aim of farming activity (tick appropriate box)
Rural/subsistence | ||||||
Commercial/cash income | ||||||
Grow-out from farm produced seed | ||||||
Grow-out from wild-caught seed | ||||||
Grow-out from purchased/imported seed | ||||||
Seed production | ||||||
Public sector support | ||||||
Seed production for state assisted farms | ||||||
Training | ||||||
Research and development | ||||||
Nutrition and feed development |
3. Cultured farm species
Indicate monoculture or polyculture (species ratio)
Fish: |
Shrimp: |
Livestock: |
Plant/crop: |
Other: |
4. Market value of cultured species (local currency) 1
Species | Seed cost/piece or /1000 | Table size cost/piece or /kg |
1 Indicate average market size (age or weight) for each commodity
5. Farming intensity (tick appropriate box)
Larvae (Hatchery) | Seed (Nursery) | Grow-out | Broodstock | |||||||||
Intensive | ||||||||||||
Semi-intensive | ||||||||||||
Extensive |
6. Farm production unit and size (m2 or m3)1
Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | |
Indoor tank | ||||
Outdoor tank | ||||
Pen enclosure | ||||
Cage (in open water body) | ||||
Cage (in pond) | ||||
Earth lined pond | ||||
Concrete lined pond | ||||
Lagoon | ||||
Livestock production units |
1 First value: average individual size of unit; Second value: total area of all units on farm
7. Farm services (tick appropriate box)
Electricity | Gas | Water | Telephone | Fuel (specify) | ||||||
Accessibility (by road): | Good | Adequate | Poor | |||||||
Distance (km) from nearest named town or city |
8. Farm history
Start of farm construction | ||
Start of farm production |
9. Farm labour profile
Number of family workers on farm: Full-time | Part-time | |||
Number of hired workers on farm: Full-time | Part-time |
10. Profile of farm manager and feeding/nutrition technician
Farm manager | Feeding technician | |
Name | ||
Age | ||
Sex | ||
Nationality | ||
Religion | ||
Ethnic group | ||
Languages spoken | ||
Education attainment | ||
Experience in fish farming (years) | ||
Experience in feeding/nutrition (years) | ||
Number of years of work on farm | ||
Source of farming/nutrition knowledge | ||
Hours/day spent on activity |
11. Water management
Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | |
Indoor tank | ||||
Outdoor tank | ||||
Pen enclosure | ||||
Cage (in open water body) | ||||
Cage (in pond) | ||||
Earth lined pond | ||||
Concrete lined pond | ||||
Lagoon |
1 Express water management in terms of % volume exchanged/day or litres/minute
12. Aeration
Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | |
Yes or No | ||||
If yes , number hours/day |
13. Water quality (range, mean)
Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | |
Temperature (°C) | ||||
Salinity (ppt) | ||||
Oxygen (% saturation, mg/l) |
14. Photoperiod
Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | |
Artificial or Natural | ||||
Artificial (hours/day) |
15. Stocking density and individual fish/shrimp stocking weight
Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | |
Initial density/l or /m2 | ||||
Initial weight (mg or g) | ||||
Final density/l or /m2 | ||||
Final weight (mg or g) |
16. Length of growth period within each production cycle (days or weeks)
Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | |
Number days or weeks |
17. Survival at the end of each production cycle
Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | |
Survival (%) |
FEEDING PRACTICE
1. Feeding method (tick appropriate box)
Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | ||
No fertilization or feeding | |||||
Fertilization only | |||||
Inorganic fertilizers | |||||
Organic chemical fertilizers | |||||
Organic animal manures | |||||
Green manures (plant residues) | |||||
Composts | |||||
Diet feeding | |||||
Single agricultural food item | |||||
Poultry feed | |||||
In-house:produced feed mash | |||||
In-house produced feed pellet | |||||
Purchased fish/shrimp pellet | |||||
Trash fish | |||||
Cultured live food organisms | |||||
Laboratory cultured | |||||
Pond cultured |
a) FERTILIZATION PROGRAMME | Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | |
Name of fertilizer used | |||||
Source | |||||
Unit cost (local currency/kg dry or wet weight) | |||||
Nutrient content (NPK, Moisture content) | |||||
Treatment before use (yes or no) | |||||
Fresh | |||||
Dried | |||||
Fermented/composted | |||||
Chopped/macerated | |||||
Form used (wet or dry) | |||||
Amount applied (kg or tonnes/production unit or ha} | |||||
Per day/week/month as appropriate | |||||
Frequency of application | |||||
Per day/week/month as appropriate | |||||
Method of application | |||||
Through animal integration | |||||
By hand, spray from land, boat, sack, crib | |||||
Time devoted to fertilizer handling/application | |||||
per day/week/month as appropriate (hours) | |||||
Seasonal availability of fertilizer | |||||
Year round | |||||
Specific months only (specify when available) | |||||
Problems arising from fertilization strategy | |||||
Handling difficulties | |||||
Cost | |||||
Diseases/Predator control /algal blooms | |||||
Quality | |||||
Livestock integration (species, No./unit area, animal weight, diet used) |
b) DIET FEEDING | Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | |
Name of diet/agricultural product fed | |||||
Source | |||||
Unit cost (local currency/kg dry or wet wt.) | |||||
Proximate composition (moisture, protein, fat, ash, carbohydrate; formulation) | |||||
Particle size of diet fed (mm) | |||||
Stability in water (hours) | |||||
Treatment before use (yes or no) | |||||
Fresh | |||||
Dried (sun, drier, pre-dried) | |||||
Grinding | |||||
Mixing | |||||
Pelleting | |||||
Feed ball | |||||
Fermented | |||||
Chopped/macerated | |||||
Form used | |||||
Fresh, semi-moist, dry | |||||
Pellet | |||||
Feed mash | |||||
Feed ball | |||||
Paste | |||||
Frozen | |||||
Feeding rate (% body weight/day, or Kg/unit area) | |||||
Frequency of application (No. feeds/day/week etc) | |||||
Method of application | |||||
By hand, feeder, feeding platform - specify | |||||
Criteria for feed application | |||||
Manufacturers feeding tables | |||||
Fish appetite | |||||
Water quality - temperature, oxygen level | |||||
Availability of feed | |||||
Availability of cash | |||||
Calculation based on fish weight | |||||
Levels based from other farmers/experience | |||||
Time devoted to feed handling/application/ | |||||
manufacture per day or week as appropriate (hrs) | |||||
Seasonal availability of diet or feed item | |||||
Year round | |||||
Specific months only (specify when available) | |||||
Problems arising from diet feeding strategy | |||||
Handling difficulties - equipment/stability | |||||
Cost | |||||
Nutritional diseases | |||||
Quality control | |||||
Storage facilities available | |||||
Import credit facilities/foreign exchange | |||||
Shelf life | |||||
Ingredient availability | |||||
Service requirement - electricity/maintenance | |||||
Feed consumption (kg or tonnes/week/month or production cycle) | |||||
Food conversion ratio (if known) | |||||
Nutritional diseases incidence (%) | |||||
Cataracts (cloudy lens) | |||||
Lordosis/scoliosis (bent spines) | |||||
Fatty livers or viscera | |||||
External haemorrhage - skin/fins/body | |||||
Loss of appetite - emaciation/moulting ability | |||||
Flared operculae | |||||
Pop-eye (exopthalmia) | |||||
Yellow fluid in intestine/liver | |||||
Feed preparation/handling/storage/ laboratory analysis facilities; m2 | |||||
Other observations |
b) CULTURED LIVE FOOD ORGANISMS | Hatchery | Nursery | Grow-out | Broodstock | |
Name of food organism cultured | |||||
Source | |||||
Unit cost (if known) | |||||
Nutrient content (if known) | |||||
Form used | |||||
Live | |||||
Frozen | |||||
Feeding rate or concentration/litre | |||||
Frequency of feeding (No. feeds/day) | |||||
Method of application | |||||
By hand, feeder, through culture with fish) | |||||
Criteria for feed application | |||||
Fish/shrimp appetite | |||||
Visibility of faecal strands | |||||
Food concentration/unit water volume | |||||
Water quality - temeperature, oxygen | |||||
Published information | |||||
Own experience | |||||
Calculations based on fish/shrimp weight | |||||
Time devoted to live food production/feeding | |||||
(man hours/day or week as appropriate) | |||||
Problems arising from live food feeding | |||||
Incidence of culture failures | |||||
Nutritional disorders/cannabalism | |||||
Laboratory culture methods | |||||
Services - UV, electricity backup facilities | |||||
Maintenance of stock cultures | |||||
Training requirement and experience | |||||
Maintenance and running expenses | |||||
Cyst, stock procurement - credit facilities/ importation facilities/cost | |||||
Nutritional quality variation | |||||
Live food culture/laboratory facilities (m2) | |||||
Other observations |
2. Extension facilities on feeding/nutrition
Have you ever been visited by a government officer or feed manufacturer in relation to your feeding programme? | ||||||||
If yes, how often? | ||||||||
Have you ever sought information on fish/shrimp feeding? | ||||||||
If yes, from who | - government extension officer | |||||||
- local academic institute | ||||||||
- local farmers | ||||||||
- feed manufacturers | ||||||||
- others | ||||||||
What type of assistance in feeding/nutrition would you require: | ||||||||
- training courses | ||||||||
- literature sources | ||||||||
- regular visits from government officials (how often) | ||||||||
- use of available agricultural resources for use as feed | Joint farm research | |||||||
Would you be prepared to attend a national training course on aquaculture nutrition and feeding? | ||||||||
If the answer is yes, how long could you spend away from your farm: 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 2 months (specify) |