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FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper. No. 583

On-farm feeding and feed
management in aquaculture

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Preparation of this document
Abstract
Abbreviations and acronyms
SECTION A – OVERVIEW AND SYNTHESIS

An overview of the current status of feed management practices

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Thomas A. Shipton, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Mohammad R. Hasan, Aquaculture Branch, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Rome, Italy


On-farm feeding and feed management practices for sustainable aquaculture production:
an analysis of case studies from selected Asian and African countries

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Krishen J. Rana, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mohammad R. Hasan, Aquaculture Branch, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Rome, Italy

SECTION B – CASE STUDIES

On-farm feed management practices for the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in southern China

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Jiashou Liu, Zhongjie Li, Xiaowu Li and Yaohua Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China


On-farm feed management practices for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Egypt

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Abdel-Fattah M. El-Sayed, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt


On-farm feed management practices for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in the Philippines

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Maria Rowena R. Romana-Eguia and Manuel A. Laron, SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) Binangonan Freshwater Station, Rizal, Philippines
Mae R. Catacutan, EAFDEC/AQD Tigbauan Main Station, Iloilo, Philippines


On-farm feed management practices for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Thailand

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Ram C. Bhujel, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand


On-farm feed management practices for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Ghana

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Lionel K. Awity, Ministry of Fisheries, Accra, Ghana


On-farm feed management practices for three Indian major carp species (rohu Labeo rohita, mrigal Cirrhinus cirrhosus
and catla Catla catla) in Bangladesh: a case study

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M. Rafiqul Islam Sarder, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh


On-farm feed management practices for striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) in Mekong River Delta, Viet Nam

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Thanh Phuong Nguyen, Can Tho University, Can Tho City, Viet Nam


On-farm feed management practice for giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) farming in southwest Bangladesh

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Nesar Ahmed, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh


On-farm feed management practices for black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) in India

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Umesh N. Ramaswamy and A. Bala Chandra Mohan, National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture, Kakinada, India
Marc Metian, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden


On-farm feeding and feed management in whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) farming in Viet Nam

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Le Thanh Hung and Ong Moc Quy, Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

SECTION C – INVITED REVIEWS

On-farm feed and feeding management strategies in tropical aquaculture

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Amararatne Yakupitiyage, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand


Tilapia feed management practices in sub-Saharan Africa

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Abdel-Fattah M. El-Sayed, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt


On-farm feeding and feed management of tilapia aquaculture in Malaysia

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Wing-Keong Ng and Sih-Win Teh, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
M.A. Kabir Chowdhury and Dominique P. Bureau, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada


Feed management of the major carps in India, with special reference to practices adopted in Tamil Nadu

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M.C. Nandeesha, V. Sentikumar and P. Antony Jesu Prabhu, Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Thoothukudi, India


A review of on-farm feed management practices for North African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in sub-Saharan Africa

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Thomas Hecht, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa


Shrimp feed management: issues and perspectives

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Albert G.J. Tacon, Aquatic Farms Ltd, Hawaii, United States of America
Darryl E. Jory, Aquatic Eco-Systems, Florida, United States of America
Alberto J.P. Nunes, LABOMAR, Ceará, Brazil


On-farm feeding and feed management: perspectives from the fish feed industry

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Dave H.F. Robb, EWOS, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Viv O. Crampton, EWOS Innovation, Dirdal, Norway


Feed management and on-farm feeding practices of temperate fish with special reference to salmonids

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Sadasivam J. Kaushik, INRA, St-Pée-sur-Nivelle, France


Environmental consequences of poor feed quality and feed management

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Patrick G. White, Akvaplan-niva AS, Tromsø, Norway


Economic, regulatory and legal review of aquaculture feed management practices

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Thomas A. Shipton and Thomas Hecht, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

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