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) | ||||||||
