Enhancing the Production of Carp Polyculture and Tilapia by Integrating with Duck Farming in Nepal"- Aquaculture for Small Scale Farmers and Sustainability
integrated duck-fish, polyculture, tilapia, economic efficiency, small-scale farmers, nepal
Abstract
Integrated duck cum fish farming is suitable for developing countries like Nepal as it uses the locally available resources. This study was conducted for 120 days in an earthen pond of area 575 m 2 . The fish stocked were Labeorohita(25%), Cirrhinus Mrigala (10%), Cyrinuscarpio (25%), Aristichthys nobilis (5%), Ctenopharyngodonidella (15%) and Oreochromis niloticus(20%) with the stocking density of 13000 fingerlings/ha. Fish were fed with dough formed with locally available ingredients like MOC and rice bran containing 20% CP at the rate of 2% of total body weight daily. The results showed the extrapolated GFY to be 4.0 t/ha/yr and extrapolated NFY was 2.9 t/ha/yr of total fish species. The total fish yield was 53.2 kg and the total feed supplied was 76.8 kg. The overall survival rate of fish was 66.0% whereas the AFCR was 1.4. Duck growth showed a normal trend from mean stock weight of 161±69.8 g/duck to mean harvest weight 1114.4±296.4 g/duck. Similarly, daily weight gain was 7.95 g/duck/day. The benefit: cost ratio for duck and fish production was 1.24and 1.65 respectively. This study concludes that carp-tilapia polyculture in integration with duck is reliable, economically viable, and effective for the small-scale fish farmers as well as the marginal groups.
Downloads
How to Cite
References
M Azim, Md Wahab (2003) Development of a duckweed-fed carp polyculture system in Bangladesh. 218(1-4), 425-438.
M Bhandari (2016) INFLUENCE OF AFRICAN CATFISH (Clarias gariepinus) AS A PREDATOR CONTROL INTERACTION AND BAMBOO POLES SUBSTRATE ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION OF THE MONO-SEX, MIXED-SEX NILE TILAPIA (Oreochromis niloticus) AND COMMON CARP (Cyprinus carpio) IN SEMI-INTENSIVE POLYCULTURE POND SYSTEM. 16(2), 247-265.
Dr Biswas (2015) Fish Duck Integrated Farming.
Stuart Bunting (2008) Horizontally integrated aquaculture development: Exploring consensus on constraints and opportunities with a stakeholder Delphi. 16(2), 153-169.
Cfpcc (2017) Annual Progress Report.
Leonardo Da Silva, Leonardo Barcellos, Rosmari Quevedo, Silvia De Souza, Luiz Kreutz, Filipe Ritter, Jovani Finco, Alexandra Bedin (2006) Alternative species for traditional carp polyculture in southern South America: Initial growing period. 255(1-4), 417-428.
Dofd (2016) Workshop Report: Development of Research Protocol for Rangeland Use Survey in HKPL; 28-29 April 2016, Kathmandu, Nepal.
(2016) The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2016.
Iii Guerrero, R Guerrero, L &alamar, M (1988) Polyculture of Nile Tilapia, grass carp and common carp in freshwater ponds. 10, 365-368.
Tek Gurung (2016) Role of inland fishery and aquaculture for food and nutrition security in Nepal. 5(1), 18.
T Gurung, S Basnet (2003) Introduction of Rainbow trout Onchorynchus mykiss in Nepal: constraints and prospects. VIII(4), 16-18.
J Jena, S Ayyappan, P Aravindakshan (2002) Comparative evaluation of production performance in varied cropping patterns of carp polyculture systems. 751, 49-64.
Sabita Jha, Sunila Rai, Madhav Shrestha, James Diana, Ram Mandal, Hillary Egna (2018) Production of periphyton to enhance yield in polyculture ponds with carps and small indigenous species. 9, 74-81.
J Kumar, M Chari, H &vardia (2012) Effect of integrated fish-duck farming on growth performance and economic efficiency of Indian major carps. 24.
P Kunwar, B Adhikari (2016) Status and development trend of aquaculture and fisheries in Nepal. 3, 1-11.
Muhammad Latif, Mohammad Alam, Mohammad Rahman (1993) Integrated Duck‐cum‐Fish Farming in Bangladesh. 24(3), 402-409.
Abhishek Majhi (2018) Integrated Duck cum Fish Farming Management for Socio Economic Ufliftment and Poverty Alleviation of Rural People in Purulia District, West Bengal. 6(6), 653-661.
R Mandal, S Rai, M Shrestha, D Jha, N Pandit (2018) Effect of red algal bloom on growth and production of carps. 16(1), 48-54.
A Mckinnon, L Trott, D Alongi, A Davidson (2002) Water column production and nutrient characteristics in mangrove creeks receiving shrimp farm effluent. 33(1), 55-73.
N Pandit, M Shrestha, Y Yi, J Diana (2004) Polyculture of grass carp and Nile tilapia with napier grass as the sole nutrient input in the subtropical climate of Nepal. 558-573.
A Rai, J Clausen, S Smith (2008) Foreword: Pio Smith Regional Director for UNFPA Asia and the Pacific. iv-iv.
O Iakubova, A Bekesheva (2016) Scientific substantiation of physical properties of fish gelatin. (3), 132-140.
M Shrestha, N Pandit (2012) A Text Book of Principles of Aquaculture.
M Shrestha, R Sharma, K Gharti, J Diana (2011) Polyculture of Sahar (Tor putitora) with mixed-sex Nile tilapia. 319(1-2), 284-289.
M Shrestha, R Jaiswal (2011) Incorporation of Tilapia and Sahar into the existing carp polyculture system of Nepal.
M Uddin, Md Shahjahan, M Haque (2012) Manipulation of Species Composition in Small Scale Carp Polyculture to Enhance Fish Production. 10, 9-12.
A Woynarovich, T Poulsen, A Peteri (2010) COVID-19 Impacts on the Forest Sector in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia.
Published
2021-05-08
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2021 Authors and Global Journals Private Limited
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.