INTEGRATED AGRO-AQUACULTURE

Integrated Agro-Aquaculture

Fish- chicken  integration

Introduction

Is concurrent or sequential linkage between two or more activities, of which at least one is aquaculture. Involve production, integrated management and comprehensive use of aquaculture, agriculture and livestock, with an emphasis on aquaculture.

The main Objective is to increase productivity of water, land and  associated  resources to enhance yield. To improve livelihood of local
people and enhance employment opportunities.
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•      Rationale

–        densely populated and agriculture based  communities hence limited resource base

–        limited access to wild fish stocks

–        Thus IAA evolved as an innovative way of increasing food production

–        recycling of on-farm wastes and by-products (closed nutrient cycles)

chicken house

Benefits of IAA

         Increasing food security on subsistence farms

        Minimizes pollution.

        Efficient waste utilisation from different culture practice for    fish production.

        It reduces the additional cost for supplementary feeding as  well as fertilisation

      

         Types of integration

         1.on-farm integration: direct and simple linkage between farm activities

•      use of animal or crop waste as fish feed or fertiliser

          2. off-farm integration: indirect linkage between on-farm and off-farm activities

•      Using processed waste (decomposed & dried)

•      Use of waste to produce organisms (maggots, worms) which are fed to fish

Integrated agro aquaculture is explained further here

This video shows about chicken-fish integrated system at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA).

  Also, more clarifications are provided in the audio below. Consequently, listen carefully  the following  Audio


For more information about poultry fish integration read the following pdf file

Poultry Fish integration

Reference

Little, D. & Satapornvanit, K., 1996. Poultry and Fish Production - A Framework for Their Integration in Asia.

                            NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS

	NAME	REG. NO
1	MASANJA, ESBON JOHN	AQU/D/2013/0015
2	NGIMBA, JILALA CHABA	AQU/D/2013/0042
3	MAZIKU, ZEPHANIA	AQU/D/2013/0016
4	ALI, KHAMIS HASSAN	AQU/D/2013/0026
5	MBAROUK, ABDULRAHMAN M.	AQU/D/2013/0035
6	KELLYA, MICHAEL STEWART	AQU/D/2O13/0057
7	RUTA,  DENIS S	AQU/D/2013/0011
8	MASUMBUKO,  RICHARD	AQU/D/2013/0003