Tag: rural aquaculture

Harvesting fish in a polyculture system in the Misiones Province (Argentina)- Video

Video credit: Herman Hennig (Argentina) Review: Herman Hennig and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel)     The video which shows the fish harvest from a polyculture system was filmed in a fish farm located in Campo Viera, Misiones province (Northeast of Argentine). Fish species cultured in this particular farm includes carps, …

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Introduction and utilization of Grass carp in Argentina

Photo credit: Herman Hennig Hernando (Argentina) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)         The grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) was first introduced in 1970s from Japan at the Chascomús and El Burro lakes in Buenos Aires province to control the growth of dense of aquatic plants in waterways and lentic …

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Fish culture in Congo Brazzaville – (Part 2 of 2) – 20-min Video

The ownership of this video goes to FAO and was submitted to me by Alain Murekambanze(Burundi) Fish culture in Congo Brazzaville = Le pisciculture au Congo. de Graaf, G.J.; Schrover, A.; Lyklema, L.E. 1990. FAO/PNUD/PRC/88/007. This is the second Part of a 2-part video. The focus of the video is the description of tilapia farming …

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Fish culture in Congo Brazzaville – (Part 1 of 2) – 40 min Video

The ownership of this video goes to FAO and was submitted to me by Alain Murekambanze(Burundi) Fish culture in Congo Brazzaville = Le pisciculture au Congo. de Graaf, G.J.; Schrover, A.; Lyklema, L.E. 1990. FAO/PNUD/PRC/88/007. This is the first Part of a 2-part video. The focus of the video is the description of tilapia farming …

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Rural cage aquaculture in Volta Lake (Ghana)

Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) The adoption of the cage aquaculture technology in Ghana comes along with different materials from different farmers. The picture shows a group of rural farmers working on their cages on the Volta Lake. Apart from the conventional galvanized pipes usually used for the frames although some had tried using bamboo’s and …

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Small-scale aquaculture in rural development (updated 2014 version)

This lecture was delivered in the Fish Culture Development training course which is annually organized by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). The lecture addressed the features of rural communities as an introduction to rural aquaculture. The appropriate farming system had to discuss the farming systems as well as the species. Models of rural …

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Fish ponds of Research and Production Center (Pacific University), Colombia

Credit: Eudes Emilio Sanchez (Colombia) This image was taken in the Centro de investigación y produccion acuicola Henry von Prahl “Research and Production Center Aquaculture Henry Von Prahl” of the Pacific University, in the municipality of Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca – Colombia. In the photo one can see a coconut palm and lush greenery around in …

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Urban aquaculture in the Philippines

Credit: Hannibal M. Chavez (Philippines) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has strengthened its program on aquaculture sub-sector. Researches on the intensification of culture techniques and practices are conducted prior to technology dissemination. Techno-demo on fish culture in concrete tanks and plastic drums utilizing high value species is targeted as an alternative livelihood for family/fisherfolk. …

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Rural aquaculture in Kigali, Rwanda

This project has been developed by a group of trainees who participated during 2007 in the Warm Water Fish Production training course which is hosted by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA) in partnership with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The proposed location of this project is Kigali, Rwanda. The project focus on viable …

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Rural aquaculture in the Philippines (Stock now/Pay later Program)

Credit: Hannibal M. Chavez (Philippines) Stock Now Pay Later Program is a program implemented only in BFAR Region 4A aimed to help the poor fisherfolk/farmers who cannot afford to buy tilapia fingerlings needed for grow-out. Beneficiaries of this program are mostly fish cage and fish pen operators in Laguna de Bay and Taal Lake areas. Payment …

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