Integrated Livestock Fish Farming In Rural India

Fisheries is destined to play an important role in human nutrition but the cost is beyond reach of many people. Utilization of grain and animal protein as feed in aquaculture may not be economical as it might lead to food crisis and attention is being redirected to wider use of all resources and integrated fish farming offers a solution to the problem. To get good fish production inputs as fish feed, manure and fertilizers in the pond are important aspects. However at village level introduction of these inputs is highly objected and as a result only seed as input is applied. The reason for rejection is that villagers believe that these inputs propagate skin diseases, as most ponds are domestic and multipurpose in nature. To overcome the above problems and also to increase fish production, recycling of nutrients is a suitable alternative. To achieve this animal component in the form of ducks was introduced into the ponds under scavenging mode in this environment. The integrated fish cum duck farming improved the economics of the fish ponds via additional income from the integrated components i.e. enhanced fish production, duck eggs and duck meat.

Integrated farming in Asia is either considered an eco-friendly good that should be preserved for environmental reasons or a poor practice that will soon be superseded by industrial aquaculture. This report finds that most livestock-fish integration is sound business conducted by entrepreneurs accessing urban markets where the price of fish is relatively low. It can be used as part of a strategy to reduce environmental impacts of intensive livestock production and to produce low-cost food. Farmers have proved adept at both developing their systems to meet their own needs and diversifying the role of ponds, fish and livestock within their complex livelihoods.

If you are looking for wide-ranging international coverage of all aspects of integrated fish forming, this is the book you need. With a carefully selected and fully interdisciplinary collection of papers from experts around the world, Integrated Fish Farming provides thorough, detailed coverage of one of the world's most important approaches to integrated farming systems. Integrated Fish Fanning places IFF in a global context, reporting on case studies of successful IFF operations, experiments to enhance IFF performance, bioeconomic survey and modeling analyses, research on farm waste use and pond ecology, socio-economic elements of IFF extension and adoption, and the bio-technical and economic aspects of adapting IFF to reservoirs, marshlands, rice paddies, and marginal habitats. With contributions from leading international authorities and in-depth information from IFF operations worldwide, this is the definitive reference on Integrated Fish Farming.

This Primer Is An Edited And Slightly Revised Version Of A Previously Published Integrated Agriculture Aquaculture (Iaa) Technology Information Kit. It Contains 38 Contributions In Seven Sections, Covering Sociocultural, Economic And Environmental Considerations In Introducing Iaa Technologies, Overviews And Various Examples Of Integrated Farming Systems Including Livestock-Fish And Rice-Fish Integration, As Well As Selected Aspects Of Fish Feeding An Management, And Fish Breeding And Nursing In Iaa. The Document Aims To Give Decision-Makers Concerned With Agriculture And Rural Development An Overview And A Basis For Understanding The Principles Of Iaa And Help Them Decide Whether To Embark On Iaa Activities And Include These In Their Programme Portfolio. For Those Who Work Directly With Farmers, The Primer Aims At Providing Good Examples Of Iaa, But It Is Not Intended To Be A Compilation Of Procedures To Be Strictly Followed. Rather, The Primer Should Help Convince Its Readers/Users That Farmers Can Improve Their Livelihoods By Either Introducing Iaa Or By Further Developing The Many Iaa Opportunities On Their Existing Farms. Contents Chapter 1: Considerations In Introducing Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Technology; Sociocultural Considerations When Introducing A New Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Technology By E Worby, Economic Considerations In Introducing Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Technology By M Ahmed And M A P Bimbao, Working With New Entrants To Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture By R Noble And C Lightfoot, Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture And The Environment; Chapter 2: Integrated Farming Systems; Integrated Grass-Fish Farming Systems In China By H Z Yang, Y X Fang And Z L Chen, Chinese Embankment Fish Culture By K H Min And B T Hu, The Vac System In Northern Viet Nam By L T Luu, Fodder-Fish Integration Practice In Malaysia By R Sh Hl Ahmad, Integrated Fish-Horticulture Farming In India By S D Tripathi And B K Sharma, Culture Of Short-Cycle Species In Seasonal Ponds And Ditches In Bangladesh By M V Gupta; Chapter 3: Animal-Fish Systems; Integrated Fish-Duck Farming By S P Tripathi And B K Sharma, Integrated Chicken-Fish Farming By M V Gupta And F Noble, Integrated Fish-Pig Farming In India By S D Tripathi And B K Sharma, Backyard Integrated Pig-Fish Culture In The Philippines By F V Fermin; Chapter 4: Rich-Fish Systems; Low-Input Rice-Fish Farming System In Irrigated Area In Malaysia By A Ali, Rice-Fish Systems In Indonesia By C Dela Cruz, Sawah Tambak Rice-Fish System In Indonesia By C Dela Cruz, Rice-Fish Systems In China By Y X Guo, Rice-Prawn Culture In The Mekong Delta Of Viet Nam By L T Duong, Rice-Prawn And Rice-Shrimp Culture In Coastal Areas Of Viet Nam By L T Hung, Rice-Fish System In Guimba, Nueva Ecija, Philippines By C Dela Cruz, R C Sevilleja And J Torres, The Case Of Rice-Fish Farmer Mang Isko From Dasmarinas, Cavita, Philippines By F V Fermin, M A P Bimbao And J P T Dalsgaard; Chapter 5: Management For Rice-Fish Culture; Site Selection: Where To Culture Fish With Rice? By J Sollows, Preparation Of Field For Rice-Fish Culture By J Sollows, Stocking For Rice-Fish Culture, Feeding And Maintenance In Rice-Fish System By J Sollows, Rice Management In Rice-Fish Culture By J Sollows And C Dela Cruz, Rice-Fish Benefits And Problems By J Sollows, The Rice-Fish Ecosystem By A Ali, Fish As A Component Of Integrated Pest Management In Rice Production By M Halwart; Chapter 6: Fish Feeding And Management; Using Animal Wastes In Fishponds By R Sevilleja, J Torres, J Sollows And D Little, Sewage-Fed Fish Culture By S D Tripathi And B K Sharma, Biogas Slurry In Fish Culture By S D Tripathi And B Karma, Plant Sources Of Feed For Fish By S D Tripathi And B K Sharma; Chapter 7: Fish Breeding And Nursing; Carp Breeding Using Off-Season Wheat Fields, Nursery System For Carp Species By Md G A Khan, Fry Nursing In Rice-Fish Systems By D Little, N Innes-Taylor, D Turongruang And J Sollows, Fingerling Production In Irrigated Paddy By F Noble.

This book on Integrated Aquaculture is a comprehensive guide and deals with the various Integrated Aquaculture practices prevailing in India. The present status of integrated farming and new technologies on the Integrated Aquaculture has also been aptly dealt with. This book emphasizes different integrated fish farming practices like poultry cum fish culture, Duck cum fish culture, Pig cum fish culture, Cattle cum fish culture, nutrient dynamics, chemical composition of animal wastes and economics of different integrated fish farming systems in detail. It is hoped that this publication presented in an easy- to- read style with a number of photographs and illustrations would be of great use to all students who have fisheries in their curriculum and also a standard guide for the researchers, entrepreneurs and fish farmers.

Integrated fish farming is a sustainable and effective tool for improving rural economy due to its cumulative cost effectiveness, low investment and higher profitability. It optimizes the farm productivity per unit area through incorporation of recycling wastes and residues from one farming system to the other with due environmental consideration. It plays very important role in many aspects of women/youth development and empowerment and more profitable than unitary system of farming as it ensures a spread of financial risk for its varied diversified nature in rearing fish, animals and crops; it has a capacity of making more food available thus enhancing food security. Besides, it provide employment, thus alleviating poverty and enhancing the economic status of the rural population in India and reduce to the barest minimum the level of violence from disenchanted youth that is characteristic of the country in recent times. The benefits of integrated fish farming result either from direct consumption of fish by the producing households or from gains in income resulting in the purchasing of other cheaper foods, which lead to improved household food consumption in India. This book lays down the basic concepts and practice of integrated fish farming in terms of the history, present status, necessity, types, combination ratios etc. Cost-benefit analyses of some Integrated Fish Farming systems are also explored; the health risks to human beings and fish from Integrated Fish Farming systems and water quality issues are also treated. The book will be of interest to students, researchers, farmers, extension agents, health authorities and the general public.

This document is an edited and slightly revised version of a previously published integrated agriculture-aquaculture (IAA) technology information kit. It contains 38 contributions in seven sections, outlining the basic issues and characteristics of IAA systems and making generous use of pictorial drawings and visual representations.