Development of a small-scale commercial fish farm in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: a case study of Mr. Poku Gyinaye of Bosomtwi Integrated Aqualife Village.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson Agbo
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Clarias Gariepinus ◽  
Fish Farm ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Recreational Fisheries ◽  
Commercial Fish ◽  
Ashanti Region ◽  
Public Aquarium ◽  
Predatory Fishes

Abstract This case study documents the development of a small-scale fish farm in an attempt to highlight the efforts of a fish farmer (Mr. Poku Gyinaye, a former Fisheries officer) to establish a commercial fish farm in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Accounts of the facilities, technology and management practices used by the farmer are described as well as his profile. The objectives of the farmer to undertake such a project were to produce fish seed for fish farmers to help them improve fish production, provide practical aquaculture training for prospective fish farmers and access to recreational fisheries for both local and foreign tourists. At the time of writing (by May 2009), Mr. Gyinaye has almost completed setting up the hatchery and has three large ponds for recreational fishing. He also has plans to start a public aquarium on the site. The main activities on his farm centre on Oreochromis niloticus and Clarias gariepinus fingerling production. He intends to stock his recreational ponds with indigenous predatory fishes.

scholarly journals LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT: CASE STUDY OF TEHRAN AND HIS KAN RIVER

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilda Vagge ◽  
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Gioia Maddalena Gibelli ◽  
Alessio Gosetti Poli ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Design For Sustainability ◽  
Holistic Method

The authors, with the awareness that climate change affects and changes the landscape, wanted to investigate how these changes are occurring within the metropolitan area of Tehran. Trying to keep a holistic method that embraces different disciplines, reasoning from large scale to small scale, the authors tried to study the main problems related to water scarcity and loss of green spaces. Subsequently they dedicated themselves to the identification of the present and missing ecosystem services, so that they could be used in the best possible way as tools for subsequent design choices. From the analysis obtained, the authors have created a masterplan with the desire to ensure a specific natural capital, the welfare of ecosystem services, and at the same time suggest good water management practices. It becomes essential to add an ecological accounting to the economic accounting, giving dignity to the natural system and the ecosystem services that derive from it.

A case study of Hangere integrated agriculture-aquaculture farm in Malawi.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kingsley M Kamtambe ◽  
Jeremiah Kang'ombe ◽  
Emmanuel Kw Kaunda
Keyword(s):  
Clarias Gariepinus ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Sweet Potatoes ◽  
Rhodes Grass ◽  
Aquaculture Farm ◽  
Integrated Agriculture ◽  
Hot Dry Season

Abstract The case study was undertaken to assess performance and sustainability of Hangere Agriculture-Aquaculture Integrated Farm. Data was collected during a seven-day visit at the farm (carried out on 7-14 June 2009), using a semi-structured questionnaire with open ended questions and a study of farm records and cash flows. Direct observations of farm operations were also reported. Hangere integrated agriculture-aquaculture farm is located in Mzuzu City, Mzimba District, Malawi and belongs to 37-year-old Mrs Liness Chavula. The farm has a total land holding of approximately 13 ha. Of this area, only 2.2 ha are used for aquaculture with three drainable ponds with a total area of 1804 m2. Of the remaining area, 4 ha are used for maize cultivation, 1.5 ha for growing sweet potatoes, and 1 ha is used for vegetables, including cassava and Rhodes grass Chloris gayana. The farm holds Tilapia rendalli and Oreochromis karongae in polyculture and Clarias gariepinus in monoculture. The fish are fed formulated diets and the ponds are fertilized with livestock manure. The fish are harvested three times yearly and are sold to wholesalers and retail with prices of K450/kg (US $3.21) and K500/kg (US $3.5), respectively. Pigs, goats and a dairy cow are also kept on the farm. In 2008 the farm made a profit of K289,000 (US $2,064), from the sale of field crops, livestock and fish. Of the K289,000 of profit, K100,000 (US $714) came from fish sales while K70,000 (US $500) came from maize sales, K28,000 (US $200) from pig sales and K50,000 (US $357) from sweet potatoes. The farm faces several challenges including labour shortages, absence of a hatchery facility for fingerling production and lack of available extension services. The farm experiences low water levels during the hot-dry season and pest infestation in the pond vicinity, both of which lower production. Hangere farm operates at a semi-intensive level, being integrated with other on-farm agriculture activities, and is a typical example of a small scale fish farm in Malawi. The farm has also begun cultivating new crops, mainly coffee and wheat, both of which are highly priced cash crops in Malawi. C. gariepinus (catfish) has also been introduced in ponds at the farm with the potential to reach 1 kg in body weight in 6 months.

Start-up performance of a woodchip bioreactor operated end-of-pipe at a commercial fish farm—A case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 96-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathis von Ahnen ◽  
Per Bovbjerg Pedersen ◽  
Johanne Dalsgaard
Keyword(s):  
Fish Farm ◽  
Commercial Fish ◽  
Start Up

Impact Of Human Resource Practices In Small Scale Industries In Thoothukudi District Of Tamilnadu

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-169
Author(s):  
Srimo Fernandas
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Average Income ◽  
Small Scale Industry ◽  
Human Resource Management Practices ◽  
Small Scale Industries

In the economic growth of a country, the human factor plays a vital role. The study has been made to study the growth of small scale industries in the development of human resource management practices of in Thoothukudi district. The study has the following objectives. To study the socio-economic outline of the small scale industry owners. To understand the nature of management of the small-scale industry. To find out the motivational factors for starting small-scale industries. To analyse the average income generated by different activities by the small scale industry owners.

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