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VOL. 10, ISSUE 12 (2023)
Effect of farm made feed on growth, yield and income of Indian major carps- A Front line Demo
Authors
KS Shukla, CM Tripathi, Shrishti Mishra
Abstract
The higher costs of
commercial fish feeds have made it necessary for pond fish farmers to the use
of alternative feed types to feed cultured fishes in village ponds. Fish
farmers of the district merely use commercial feeds and they mainly use
farm-made types of feeds. A front line demo was carried out during the year
2021-2022 to obtain the optimum production by the use of farm-made fish feeds
by small fish farmers on six major ponds at six locations in Chitrakoot
district of Uttar Pradesh. Farm-made feeds containing locally available
ingredients and we used rice bran (49%), Mustard oil cake (49%), Mineral
mixture (1%) and common salt (1%). The farm-made fish feeds composed of above
ingredients provided to 8 fish farmers for a period of 7 Month. The feeding
rates were @2% body weight on daily basis following bag feeding method. The
data was collected at the end of the year when farmers were harvested their
stock. The yield and income was studied, It shows that the fish yield was
higher in demo ponds that was 2732.84 Kg/h with an average growth of 506.4
gm/individual, whereas in farmer practice it was 2270.0 kg/ha and 447.61 gm/individual
simultaneously. The gross income was Rs. 218626.5 per hectare in demo pond fed
with farm made feed and Rs, 172000.00 per ha in farmers pond fed with improper
feeding components. The B:C ratio was 2.51 and 2.44 in demo and farmers
practice. The farmers interviewed and they were found satisfied with yield and
income. There is the need for small fish farmers of the district to be trained
in formulation and production of nutritionally balanced and cost-effective fish
feeds so as to increase fish production at lowest cost.
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Pages:27-29
How to cite this article:
KS Shukla, CM Tripathi, Shrishti Mishra "Effect of farm made feed on growth, yield and income of Indian major carps- A Front line Demo". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 10, Issue 12, 2023, Pages 27-29
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