Fish-crop-livestock farming project
1993
Baconawa, E.T. (Central Coll. of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila (Philippines))
Fish-crop-livestock farming is geared towards making the small farmer of Asia and the Pacific self-reliant and self-sufficient in food, feed, fuel, and fertilizer. In the early seventies, pioneering research work on such venture was conducted by Freshwater Aquaculture Center-Central Luzon State University (FAC-CLSU). This resulted in the determination of the number of livestock and poultry animals that can be raised on a per ha basis which will adequately supply the manure requirements of the tilapia fishponds. Two years later, the Bureau of Animal Industry [Philippines] introduced the fish-crop-livestock farming system at the ASEAN Goat and Sheep Center in Bagalupa, Pagadian City [Philippines] which was responsible for extending the technology to the farmers. At present, the number of farmer-cooperators has considerably increased around Zamboanga del Sur [Philippines]. With the threat of population explosion, limited land resources, increasing costs of fuel imports and capital goods, and declining value of Philippine exports, it is imperative that the production output and productivity of the small farmers be improved. It is therefore recommended that fish-crop-livestock modules be established in strategic areas nationwide where farmers can be trained on the best combinations regarding the use of land, labor, capital and management. A suitable package of technology should also be developed with the involvement of the farmers themselves
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