November | December 2011
Feature title: Coping strategies and management measures to strengthen national capacity
to ensure aquafeed supply can be reviewed under government policies, through regional
and international organizations and the private sector
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Impact of rising feed ingredient
ent aquaculture activities, including feed sources of proteins and land-based ani-
manufacturing and feed operation costs mal by-products are being investigated.
prices on aquafeeds and aquaculture of farmers. An appropriate credit pro-
gram should be devised to serve these
Research on these new protein sources
needs to continue with special emphasis
production: functions. While private investment
should be encouraged, considerable pub-
on the issue of the cost of manufacturing
• To address the critical information gap
Coping strategies and management measures to strengthen lic investment in infrastructure, capacity and to establish networking among the
building (of farmers and small–scale feed various stakeholders, it would be useful
national capacity to ensure aquafeed supply can be reviewed
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by Krishen J Rana, Sunil Siriwardena and Mohammad R Hasan improved feed management at the farm would also include analysis of the avail-
Melbourne
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The fifth article in a series, taken from a new aquaculture book methods prices as part of a program to understand Exhibition Centre
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• Water scarcity due to climatic changes the impact of soaring feed prices. The
his report provides a brief and subsidies. Import tariffs on feed feed manufacturers to compensate for has triggered food crisis in many regions database would be linked to the market Victoria
overview of coping strate- ingredients and on equipment should be price rises of the world and led to recent food prices of feed and commodities and Australia
gies and management reduced or removed to lower the cost • Other sectoral policies regarding credit shortages and an increase in prices, would assist the various stakeholders in
measures to strengthen of producing fish feeds and to maintain and investments continue to play sig- including prices for ingredients such as devising coping strategies under different
national capacity to address aquafeed and improve the country’s competitive- nificant roles in promoting the expansion grains used in fish feeds. Therefore, scenarios and with different options
supply and to mitigate against rising ness in the world market of aquaculture throughout the country. agriculture needs to be more efficient to
costs of aquafeed ingredients in terms of • Government should grant tax holidays for Credit is still needed to finance differ- reduce water consumption. Increasing The private sector
policies, research and private sector and population, pressure on limited land and • The private sector should establish
farmers’ initiatives. increasing industrialisation and urbani- small-scale feed producers/manufac-
Farmer response to rising aquafeed prices
sation require agriculture to increase turers’ associations catering to farm
As of December 2007, farmers and feed Things were just as bad in the neigh- productivity and yield. Thus, the key clusters and the concurrent organisa-
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Government and policies producers in the Mekong (Cuu Long) delta bouring provinces of An Giang and Can Tho, solution is to improve water use ratio tion of clusters of small farmers in
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• Research institutes should build ‘institute– region were faced with serious losses as the where fish farmer Nguyen Thi Tien in Thot and efficiency. Therefore, governments aquaclubs and/or farmers’ associations
industry research partnerships’ with feed price of fish feed continued to rocket. Not District, Can Tho, complained. should invest in innovative technologies • To reduce production costs, farmers Hosted by
manufacturers to improve stability of The director of a domestic feed-pro- “With the current price of feed, my for water efficient practices in agriculture should conduct a technical audit to
feeds and to increase dietary nutrient ducing company said that the crux of the family has to spend about VND120 million to face the food crisis. This in turn will optimise feed management techniques
retention problem was the rising costs of raw mate- (US$5760) extra to maintain our pond, benefit the aquaculture feed industry – the selection of appropriate feed,
• Given the current limited capacities of rials such as bran, soybean residue and salt- which is capable of producing 100 tonnes (for example, extruded vs. sinking
national, highly decentralised institutions water fish. of fish.” Regional/international pellet), quantity of feed used and feed-
to conduct the necessary research, devel- “They are becoming just too expensive, Many farmers were reduced to taking organisation ing methods (for example, increasing
opment of networking between regional especially imported material. Producers in out high-interest bank loans to cope with • Research to replace proteins and lipids feeding frequency)
and national institutions appears to be the region are looking for replacements but the crisis, while others were turning to with alternate plant sources, and to • To reduce production costs further, Naming Rights Sponsor
essential. Policies to foster collaboration it’s a challenge to find products with a high home-produced feed. One fish farmer in produce nutritionally balanced diets in farmers should minimise other oper-
1- 4 May 2012
among the various stakeholders must be enough protein content,” he said. Chau Phu District, An Giang Province, said a cost effective manner needs to be ating costs Melbourne
Convention &
formulated and nurtured. Collaboration During November 2007, the prices he invested VND500 million (US$24,000) coordinated at a regional and interna- • The private sector should improve Sponsored by Exhibition Centre
among local and international research of basic ingredients increased by 30 in setting up a feed production-line and tional level natural productivity (for example, Victoria, Australia
centres, universities, non–governmental percent, pushing up the cost of feed by was reaping the rewards. • Promotion of low polluting feeds such the use of fertilizers) in the relevant
organisations and the private sector must VND13,000-VND13,500 per kg (US$0.62- “I can make as much as I want when I as low phosphorus diets, improvement production systems to offset costly
also be strengthened 0.65/kg). want,” he said. of food conversion ratios (FCRs) and micronutrients and, therefore, feed
• Government must formulate policy For fish farmer Le Thi Thu from Tan Khanh Experienced farmer Sau Huu, from Thot reduction of nutrient release to the eco- costs
guidelines that encourage the private Trung village in Dong Thap Province, the Not District, said he heads to border areas system should be given higher priority
sector to participate in research and to accelerating prices had a huge impact on to barter for cheaper materials. Being the • There is a knowledge gap about the
build institute–industry partnerships in her spending, as she needed at least three owner of a pond capable of producing dietary requirements of many commer- The full
research. Roles and activities that require tonnes of feed per day to maintain her two 8000 tonnes of catfish a day, his needs were cially important cultured species which
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publication can
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public support and those that need to ponds. great. is evidenced by fish feeds which lack the be found at:
be left to the private sector need to be “It means I have to spend an addi- “I go to the border area near Cambodia balanced nutrient regime required by http://www.
identified tional VND1.8 million (US$86.50) per day to buy soybean residue and place orders target species and may well inadvertently fao.org/
• Research policies in aquaculture must if I want to buy my favourite brand Pro with domestic seapor ts to get cheaper increase feed costs docrep/012/
reflect present and future incentives for Conco,” she said. seafish,” he said. • Solutions to fishmeal substitution are mul- i1143e/
feed manufacturers and incorporate links tifaceted. Recently, microbial and algal i1143e00.htm
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