REDUCED FEEDING STRATEGIES in TILAPIA

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REDUCED FEEDING STRATEGIES in TILAPIA
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Intensification of Culture

• Results
• Increased production
• dependence on exogenous feeds
• 60-70 of production cost is due to feed cost

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Production methods emphasizing reduced feeding

• Delayed feeding onset
• Sub-satiation feeding
• Combined delayed feeding onset sub-satiation
  feeding
• Alternate day feeding strategy

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I. Delayed Feeding Onset

• initial feeding 45 days and 75 days after
  stocking of tilapia fingerlings
• Fingerlings supported by pond plankton

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Mean weight (g) of Nile tilapia in ponds at two
feeding onsets
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Nile tilapia growout performance with delayed
feeding onsets
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Assumptions

• Hired labor P 127.00 day-1
• Diesel oil P 2,000.00 culture period-1
• Electricity P 250.00 month-1
• Culture period 5 months

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Partial budget analysis
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Funding for this research was provided by the
Aquaculture CRSP (Collaborative Research
Support Program)
The Aquaculture CRSP is funded in part by United
States Agency for International Development
(USAID) Grant No. LAG-G-00-96-90015-00 and by
participating institutions.