Integrated livestock-fish farming systems

1 Integrated livestock -fishfarming systemsIntegrated livestock -fishfarming systemsIntegrated livestock -fishfarming LITTLE ANDP. EDWARDSINLAND WATER RESOURCES AND AQUACULTURE SERVICEANIMAL PRODUCTION SERVICEFOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONSROME 2003 All rights reserved. Reproduction and dissemination of material in this information product for educational or other non-com-mercial purposes are authorized without any prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the source is fullyacknowledged.

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3 City or area or of itsauthorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or of this documentThis book was preparedby the authors under the overallcoordination of Matthias Halwart, Fishery Resources Officer (Aquaculture)and with the collaboration of colleagues from Animal Production Service,particularly Manuel Sanchez and Simon Mack, who contributed printing of the publication was supported by the InterdepartmentalWorking Group on Integrated Production systems . Graphic design byJoanne Morgante.

4 All photos by 92-5-105055-4 iiiPrefaceSmall farmers in developing countriesare poorer thanthe rest of the population, often not getting enough food to lead normal, healthyand active lives. Dealing with poverty and hunger in much of the world thereforemeans confronting the problems that small farmers and their families face intheir daily struggle for survival. One option for economically and ecologicallysustainable development of farming systems is the integration of agricultureand aquaculture.

5 The various types of aquaculture form a critical component withinagricultural and farming systems development that can contribute to thealleviation of food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty through the provision offood of high nutritional value, income and employment generation, decreasedrisk of production, improved access to water, sustainable resource managementand increased farm sustainability. livestock production and processing generate by-products that may beimportant inputs for aquaculture.

6 The main linkages between livestock and fishproduction involve the direct use of livestock wastes, as well as the recycling ofmanure-based nutrients which function as fertilizers to stimulate natural a global basis, most cultured freshwater fish are produced in Asia insemi-intensive systems that depend on livestock wastes purposely used inponds, or draining into them. Much of the vast increase in China s recent inlandaquaculture production is linked to organic fertilization, provided by the equallydramatic growth of poultry and pig production.

7 The use of livestock wastes isstill needed, even when high-quality supplementary feeds are available and theyare still widely used in more intensive aquaculture objective of the publication is to provide an analysis of the evolutionand current status of Integrated livestock - fish systems in Asia, particularly Eastand Southeast Asia, as well as to provide a sound technical basis for consideringtheir relevance for the planning of livestock - fish systems in Africa and is hoped that the conclusions and recommendations presented here willbe interesting and thought-provoking for a wide audience generally interestedin the subject of Integrated agriculture-aquaculture, and particularly policymakers, planners, NGOs and senior research and extension staff.

8 It is hoped thatthe book will stimulate these people at all levels to ensure that agriculturaldevelopment provides for reasonable rural livelihoods, a clean environment, andadequate food Jia - Chief, Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture ServiceIrene Hoffmann - Chief, Animal Production Rationale of the Definitions of Integrated Potential Linkages Between livestock and fish Production Relevance of Integrated farming Sustainability Issues at Micro- and Development of Integrated livestock - fish farming systems in systems and Environmental Crop Integrated Industrial Monoculture213 Major Types of Integrated systems in Current Upgrading Traditional livestock systems for Aquaculture livestock DIETS AND PRODUCTION OF MONOGASTRIC WASTES

9 IN SMALL-HOLDER INPUT Integration with CONSIDERATIONS404 Environmental Nutrients RECYCLING IN EFFICIENCY IN EFFICIENCY IN RELATIONSHIPS IN livestock - fish SYSTEMS53ivINTEGRATED livestock - fish farming Significance of livestock and fish Production in the Global OF FISHERIES TO SUPPORT livestock AND fish OF livestock systems ON fish PRODUCTION585 Design Criteria for livestock Manured Ponds Manured Pond OF OF SUPPLEMENTARY Waste.

10 SIZE AND AND WASTE RELEASE FROM COLLECTION AND Waste Addition796 Public Health and General BACTERIA AND INSECT-VECTOR BORNE INFLUENZA Chemical Hazards and Associated Biological Summary1007 Social and Economic Nutritional Gender and Resource Promotion of Integrated HUMAN FACTORS1298 Transferability of Asian Experiences to Africa and Latin General Information Institutional Seed Theft and Multipurpose Use and Comparing the Regions1439 Future Directions in livestock - fish Demand and Feed Intensification not Peri-Urban Rural Potential156 Acknowledgements159 References161viINTEGRATED livestock - fish farming SYSTEMS89 List of TablesTable the integration of fish culture into small-holder crop/ livestock systems affects assetaccumulation and livelihoodsTable livestock and fish improve the sustainability of farming systemsTable of common property management and scope for intensification in