Anyone interested in fish farming must make a decision, is it for business or sport or hobby?
This discourse is mainly centered on fish farming as a business.
Things you must consider:
Map out your location - in your locality is fish a forbidden meat or is it a delicacy, are there joints, bars, markets spots etc were fish is used or sold?
Once you have answered the questions above in the affirmative, then the location is good for raising fish.
Next find out the cost of fish in the locality this will help guide you on the profit margin in the business and also limit your expenditure. For example if fish is sold in that locality for 500# a kg then you must ensure that you don't spend 400# on a kg of fish. Economics is very important here. You must design a plan to reduce your running cost so as to make profit.
In fish farming, fish have different stages of development, - fingerlings, post fingerlings, juveniles, young adults and the matured adults.
You can decide on which stage you want to do business with.
For me my area is matured adults production.!!!!!
I buy my stàrting stock either as juveniles or post fingerlings, we I feed til matured adults
Alot of products are derived from livestock, both edible and inedible, for this discourse, we look at the edible products. The edible products include, milk, meat eggs. Milk processing Milk is the lacteal secretion from the mammary gland of females livestock. Although in modern days, milk can also be gotten from plants eg soybean milk, coconut milk. The milk from animals from cow, goat, buffallo etc. The milk is a very good vehicle for transmission of pathogens so milk handlers should exercise the utmost level of personal hygiene, the milk processing area should be sanitized. The milk handlers must be free from gastro-intestinal infections, no coughing, sneezing, diarrhoea etc. Note that the dairy animals are kept in hygienic condition, sick or animals receiving treatment should not be milk. The udders should be washed prior to milking in order to reduce the risk of contamination of the milk. Once milk is collected from the animals through a milking machine, the t...
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