Management and value chain of nile tilapia cultured in ponds of Small-scale farmers in Morogoro region, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorChenyambuga, Sebastian W
dc.contributor.authorMadalla, Nazael A
dc.contributor.authorMnembuka, Berno V
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-20T08:36:49Z
dc.date.available2023-04-20T08:36:49Z
dc.date.issued2012
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dc.description.abstractA study was carried out to assess production performance and value chain of Nile tilapia grown in ponds of small-scale farmers in Morogoro region, Tanzania. Information was collected through individual interviews of 30 fish farmers. The main reasons for culturing fish were provision of animal protein food for home consumption (66.7%) and generation of income (23.3%). Fish farming contributed 10.6% of household annual income and was ranked second to crop production (50%). The majority of the farmers were fertilizing their ponds with chicken manure (30.0%) and cattle manure (23.3%). Most farmers (73.3%) cultured pure stand of Nile tilapia and only few (26.7%) practiced polyculture of Nile tilapia and African catfish. All farmers depended on natural food as a source of feed for their fish. Moreover, the farmers were feeding maize bran (96.7%), vegetables (66.7%), and kitchen leftovers (13.3%) as supplementary feeds. Men were responsible for purchasing and stocking fingerlings (60.0%), feeding (40.0%), pond maintenance (53.3%), harvesting (60.0%) and selling (43.3%). Women were mainly involved in fish processing (76.7%). The average period from stocking to harvesting was 5.75 ± 0.18 months for Nile tilapia and the mean yield was 6,946.2 kg/ha per year. About 22.2% of the harvested fish were consumed at home and the remaining (77.8%) were sold. The main actors in the value chain of cultured Nile Tilapia were fingerling producers, fish farmers and consumers. Most farmers sold fresh fish directly to neighbours (70.0%) and consumers in the local market within the village (30.0%). It is concluded that small-scale fish farming is important for provision of animal protein food and income and is done mostly by men, and it is characterized by low productivity due to improper pond fertilization and feeding. The major problems to Nile tilapia farming under small-scale fish farming is lack of funds, stunted growth of stocked fish, inadequate knowledge on fish farming and unavailability of concentrate feeds.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5216
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectFeedingen_US
dc.subjectmarketingen_US
dc.subjectNile tilapiaen_US
dc.subjectpond fertilizationen_US
dc.subjectyielden_US
dc.titleManagement and value chain of nile tilapia cultured in ponds of Small-scale farmers in Morogoro region, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeConferencce Proceedingsen_US

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