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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FISH FARMING IN KENYA

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FISH FARMING IN KENYA. Carole Engle, Ivano Neira & Kwamena Quagrainie University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, US Charles Ngugi & Mucai Muchiri Moi University, Kenya. Background. Continued PD/A CRSP research with improved production technology

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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FISH FARMING IN KENYA

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  1. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FISH FARMING IN KENYA Carole Engle, Ivano Neira & Kwamena Quagrainie University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, US Charles Ngugi & Mucai Muchiri Moi University, Kenya

  2. Background • Continued PD/A CRSP research with improved production technology • Limited expansion in fish production • Expansions limited by financial resources • Need for better understanding of farm economic & financial performance • Need for farm data & information to estimate economic and financial indicators

  3. Importance • Assessment of farm profitability • Provision of economic data useful to lending agencies • Business plans & enterprise budget needed for financial assistance

  4. Objective To collect and organize economic information necessary for preparing enterprise budgets and business plans for fish farms

  5. Pond Records: Production & Yield • Stocking • Date • Size • Weight • Fingerling quantity • Fingerling sources

  6. Pond Records: Production & Yield • Harvest • Date • Size • Weight • Number of fingerlings • Mortality • Growth • Yield

  7. Pond Records: Feeding, Other Supplies • Type of feed • Daily feeding • Total feeding • Type of fertilizer • Date, quantity, type

  8. Pond Records: Unit Cost

  9. Pond Records: Sale Prices

  10. Pond Records: Rate Of Use Of The Supplies IndicatorYear 1Year 2Year 3 • STOCKING • Averaged stocking density per m2 • Total stocking of the farm. • HARVEST • No. of harvested life tilapia /ha • kg of harvest whole tilapia/ha • kg of harvest whole tilapia /farm

  11. Pond Records: Rate of Use of the Supplies IndicatorYear 1Year 2Year 3 • FERTILIZER: • kg fertilizer/ha • kg fertilizer/pond • kg fertilizer/farm • FEED • kg feed/ha • kg feed/pond • kg feed/farm

  12. Pond Records: Rate of Use of the Supplies IndicatorYear 1Year 2Year 3 • Management/labor • Labor hrs /ha • Labor hrs /farm • Labor hrs/kg • Management cost/ha • Management cost /farm • Management cost /kg

  13. Summary • Manual on Tilapia Farm Business Management and Economics • Training Workshops in 2004

  14. Funding for this research was provided by theAquaculture 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.

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