Rome, Italy.- The “Practical Training Manual on Doing Aquaculture as a Business for Small and Medium-Scale farmers” is composed by two modules: Module 1 “The Technical Dimension of Doing Aquaculture as a Business” and Module 2 “The Economic Dimension of Doing Aquaculture as a Business” The target users of both modules are small and medium-scale fish farmers.
Module 1 “The Technical Dimension of Doing Aquaculture as a Business”
The purpose of this module is to enhance small and medium-scale fish farmers’ knowledge and capacities in understanding and applying the basic technical principles and concepts of doing aquaculture as a business in their daily activities.
Module 1 introduces the factors affecting primary productivity, carrying capacity, growth rate and yield in water, the general criteria for classifying the aquaculture systems and the main features of pond and cage based fish farming systems.
The concepts of seed production, nutrition and feeds and harvest and post-harvest practices are also introduced.
Module 2 “The economic dimension of commercial aquaculture”
The purpose of this module is to enhance their knowledge and capacities in understanding and applying the basic economic and financial principles and concepts of commercial aquaculture in their daily activities.
Reference (open):
FAO. 2017. Doing aquaculture as a business for small‐ and medium‐scale farmers. Practical training manual. Module 1: The technical dimension of commercial aquaculture, by Ana Menezes, Nathanael Hishamunda, Leonard Lovshin and Elisabetta Martone. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Rome, Italy.
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7461e.pdf
Hishamunda, N., Martone, E. & Menezes, A. 2017. Practical Training Manual on Commercial Aquaculture for Small- and Medium-scale Farmers. Module 2: The Economic Dimension of Commercial Aquaculture. Addis Ababa; Rome, FAO. 26 pp.
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7798e.pdf
