Enhancing Asian catfish farmer livelihoods through sustainable farm-made feed innovations

Duration

2 years

Lead institutions

Universiteit Gent

Bogor Agricultural University

Academic partners

Julie Ekasari

Project status

Ongoing

Programme

Total budget

69,991.90

Summary

This project is aimed to address challenges with the growing production costs of Asian catfish (Pangasius sp.) farming, which leaves them with a very narrow profit margin, by improving farm-made feed and reducing the feeding cost which takes out 80% of production cost. The project will be divided into 4 working packages (WP) which aims to evaluate suitability of local ingredients for aquaculture feed and develop an improved farm-made diet (WP1), assess the feed efficiency and production performance of newly developed feed (WP2), assess economic feasibility of newly developed feed (WP3), and develop a platform for stakeholders collaboration for future roadmap of Asian catfish development (WP4). The expected outcome of this project is an economically viable farming approach through improved farm-made diets that will benefit small and medium farm holders, improve their livelihoods, and enhance the competitiveness of Indonesian aquaculture.