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Aquaculture Farming in Africa: A Step-by-Step Guide to Profitable and Sustainable Aquatic Organism Farming with Practical Examples

Aquaculture is the practice of rearing aquatic organisms such as fish, shrimp, and shellfish for food or commercial purposes. It is a profitable and...

Costly Animal Feed Impedes Large Feedlot Investment in Namibia: Challenges and Implications.

The Meat Board of Namibia has reported that the high cost of imported animal feed from South Africa is hindering the capital investment in...

Krachi-West Assembly hints of youth empowerment in poultry farming

The Krachi-West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Emmanuel Kajal Jalula, has hinted that the assembly would consider possibilities of empowering the youth to embark...

Botswana resumes beef exports to the EU

Botswana has resumed beef exports to the European Union two months after suspending sales because of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. In August,...

World-class operation profits from ethically produced pigs

Back in 1981, when brothers Ian and Rob Butt established their Butt Farming business in KwaZulu-Natal’s Kamberg Valley, they could scarcely have imagined that...

The best fish species for aquaponics

Aquaponics, a subset of the aquaculture industry, has grown dramatically in recent years. Most systems are hobby-scale to minor commercial scale projects, and there are...

Know your Tilapia strains

Mention the words Nile tilapia and most warm-water aquaculturalists get a misty-eyed and wistful look. This is because the species Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia)...

Cage culture for SA: small scale, big benefits

Cage culture of tilapia is becoming increasingly successful in Bangladesh, according to that country’s national department of fisheries. Simple 6m x 3m x 2m...

Limpopo hatchery goes to the next level

Anybody who believes in the motto ‘go big or go home’ has clearly never met 28-year-old Clive Tigere. He is going big in his...

Using micro-organisms to improve profitability in poultry production

As more and more producers realise the benefits of using large populations of micro-organisms on their farms, so the number of different ways to...

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