Milkfish (bangus) production

Over the years, there has been a big steady demand for milkfish or bangus in the country. It has been also doing well in the international market with Philippine export of frozen or chilled bangus.

The following gives a good overview of how to manage your  own fishponds using a site already developed.

 Site Selection

Select existing brackish water fish farms that are fully developed and operational. Former prawn farms can be used for milkfish farming.

The site should have:

- high tidal range and can hold water at least one meter deep

- good water quality and more or less have constant salinity and temperature throughout the year.

- longer dry season, sandy clay loam, silty clay loam

- access to roads and power supply.

 Pond layout and design

1. Improve or modify existing structures to suit the management requirements of the proposed production scheme.
2. Concentrate on the repair and strengthening of dikes, cut-and fill leveling of pond bottom, and construction of diagonal canal, drain canal and drain culvert gate to improve pond structures.
3. Modify pond structures to improve water management and stock manipulation systems as well as to meet desired management schedules and production targets. The pond canbe of any size ( the bigger, the better) for optimum production using the modular method.
4. Divide pond into four compartments: nursery pond, transition pond, formation pond, and rearing pond.
5. Provide a separate culvert-type drain gate and canal system opposite the inlet gate and canal system for rearing ponds to effect efficient water exchange and circulation.
6. Construct an inside-pond diagonal canal to facilitate draining and harvesting of stock

For other agricultural topic visit www.pinoyagribusiness.com
Source: Semi-intensive culture of Milkfish, DA brochure

Part one

Fertilizer scam video Part 2…

The Philippines needs to import rice from other country because of low supply of rice in the local market. If you would ask farmers what is the problem most of them will say they have switch product or have stopped planting rice because of high inputs.

According to the government they are doing their best to improve the current situation. They are now creating some projects that would help the farmers. But is it for real? Yes it is possible in papers that the government had lay out some project . The question is, if it is really implemented.

Remember the Fertilizer Scam? I have stumble upon a youtube video about it and here is some details from the info box. (more…)

The Philippines needs to import rice from other country because of low supply of rice in the local market. If you would ask farmers what is the problem most of them will say they have switch product or have stopped planting rice because of high inputs.

According to the government they are doing their best to improve the current situation. They are now creating some projects that would help the farmers. But is it for real? Yes it is possible in papers that the government had lay out some project . The question is, if it is really implemented.

Remember the Fertilizer Scam? I have stumble upon a youtube video about it and here is some details from the info box.

DA: Department of Anomaly?
Report by Maki Pulido

It was in 2005 when the foul odor of the fertilizer scam was sniffed by the public.

Allegations were raised against the Department of Agriculture whose funds amounting to P728 million were said to have been used to bankroll President Arroyo’s campaign in the 2004 elections.

Years later, the controversy has yet to be resolved when more questionable transactions were discovered. Funds of Quedancor, the department’s lending arm, reaching billions of pesos are alleged by the Commission on Audit to be missing. Individuals who were supposed to have received loans did not get any. There were also establishments documented to have received loans but when checked had questionable addresses.

What is behind these anomalies some of which have remained unresolved for years?

posted by:bualaw08