INTEGRATED FISH – DUCK FARMING

A. K. UPADHYAY

COLLEGE OF FISHERIES

PANTNAGAR

WHY INTEGRATED FARMING

The land holding capacity of farmers reducing each day due to the pressure of increasing population, socioeconomic needs and urbanization.

Need for the development of strategy to obtain the higher production of diversified food from limited land holding.

Increased opportunity of high revenue earning from the production of diversified food items.

High scope of self employment generation and thereby upliftment of human resource development.

WHY INTEGRATE FISH WITH DUCK

• Fish and duck both are beneficial to each other since both require water for completing their life cycle.

• Rational utilization of limited landscape for farming.

• Increased production of fish, duck eggs and duck meat.

• Highly profitable farming enterprise due to greater opportunity of revenue generation.

OBJECTIVE • The dropping from ducks is excellent source

of fertilization to the pond for fish rasing containing 0.9 % of nitrogen and 0.38 % of phosphorous.

• Duck eats unwanted insects, tadpole larvae, molluscs, weed etc. which harmful for fish.

• Repeated venturing of duck increases the oxygen level and micro nutrients to the ponds.

PRINCIPAL DUCK SPECIES

FOR THE PRODUCTION OF EGGS:

• KHAKI CAMPBEL- 300 eggs/bird/year.

• INDIAN RUNNER – 280 eggs/bird/year.

FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MEAT:

• White Pekin, Vigova Super, Moskovi, Elsiberi etc.

CONSTRUCTION OF DUCK HOUSE

• Duck house is made up of bamboo or wooden planks which should be erected over the pond having one third area over pond embankment and two third in water.

• The roof of duck house be made of grass or tin and the floor with bamboo strips or planks having the free space of 1 cm so that the dropping and the duck feed wastes should fall directly in the pond.

• The duck house should permit the space of 0.3 to 0.5 square meter/duck.

STOCKING AND FEEDING OF DUCKS

• About 200 TO 300 two to three months old ducks per hectare of fish pond area should be recommended.

• The duck feed comprises of rice polish and poultry feed in the ratio of 2:1.

• Ample arrangement of water

• Adequate nos. of duck feeders and drinkers.

• Vaccination of the birds necessary.

FISH – DUCK FARMING IN THE PONDS.

• Stocking of 6000 to 8000 fingerlings per hactare.• Stocking of 200 t0 300 ducks per hactare should be

shown water in pond after the fish seed acquire the size of 10 cm and above in the pond.

• About 10,000 to 15,000 kg of dropping and wastes per year enormously increases the productivity of the pond.

• Fish eat the duck feed waste directly and also consume enriched planktonic fauna naturally developed due to high productivity in the pond.

• No need of any supplementary feeding to the fish and so also no need of application of organic fertilizer in the ponds.

ANNUAL PRODUCTION

• Production of about 4000 kg of fish without any investment for supplementary feeding or fertilizer.

• Production of about 18000 eggs.

• Production of about 500 kg of duck meat.

ACTIVITIES UNDER THE PROJECT RURAL

BIORESOURCE COMPLEX (RBC)

BASELINE SURVEY AND ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN IN THE SCHME

Activities 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

No. of villages surveyed

24 14 15

No. of farmers interviewed

150 50 70

No. of farmers chosen under the scheme

60 38 40

Direct beneficiaries 60 38 40

Indirect beneficiaries 200 150 -

Survey programme at Vijaynagar

DUCK SPECIES DISTRIBUTED

FOR EGG PRODUCTION :

•KHAKI CAMPBEL- 300 eggs/bird/year.

•INDIAN RUNNER – 280 eggs/bird/year.

FOR MEAT PRODUCTION:

•Vigova Super

FISH SPECIES DISTRIBUTED

• INDIAN MAJOR CARP– Catla catla (Catla)– Labeo rohita (Rohu)

• Cirrhinus mrigala (Nain)

EXOTIC CARP– Ctenopharygngodon idella (Grass Carp)– Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Silver Carp)– Cyprinus carpio (Common Carp)

AMENITIES PROVIDED TO FISH FARMERS UNDER THE SCHEME

Activities 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

Extension of Area 27 hact. 24 hact. 32 hact.

Quality fish seed provided

80,000 43,000 30,000

Improved variety of ducklings distributed

Khaki Campbel

1500 1500 -

Indian Runner

1000 1000 -

Vigova Super

500 - -

Distribution of quality fish seed to the farmers

Distribution of ducklings to the farmers

Discussion with farmer Sri Sukhranjan Mistri at Kalinagar

Duck House at the farm of Sri Sujay Mondal at Dineshpur

Duck House on the pond of Sri Abhijeet Sarkar at Neta Ji Nagar

Farmer Sri Sukhranjan Vishwas at Durgapur doing sampling of

fish

Inspection of fish farm of Sri Sujay Mondal at Dineshpur

Interaction with farmer Sri Sujay Mondal at Dineshpur

Interaction with farmer Sri Sukhranjan Vishwas at Durgapur

Sampling from the pond of Sri Subash Gupta at Indrapur

Haul of fish during sampling from the pond of Sri Anadi Ranjan

at Rambagh

TRAININGS• Two trainings on fish

duck farming were held in 2006 – 2007 and 56 farmers attended the training.

• One training on fish value addition was conducted in the year 2007 – 2008 and 60 farmers attended the training.

Training on Fish cum duck farming at College of Fisheries

ACHIVEMENTS • After the introduction of intervention of integrated

fish – dick farming, the average production of fish increased from 2500 kg/hectare to 4000 kg/hectare without the expenses on the application of supplementary feed and fertilizers in the net cultivable duration of 9 – 10 months.

• Totally about 2,25000 eggs combinedly obtained from the varieties of Khaki Campbell, Indian Runner and Vigova Super.

• The total production of 1500 kg of duck meat was produced exclusively from Vigova Super amounting to additional gain of Rs. 200000 based on the market price.

• The two varieties of Khaki Campbell and Indian Runner are currently ready for the sale since these ducks are sold after two years when their egg laying capacity reduces.

• The net income gain for the farmers adopting the integrated fish-duck farming was about 2.10 lakh/hac which is two times more than from the time of practicing purely the fish culture.

• In ensuing years the farmers can further increase their profit by producing & selling fish value added products like fish cutlets, fish fingers. Fish balls, fish momos. The avenue of fish processing sector has great potential for self employment and human resource generation.

FUTURE TARGETS NOV – 2008 TO MARCH 2010

S. No. Activities to be undertaken Numbers

1 Number of farmers to be involved 80

2 Area under fish duck farming 60 hectare

3 Construction of indoor hatchery at Khanna farm 1

4 Supply of fish seeds 60,000

5 Supply of ducklings 6,000

6 Set up of duck cages 20

7 Renovation of ponds 10

8 Training on fish duck farming and value addition 4

9 Number of direct beneficiaries 80

10 Number of indirect beneficiaries 100/year

11 Publication of literature 5