small-scale family pond aquaculture for rural household nutrition
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Small-scale family pond aquaculture for rural household nutrition
Malnutrition especially to the children and women in the rural populations has been the major issues to be addressed since long time in Nepal. Promotion of small-scale family pond aquaculture can be the one of the way to overcome this problem in rural Nepal. Several small grant projects were conducted in selected villages of Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Lamjung and Gorkha with a family pond concept (one household one pond) during the period of 2000–2012. Project initiated with carp polyculture and moved to pond dike vegetable farming then carp-small indigenous fish species polyculture with pond dike farming with the prime emphasis on household nutrition and if surplus sale for supplemental income. Project results have shown that household ponds are mostly managed by family woman and about 50% fish are consumed in family. Incorporation of small indigenous fish which are eaten whole and have very high nutritional value with high vitamins and micro-nutrients have increased household consumption of those species. We assume increase in fish consumption has improved nutrition to woman and children of the project areas. However, it needs assessment to measure improvement in nutrition.
Key words: rural poor, family pond-aquaculture, malnutrition, children and woman nutrition
ABSTRACT
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
• Selection of technically feasible sites – villages;
• Identification of appropriate rural society
• Formation of homogenous fish farmers groups;
• Registration of these groups with District Agriculture Development Office;
• Involvement of household heads (both male and female) in training and
other activities;
• Providing technical and input support for one culture cycle;
• Organizing regular monthly meetings of fish farmers’ groups to discuss on-
going and up-coming activities with an emphasis on household women;
• Establishment of fish farmer’s cooperative and its registration with District
Cooperative Office.
• Awareness on role of SIS in nutrition – Vitamins and micronutrients:
Table 1: Vitamin and micro-nutrient contents in small indigenous fish species and carps (Roos et al., 2006)
RAE = retinol activity equivalents
• Species Selection and identification:
Puntius sophore (Pothi)
Esomus denricus (Deduwa)
Amblypharyngogodon mola (Mara / Dhawai)
OUTCOME CONCLUSIONS• Small-scale family pond aquaculture is an effective tool for food security,
household nutrition and supplemental income for rural poor.• 25-50% produced fish (carps) were used for household consumption.• Nutrient dense SIS were consumed regularly in family.• Family pond aquaculture helped to empower women through women fish
cooperative.• Application of this strategy is likely to benefit a large number of resource
poor small-scale households.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSProject funding were - Women in Aquaculture Project by German NGO; Community Fish production Project by Canadian Cooperation Office; Small-scale mid hills project by Aquaculture without Frontier (AwF UK); Small indigenous fish species (SIS) project by DANIDA.
Collaborating partners were – Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh; Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Nepal; Local NGO – Rural Integrated Development Society, Kathar.
Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal and AquaFish Innovation Lab supported to participate this workshop.
Aquaculture in Nepal expanded and developed during the decade of nineties with aquaculture development projects. However, this project supported only large/bigger farmers with bigger size ponds and small-scale farmers were excluded. Though the production of fish increased in country, it did not contribute to improve the nutritional status of the rural poor family. Malnutrition especially to the children and women in the rural populations has been the major problems due to lack of nutritious food in regular diet. Promotion of small-scale family pond aquaculture wherever possible could be the one of the way to overcome this problem in rural Nepal. Small-scale family pond aquaculture has increased household fish consumption improving nutrition and income of a family and in women empowerment (Bhujel et al., 2008; Pant et al., 2012; Shrestha et al., 2012, Pandey et al., 2012. The small indigenous fishes (SIS), which are usually eaten whole with the organs and bones, contain large amounts of minerals like calcium, phosphorus, iron, iodine, zinc, etc. and vitamin-A and vitamin-D. The carp species promoted in current aquaculture do not contribute significantly to mineral intake. Unlike large fish, SIS is eaten whole, without loss of nutrients from cleaning or as plate waste. The bones of SIS are very rich in calcium. Likewise, the eyes, head, organs and viscera of some SIS, such as Puntius (Pothi), Esomus (Deduwa) and Amblypharyngodon (Mara/Dhawai) are rich in vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin A, iron and zinc (Roos et al., 2006). These nutrients in fish are found to be highly bio-available. Moreover, SIS are self-recruiting and therefore can be harvested weekly and fortnightly, favoring household consumption. Most of the Nepalese farmers have been consuming SIS fish by harvesting from the rivers, lake and swamp areas. However, over fishing and deterioration of natural habitats have resulted in a decline in SIS. Inclusion of SIS in carp ponds increases production, profit and household consumption as compared to normal carp culture, (Gupta, 2011; Yadav, 2011; Rai et al., 2012).
Therefore, small-scale family pond aquaculture in rural areas wherever possible may help to improve nutrition and food security in children and women of the household.
Fish Species Vitamin A(RAE/100 g cleaned &
edible part)
Calcium(RAE/100 g cleaned &
edible part)
Iron(RAE/100 g cleaned &
edible part)Esomus denricus (Deduwa)
880 775 12
Amblypharyngodon mola (Mara/Dhawai)
2680 776 5.7
Puntius sophore(Pothi/Sidhre)
60 784 3.0
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix(Silver carp)
< 30 36 4.4
Cirrhinus mrigala(Naini/ Mrigal)
< 30 < 10 2.5
Aquaculture and Fisheries Department, Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal
Madhav K Shrestha and Sunila Rai
BACKGROUND
IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
Family pond (100-200 m2)
Culture of Carps + SIS
Regular partial harvesting of SIS (weekly/Fortnightly)
Household consumption
Harvest of large carps
Surplus Sale & income
Improvement in nutrition of Children
& Women
Particulars values
Pond constructed (No.)Pond size (m2)Total area (m2)Total Fish production (kg)Mean fish productivity (ton/ha)Production range (kg/pond)Total home consumption (kg)Consumption range (kg/household)Total Fish sales (kg)Sales range (kg/household)Total supplemental income (NRs)Suppl. income range (NRs/household)
2160 – 395
368310962.98
28.5 - 97436
10 – 45660
9 – 6753,455
630 - 6030
Table 2. Outcome of Women in Aquaculture project phase I (2000-2002) Chitwan.
Table 3. Outcome of Women in Aquaculture project phase II (2002-2004) Chitwan and Nawalparasi.
Parameter Kathar, Chitwan
Kawasoti,Nawalparasi
Total
Total pond constructed (No.)Pond size (m2)Total pond area (m2)Total fish production (kg)Mean fish productivity (ton/ha)Production range (kg/pond)Total home consumption (kg)Consumption range (kg/HH)Total fish sales (kg)Sales range (kg/HH)Total suppl. income (NRs)Suppl. Income range (NRs/HH)
5750-398817327123.3
5-2058205-4018920-180
227,0400-21,600
3030-13526675342.0
7-35166
1–153685-25
44,140600-3,000
7730-3981084032462.99
5-2059861-4022600-180
271,2000-21,600
Parameter Kathar, Chitwan
Kawasoti,Nawalparasi
Total
Total pond constructed (No.)Pond size (m2)Total pond area (m2)Total fish production (kg)Mean fish productivity (ton/ha)Production range (kg/pond)Total home consumption (kg)Consumption range (kg/HH)Total fish sales (kg)Sales range (kg/HH)Total suppl. income (NRs)Suppl. Income range (NRs/HH)
3363-696741925573.45
20-34012584-13513005-205
156,000600-24,000
2840-25532427622.35
12-902273-235364-67
64,320480-8,040
6140-6961066133193.11
12-34014853-13518364-205
220,320480-24,600
Table 4. Outcome of Community fish production project phase III (2004-2007) Chitwan and Nawalparasi.
Table 5. Outcome of Aquaculture without Frontier (AwF) project (2008-2010) Lamjung and Gorkha.
Description/particulars FiguresPonds (no.) 70Area of ponds (sq. m.) 3,112 No. of families 70
Primary School 1Direct beneficiaries (no.) 300Total fish prod (kg) 634
Consumption (kg) 504 80%Sale (kg) 130 20%
Table 6. Outcome of Carp-SIS (DANIDA) project (2010-2012) Chitwan
Species combination Mean NFY (mt/ha/yr) Increment (%)
Carps only 3.3
Carps + SIS 4.0 17.5%