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General information
| Innovation ID | 396 |
| Version ID | 306 |
| Innovation Title | Advantages of inclusion of slowly degradable fibres (non starch polysaccharides - NSP) in fish diets for circularity in food production |
| Innovation description | Plant-based ingredients incorporated in formulated fish feed are often rich in fibres (non starch polysaccharides-NSP) which are difficult to digest by fish. This lowers the fish feed's overall digestibility. FISH research discovered that when NSPrich-plant-based ingredients are incorporated in the fish diet, extra energy and nutrients are funneled into the pond's food web, enhancing natural food availability and increasing fish natural food consumption that contribute to circularity in agriculture-aquaculture food systems. |
| Reporting Staff | Kazi Ahmed Kabir (WF), Marc Verdegem (WUR) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2019 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Production systems and Management practices |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 2: successful piloting |
| Year (Stage) | 2019 |
| Stage Description | The results are based on academic research in laboratory, experimental field ponds. The concept has been successfully piloted at farmer ponds level in Bangladesh (tilapia - 40 farmers) and Vietnam (shrimp - 9 farmers). |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | Wageningen University & Research Centre |
| Top 5 contributors | WorldFish; De Heus Animal Nutrition |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | |
| Main CRP | CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems |
| Flagship project | FP1-Sustainable aquaculture |
| Cluster | FP1-2-Fish health, nutrition and feeds |
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Scope
| Geographic scope | Global |
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Targeted outcomes
| Main Sub-IDO | More efficient use of inputs |
| Other Sub-IDO | Increased value capture by producers |
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Evidences
| Evidences | Kabir, K.A. (2019). Feeding fish or pond . . .? PhD thesis, Wageningen University Dissertation no. 7255, Wageningen University and Research. [ https://edepot.wur.nl/475216] Kabir, K. A., M. C. J. Verdegem, J. A. J. Verreth, M. J. Phillips and J. W. Schrama (2020). Effect of dietary carbohydrate to lipid ratio on performance of Nile tilapia and enhancement of natural food in pond aquaculture. Aquaculture Research. [https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/4055] Kabir, K. A., M. C. J. Verdegem, J. A. J. Verreth, M. J. Phillips and J. W. Schrama (2019). Effect of dietary protein to energy ratio, stocking density and feeding level on performance of Nile tilapia in pond aquaculture. Aquaculture 511. [http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/3625] Kabir, K. A., Schrama, J. W., Verreth, J. A. J., Phillips, M. J., & Verdegem, M. C. J. (2019). Effect of dietary protein to energy ratio on performance of nile tilapia and food web enhancement in semi-intensive pond aquaculture. Aquaculture, 499, 235–242. [https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/1184] Joffre, O. and M.C.J. Verdegem: Feeding the fish and the pond. A pathway to ecological intensification of aquaculture systems. Infofish International 3: 55 - 58. [https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/3847] Kabir, K.A. (2019), M.C.J. Verdegem, J.W. Schrama, J.A.J. Verreth and M.J. Phillips. The effect of dietary protein to energy ratio and stocking densities on fish production, food web enhancement and economic benefit fof GIFT Nile tilapia aquaculture in ponds. 12th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum, Transforming Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture for Sustainable Production and Nutrition. 9-12 Apri [https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/the-effect-of-dietary-protein-to-energy-ratio-and-stocking-densit] |
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