Evaluation and Demonstration of Integrated Fish (Cyprinus carpio)-Poultry-Forage-Vegetable production in Alicho Wuriro District, SNNPR, Ethiopia

Authors

  • Fikadu Amare Mekuria Research Scholar, Worabe Agricultural Research Center, South Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 21, Ethiopia, Africa
  • Abayneh Utalo Research Scholar, Worabe Agricultural Research Center, South Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 21, Ethiopia, Africa

Keywords:

Carrot, fodder beet, integration, cyprinus carpio, poultry manure, crops production, fish production.

Abstract

The study was conducted in Silte Zone Alicho Wuriro district, situated at about 187 km Southwest of Addis Ababa, and the objectives were to evaluate and demonstrate the use of poultry manure as a fish feed and pond organic fertilizer and the profitability of fish-poultry-horticulture - forage in the integrated farming system. Poultry breeds of Bovine brown which was layers, fish species (Cyprinus carpio) and different varieties of horticultural and forage crops viz. carrot (Daucus carota L) and fodder beet (Beta vulgaris L.) variety were investigated. The data were collected over a period of December 2017 to July 2018. The production of the integrated system was high as compared to the non-integrated ones. The fish production was positively improved due to the presence of poultry manure and wastes in water that served as fertilizer for crops production.

Author Biography

  • Fikadu Amare Mekuria, Research Scholar, Worabe Agricultural Research Center, South Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 21, Ethiopia, Africa
    Fish and Other Aquatic Life Researcher

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2022-07-04

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2022)

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