Integrated animal-fish farming in Southern Brazil: practices, challenges, opportunities and difficulties.
Integrated animal-fish farming in Southern Brazil: practices, challenges, opportunities and difficulties.
Author(s): PEDROZA FILHO, M. X.; SOUSA, C. W. A. de
Summary: In Santa Catarina state, the fish farming has characteristics that distinguish it from other states, as it is developed mostly in small farms. In these small farms the integration of production occurs by using corn as the main component for pig diet and pig manure is often used to fertilize corn, wheat and soybean. In this context, the integration with fish farming emerged as a complementary activity aiming to increase pig´s income. The integrated pig-fish farming developed in Santa Catarina consist of a polyculture based on Chinese model coupled with pig manure utilization.
Publication year: 2018
Types of publication: Abstract in annals or event proceedings
Keywords: Esterco, Fish farms, Peixe, Pequeno Produtor, Pig manure, Porco, Sistema de Produção, Sistema integrado, Southern Brazil
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