Bangladesh is endowed with vast water areas in the form of ponds, dighis, lakes, streams, and rivers, coastal areas, natural depressions and estuaries covering an area of 4.56 million ha (DoF, 2011), etc where fish can be cultured profitably.

1. March | April 2012
Feature title: Exploration of fresh water prawn feed industry of Bangladesh
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2. FEATURE FEATURE
feeding started in the country in late 1990s
when semi-intensive shrimp farming of brack-
ish water started in the southeastern part of
the coastal area and in the beginning of last
decade in fresh water, when Thai catfish farm-
ing started getting popular.
Before that a few farms used rice bran and
oil cakes mash from in aquaculture.
Supplemental feeds in pellet form for semi-
intensive Peneaus monodon farming were
mostly imported and a joint venture company
started producing several thousand tonnes
Exploration of the fresh water prawn
annually in the country.
However, semi-intensive Peneaus mono-
don farming started and vanished like bubbles,
feed industry of Bangladesh aquaculture feed imports ceased to exist and
the joint venture company switched over
to producing low-cost aquaculture feeds for
fishes.
by Ayaz Hasan Chisty 1, Prabal Barua 2 * and Jewel Das 3 Since than pellets became familiar and
several companies and private farm owners
are now producing pellets for fish and shrimp According to research report and various non-food grade livestock by-products; 2)
B
in the way they like. Most of the pellets surveys it was found that there are 100 feed- plant oilseed and grain legume meals; 3) cereal
angladesh is endowed with vast table: the terms and condition of the survey study is as follows: produced as feed contains more junks than mills in Bangladesh that produce aquaculture by-product meals; and 4) miscellaneous pro-
water areas in the form of ponds, nutritionally required proportional ingredients. feed and poultry feed together. tein sources such as single-cell proteins, leaf
dighis, lakes, streams and rivers, tasks expectation /results Improper feeds provided to a terrestrial ani- It is clear that there is no specific study protein concentrates, invertebrate meals, etc.
coastal areas, natural depressions mal may cause harm to it or the animal can emphasising sustainability/ feasibility of feed- However, the eventual success of these
and estuaries covering an area of 4.56 1.explore different types of prawn feed -Possible to know the types of feed used in the deny consuming and provider has an option based aquaculture, especially in Bangladesh. potential feed resources as fishmeal replace-
million ha (DoF, 2011), etc where fish can be available in the market: prawn farming areas to change or modify to make it palatable. In In fact, the production of aqua-feeds has ment in aquafeeds will depend upon the
cultured profitably. a. local made by local small industry or by -Possible to know the name and product of case of aquaculture once feed (sinking) is pro- been widely recognised as one of the fast- further development and use of improved
household company
vided, it is difficult to know that percentage of est expand-
b. Imported -Find out the brand name of feed
Fisheries are diverse with fish and shrimp c. Distribution system through retailer/ -Possible to know the ingredients used feed being consumed by target animal. ing agricultural
in the fresh and marine waters of Bangladesh wholesaler -Know the supply system for better profit margins industries in
that play a major role in nutrition, employ- The impact of poorer the world, with
2.Categorize the feed based on quality adequate quality grade of prawn feed will be
ment and foreign exchange earnings with quality feeds annual growth
available in the market
about 12 million people are associated with Possible to identify the quality grade feed To make things worse uneaten feed/ rates in excess
the fisheries sector. available in the market particles partly used as fertiliser in aquatic eco- of 30 percent
Around 400,000ha of ponds/ditches and enlistment of quality grade feed as per grade system and pollute the water body rapidly, per year (Tacon,
more than 900,000 households are involved 3.to know the market share of the existing Possible to know the feed market share if water exchange is not practiced (Tacon, 1996). On the
in aquaculture (ADB, 2005). companies and to compliances on rules and 1996). In Bangladesh aquaculture most ponds basis of differ-
Varieties of cultural, socio-economical and a. Production capacity regulations are rain fed and hardly has any scope of water ent categories
b. Process of manufacturing (pellet/powder) of species, 25
institutional settings together with the diversi- exchange.
c. economics of different type of feed used in Whether feed is easily intake &digestion
fied set of aquatic species and farming prac- industries and their efficiencies Know the capacity and selling price Therefore, cost effective quality feed is a percent of total
tices has given a multidimensional identity in d. Information on ingredients used in feed economics of feed can be assed must for aquaculture. aqua-feed pro-
the sector of aquaculture. The rapid growth in companies Ingredients can be known Bad quality feed translated into poorer duction was
aquaculture production has made the sector e. Comparative studies on the price and Price and nutritive value can be assed production performance, pollutes water bod- for shrimp and
nutritive value between local and prawn.
important to Bangladesh. ies, degrade eco-system and environment and
commercial made
Crustacean, the most prominent prod- f. Formulation of low cost feed used locally may lead to out break of disease in aquacul- The efforts
uct from aquaculture in international trade ture farms (Barua et al, 2011). have been
4. to assess the implication on the production Growth dependency will be known
has been the major force behind increased Cost benefit analysis will be determined
It is very much difficult to find out the placed on the
shrimp/prawn trading. Since the late 1980s, Choice of alternate feed will be known time when formulated feed was introduced in use of by-prod-
farmed prawn has tended to act as a stabilising aqua farms of Bangladesh, but it is well known ucts from the
factor for this industry. 5.Identification of hazards ingredients Possible to detect nitro furan and other hazards that during the introduction of semi intensive much larger and
harmful antibiotics and other banned/ substances contaminated in the feed method supplementary feed was introduced. faster-growing
harmful substances Identify the % of different types of ingredients
Feeding fish thought Especially in shrimp farms located in Cox’s terrestrial agri-
used in the feed
to be unnecessary Bazaar used fishmeal, rice bran and different cultural pro-
Feeding fish or any other aquatic domes- 6. Collection of primary and secondary data Can be used as a growth tools types of oil cakes as supplementary feed. duction sector,
from the different sources on Quality can be assured
ticated aquatic organisms was considered a. Market share
Local farmer started to use this mixture including: 1)
unnecessary in this part of the world. Most b. ratio of ingredients in 1987-1988. The Meghna Farm of Cox’s terrestrial ani-
people thought that even farmed aquatic c. application of dosages of feed bazar first used the pelleted feed in 1989. mal by-product
organisms were unnatural. These beliefs was d. Storing system Saudi Bangla Fishfeed Ltd, first manufactured meals result-
due to ignorance and partly to the fact that pelleted feed in 1990. In 2001, Bangladesh ing from the
fish and shrimp grow beyond our eyesight. 7. Prepare a final report on feed with a well Information on complete study on feed market Integrated Fishery and Poultry Limited” first processing (i.e.
Introduction of pellet types supplemental defined toC will be available introduced floating feed which is very costly. rendering) of
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3. FEATURE Aqua News
FEATURE
table 2: name of Brand feed by formulated feed industry
table 1: list of different feed mills and their capacity and nature of feed techniques in feed processing/manufac- Wenger Extrusion Group announces purchase
S/n name of Industry Brand name
ture (Riaz, 1997) and feed formulation,
Sl.
no.
name and address
Production
capacity Purpose
including the increased use of specific of Source Technology A/S
aCI Feeds, Vadra Ghat, Shirajgonj aCI Feed
(ton/ Hour)
feed additives such as feeding stimu-
lants, free amino acids, feed enzymes, Bismillah feed, Fakirhat, Khulna
a) titas, b) Modhumoti & c) balaka
Inline sampling and real time analysis becomes key to full integration
probiotics and immune-enhancers CP Feeds, Hemayetpur, shavar, Dhaka CP Prawn feed
1 aCI Feeds, Vadra Ghat, Shiraj Gonj 20 Poultry, Finfish & shrimp/prawn (Hardy and Dong, 1997).
S
2 aftab feeds ltd., rupgonj, narayangonj 10 Poultry, Finfish Feed is the major cost variable in A B E T H A , K S — lation compliance. Typical appli- installed d) Diamond, e)
Fakirhat Feed Mills ltd. a) Borak, b) Shapla, c) tanin, in over 90 countries,
Boishakhi, f) Doyel & g) toshiba
shrimp aquaculture representing up Febr uar y 2012 — The cations for Source Technology and are suppor ted through
3 aIt Feeds ltd., Shopipur, gazipur 20 Poultry, Finfish
to 60 percent of total costs (Sarac W e Jessore Feedx t r u s i o n inline analysis devices include 330 extrusion-specific profes-
nger E a) Usha, b) Paragon & c) Chamak
4 alea Feeds, Bagher Bazar, Gazipur 10 Poultry, Finfish niribili Feeds, BISIC I/a, Cox’s Bazar ing of bulk density, sionals based in twelve global
niribili Prawn Feed
et al, 1993). Feed costs constitute Group (comprised of Wenger measur
5 aman Feeds, Ullah Para, Shiraj gonj 10 Poultry, Finfish & shrimp/prawn Manufacturing, Inc, Extru-Tech, Khulna
north Khulna Feeds, Koia, tap density, moisture content, locations. Wenger manufac-
a) nabila, b) Pashur, c)nK Feed, d) Virab & e)
INFORMATION FOR ADVERTISERS
40-60 percent of operational costs
6 Bay agro Feeds, Shopipur, Gazipur 5 Poultry, Finfish Confidence
Inc , and Cor por ate Project product sizing, par ticle sizing, tures and suppor ts the indus- With circulation of the
in production of the freshwater
7 Biswas Feeds, Kashimpur, Gazipur 5 Poultry, Finfish prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii S e r v i c e s ) h a s feeds,o u n c e d Gazipur
Paragon a n n Vabanipur, NIR analysis, burned par ticle Feedr y ’s m o s t c o m p r e h e n s i ve
Paragon Prawn t printed magazine to key
8 Bismillah feed Mills,attaki, Fakirhat, Khulna 5 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn (D’ Abramo and Sheen, 1991). Initial t h e a c q uQuality n o f BaghercBazar, Gazipuri o n , c o Quality: n t e n - b)ser ies & c) extr uder s, dr yer s
i s i t i o Feeds, S o u r e d e t e c t l o r i a) Gold, Special of Suborna industry decision makers
efforts to reduce feed costs for aqua- Technology A/S, the leading Bogra dust testing, dur ability and controls for the commer-
Quality feeds, Bogra Unit, sity, and heavy promotion at key
Bismillah feed Mills, nonadanga,
9 3.5 culture species often include replace- p r ov i d e r Saudi iBangla FishaFeeds, Valuka, Mymensingh test and much cial production of Feed food,
o f n l i n e a n ly s i s testing, floating Saudi Bangla, Saudi Bangla Special Prawn pet industry events, working
Chanderhat, Mollarhat, Khulna
ment of expensive animal protein with systems used in food and feed Paturia, Manikgon
Spectra Hexa Feeds ltd., more. Mega Feed human food, aquatic and live- alongside our online
10 BnS Feeds, Shitakundu, chittagaog 5 Poultry, Finfish
plant protein meals, which are generally manufacturing. Headquar tered T h e We n g e r E x t r u s i o n stock feeds. distribution strategies -
11 BraC Feeds, Sreepur, Gazipur 14 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn Usha Feed, Shavar, Dhaka Usha Feed
less expensive (Tidwell et al., 1993), in Kolding, Denmar k, Source G r o u p , h e a d q u a r t e r e d i n International Aquafeed is the
12 CP Feeds, Hemayetpur, shavar, Dhaka 10 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn or elimination of excess vitamin and Te c h n o l o g y s u p p l i e s i n l i n e Sabetha, Kansas, is a global More inforMation: ideal place to promote your
13 excel feed, trishal, Mymenshingh 5 Poultry, Finfish mineral premixes from the diet (Triño Lafe Bailey, Wenger Vice President of
sampling and analysis systems designer, manufacturer and full practical considerations feed from market and machine, produce feed
production of rice; wheat and other mother/ account certain products aimed at the global
14 Fakirhat Feed mills ltd., fakirhat, Bagerhat 3 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn et al., 1992). to four key industries involving ser vice provider of extrusion Sales and Services
original feed produces. Primary data were col- (acceptability of mixture to the animal, ability by hand in his home is called homemade feed.
aquaculture industry.
Email: L-bailey@wenger.com
Jamuna Feeds ltd., Padmabil, Bashundia, Therefore, efforts should be made lected through direct interviews while second- systems. The acqui-be pelleted cost, etc). On
pellets and powders. processing of the mixture to Very cheap Call the team today to hear to
and locally available two
15 5 Poultry, Finfish whenever possible to increased usage from sition of the basis of farmer’s Thomas Jorgensen, Source four ingredients in market are used for formu-
ary data were collected e ve r-different issues Source Technology economic condition in Technology
Jessore S o u r c e Te c h n o l o g y l how we can help you achieve
Jayson agreovet (Jassofeed), vabanipur, of locally available feed ingredient ages its innovative experStatistics (BBS) and Bangladesh, feed formulation process divided lation of home made feed. The formulation
of Bangladesh Bureau of tise will strengthen their ability to President your marketing goals
16 10 Poultry, Finfish sources so as to reduce the cur-
Memberbari, Gazipur to help manufacturers enhance provide a full scope types –1) small scale feed industry process is very easy.
unpublished but reliable documents of differ- into two of auto- Email: tj@sourcetechnology.dk
17 Jessore Feed ltd., Bashundia, Jessore 13 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn
rent dependence of imported sources ent feed companies. and 2) large scale feed industry.
product quality, improve energy mated extr usion technology Home made feed has a long history of
(Rabobank, 1995; Best, 1996). The local Feed formulation is the process of design- Website: www.wenger.com
Small scale feed industry also divided into feed formulation in Bangladesh. This feed not
18 Kazi Feeds, daudkandi, Comilla 40 Poultry, Finfish
and oper ational efficiencies systems with enhanced process
Website: www.sourcetechnology.dk
production of farm-made aquafeeds by and increase food safety regu- the nutritional two types that are home made and on farm need to transfer anywhere, it distributed into
ing a mixture that will meet control. Wenger systems are
19 lion Feeds, Chandana, Gazipur 20 Poultry, Finfish Website: www.extru-techinc.com
small-scale farmers plays an important Wenger_AQ_210x147mm 5/27/11 11:17 AM Page 1 Poor farmers who cannot able to buy the pond as soon as possible by farmers. On
requirement of the animal while taking into feed.
20 lucky Feeds, Kaliakoir,Gazipur 5 Poultry, Finfish role in that it facilitates the use of
M.M aga Feeds, Baizid Bostami road, locally available feed ingredient sources
21 10 Poultry, Finfish
Chittagong and agricultural by-products that would
Spectra Hexa Feed Mills ltd., Paturia, otherwise not be used (New, 1996).
22 7 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn
Manikgon However, inclusion of different food 1- 4 May 2012
17 Mono Feeds, Chalkpara, Mawna, Gazipur 5 Poultry, Finfish ingredients, additives, growth promot- Melbourne
ers and other supplements might accu- Convention &
9 national Feeds, memberbari, Gazipur 13 Poultry, Finfish Exhibition Centre
mulate some health hazardous materi-
27 new hope Feeds, sreepur, Gazipur 30 Poultry, Finfish Victoria, Australia
als in to the muscle of the prawn that
12 niribili Feeds ltd., BISIC C/a, Cox’s Bazar 10 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn might cause the rejection of exported
40 north Khulna Fish Feeds, Koia, Khulna 5 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn (?) prawn from different importer coun-
16
nourish Feeds, Hobirbari, Valuka,
50 Poultry, Finfish
tries. Multiply extrusion capacities for small
Mymensingh Facing the fact, this reality is prevail- diameter aquatic feeds with patented
8 Paragon feeds, Vabanipur, Gazipur 15 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn ing now a day in this sector that makes new Wenger technology.
a great setback to the economy of
36 Pocha Feeds, Baliakandi, Kishoregaoj 8 Poultry, Finfish
Bangladesh. Wenger’s innovation of diverging cone screw and oblique die
11 Provita Feeds, Shitakundu, Chittagaog 10 Poultry, Finfish technologies brings all the benefits of extrusion to high capacity
However, this survey project had
14 Quality Feeds, Bagher Bazar, Gazipur 5 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn been carried out to get base line micro aquatic feed production. These new designs result in
13 Quality feeds, Bogra Unit, Bogra 5 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn information on different prawn feed floating and sinking small diameter aquatic feeds that are:
Saudi Bangla Fish Feeds, Valuka, industries and enterprisers and market
33
Mymensingh
15 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn
situations.
• produced at rates 3‘ to e5 n e x t t greaterr than previous technology.
t h times e n y e a s ’
• uniform in size and shape.
www.australian-aquacultureportal.com
4 SGS Feeds, Mahendra nagar, lalmonirhat 5 Poultry, Finfish This study used both primary and
e: sarah-jane.day@aquaculture.org.au // m: +61 437 152 234
secondary data to achieve its objectives.
• on target for density and water stability. Hosted by
3 Shah amanat Feed, Bogra 5 Poultry, Finfish
Primary data were collected from the Request details now on high capacity, profitable production of
37 Shushama feeds, Churkhai, Mymensingh 10 Poultry, Finfish
fish farmers, fish entrepreneurs (those small diameter feeds at info@wenger.com.
22 SMS Feeds, Sreepur, Gazipur 3 Poultry, Finfish provided pond and capital but were
32 Sunny Feeds, Valuka, Mymensingh 10 Poultry, Finfish & Shrimp/prawn not directly related), feed manufactur- At Wenger, we innovate to solve customer challenges. Naming Rights Sponsor
29 Supreme Feeds, Kashimpur, Gazipur 9 Poultry, Finfish ers, feed dealers and feed retailers. Inventing the new original since 1935. And then we do it again.
31 tamim agro Feeds, Bogra 5 Poultry, Finfish
The survey collected information Sponsored by
on cost, return, price, catch and feed
20 teer Feed, rupganj, narayangonj 10 Poultry, Finfish SABETHA, KANSAS USA 785-284-2133 INFO@WENGER.COM
composition of fish culture.
38 United Feed, Meghna Ghat, narayangonj 10 Poultry, Finfish On the other hand, secondary data USA BELGIUM TAIWAN BRASIL CHINA TURKEY
6 Usha Feed, Shavar, Dhaka 15 Poultry, Finfish &Shrimp/prawn comprised time series information on
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4. FEATURE FEATURE
Grinder hammers Packaging Rolls Other
IAF.ai 29/02/2012 14:12:31
John Staniar & Co. table 5: Arodo BVBA
• Prawn feed production and market share of different feed
• Andritz FeedFeed quality
& Biofuel BV
industries
• Kay Jay Chill Rolls Pvt Ltd com-
Most of the
Grinder Screens name of the company Production/yr (Mt) Market Share (%)
pany use one, five and
A Clondalkin Company
20kg pack for nursery
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
John Staniar & Co. north Khulna Fish Feed 50 0.076357 feed and 25kg pack
Jessore Feed ltd 200 0.305427 for grower and fin-
isher prawn feed.
Level measurement Fakirhat Feed Mills ltd. 500 0.763569
Bismillah Feed Mills is a market
CB Packaging 20,000 30.54274
Nutritional infor- THE 7TH
mation labeled on
leader of multi-walled paper
Saudi Bangla Fish Feed ltd 500 0.763569 each pack/bag is the INDONESIA’S
sacks. With over 50 years of
Spectra Hexa Feeds ltd.
experience, we offer solutions
500 0.763569 protein, lipid, fiber and NO.1
moisture percentages.
Sunny Feed ltd. of industries,
for a wide range 5,000 7.635686
• Millson Engineering Limited
However, in some LIVESTOCK,
including animal feeds, pet
Quality Feed ltd. 7,000 10.68996
food, seeds,ltd. powder,
niribili Feeds milk 3,000
• Muench-Edelstahl GmbH
4.581412
cases energy level of FEED, DAIRY
the feed is also men-
the other hand, aqua farmers formulated feed in the industry are called large-scale feed. and enterprises of Jessore, Khulna, Bagerhat,
flour and root crops. 500
aman Feed Mill 0.763569 tioned without any
Silos
AND
For more information, please call
with few ingredients near their farming site by In the feedmill, feed produced by large and Satkhira, Narail was collected by visiting the CP Feed
Tim Stallard: +44 (0) 7805 092067
www.cbpackaging.com
1,200 1.832565 clarification (gross, FISHERIES
known as on-farm feed. scientific machine and maintain highly standard industries and enterprises through a set of digestible or metaboli-
In rainy season or any rainy day on-farm for quality of feed. questionnaires and that of out side these areas
other
total
27,032
65,482
41.28081
100
gible) and no FCR for INDUSTRY
feed cannot produce. Locally ingredients are Generally floating feed and sinking feed were collected by visiting the office of the
Process control
Yingchun Group
prawn is mentioned. SHOW
used for feed formulation. This feed may be formulated by feed mills are considered as respective industry and from other sources. Yet the actual
needed to transfer or not. large scale feed industry. Floating feed formu- nutrient content of "Food Education
Mill Design & Installation Campaign"
Grain Silo
Large scale feed industry or aquaculture lation is very new phenomenon in Bangladesh. Types of prawn feed • Converteam UK Ltd the respective feed
feed processing technology is a new concept By supplying floating feed into the farmers can on the market • Datastor Systems Ltd to be determined
in Bangladesh. observe the fish feeding and may be able to It has been observed from the survey that • KSE Protech BV Manufacturing
before drawing any Hosted by
Feed produced for commercial purposes detect diseases or other problems. all most all of these feed industries manu- conclusion is better as
• RED-BERG s.r.l.
Other advantages facture feed for poultry, around 27 percent personal interview of
Tel: +86 546 8313068
Directorate General of Livestock
and Animal Health, Ministry of
table 3: list of different ingredients used for prawn feed formulation of the floating feed of these industries produce feed for prawn Email: ycgbc@silo86.com
some of the manufac- C
Agriculture, Republic of Indonesia
Sl. name of the ingredients origin
include higher digest-
ibility due to the heat
using the same machine and only one indus-
Buhler AG
try (Specta Hexa) use separate machine for
Analysis www.silo86.com
turer reveals that the
nutritional information
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applied during manu- prawn feed preparation (see Table 1). & Control labeled on the pack is
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facture, better water Most of the industries produce sinking
T: +41 71 955 11 11 Intake and Inline measurement of Equipment assumption basis
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moisture, protein, temperature,
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2 De-fatted rice bran Imported (India)
structure, ash, fat, fibre, starch and
of pellets in bottom industry (Mega Feed) produced both sinking
E: milling@buhlergroup.com colour. Recipe management and Condex (UK) Ltd However, from the Supporting Publications
CY
3 Defatted soybean meal Imported (India) mud. and floating types (for fin fish) although sinking traceability records.
label it was noted that
2011/12
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CMY
It’s primarily dis- pellets are required for prawn feeding. prawn nursery feed
4 Fishmeal local/imported (India)
advantages are higher The production capacity of the feed indus- ® contains 35-42 per- K
5 limestone/ Di-calcium Imported (India)
cost possible loss of try varies from three to 40 tonnes/ hour and cent protein whereas
phosphate
certain nutrients dur- the machineries used for feed manufacturing For maximum control and efficiency call: grower and finisher
6 Maize local/imported (India)
ing processing and are imported from China, Class ad_GFMT10.indd 1
Buhler Taiwan, Thailand, 11/12/2009 09:07 www.suffolk-automation.co.uk contain 24-28 percent
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7 Meat and bone meal Imported (australia, Croatia, increased bulk. Sinking Germany and India and locally made. protein. No crumble
norway, Ukraine, Belgium,
feeds produce from In most of the cases it has been observed However, it has been observed that some unit observed in most of the industries rather
etc.)
1990 when Saudi- that most of the industries do not use differ- of the industries appoint technical personnel they produce crumble by breaking the pellet
8 Mustard oil cake local/imported (India)
Bangla fish feed ent tools from a single country of origin. Only Recruitment
in fisheries background as their employee who followed by sieving through a desired meshed
9 rape seed meal Imported (India) industry established one prawn/shrimp feed has been reported to give support service to the prawn farmers and sieve.
10 rice polishing local in Mymensingh district import from India (CP Feed). dealers. Hence, it could be assumed that in some
• AGRI-Associates
11 Sesame oil cake local which the first is feed These prawn feed industries use either sin- A huge number of feeds (more than 35) cases the protein level of the nursery feed
industry in Bangladesh. gle brand name of their products or different
• Agribusiness Recruiters
were used for fish in the study area and the would not be higher as it is declared ( see
12 Shark oil local
After establishing this trade names of their products (see Table 2) farmers followed no standard doses to apply Table 4) HANDLING TECHNIQUES
FOR SALE
13 Soybean oil locally purchased
industry it has great depending on their market strategy. them. From the overall survey of prawn
14 table salt local revolution in aquacul- However, all these feed industries include feed formulation, it is clear that in terms of Market “Turner” Flaking Rolls
share of the
30 ins complete with drive.
15 Wheat flour local ture fish feed sector in almost same ingredients in their manufactured quantity used, rice bran appeared to be the existing companies
Bangladesh. feed (see Table 3). largest feed item followed by rice polish, rice Large flaking roller by
Prawn farming areas are gradually increas-
According to the Most of these feed industries appoint one “Damman & Croes”
and mussel meal, soybean meal, wheat floor, ing day by day as the invasion of saline water
table 4: Proximate composition of Prawn feed • TekPro Ltd Belgium
newspaper, research or more dealer (wholesaler) in each district maize etc. in the shrimp farming two x 30kw
areas is opposed by
types of Feed size Moisture ash Protein Fat • Wallace & Associates Inc. complete with
feed and shape
report it was found for their marketing from which the sub deal-
• Younglove Construction LLC
It has also been observed that there are the marginal local farmers. diameter
motors,rollers 24 ins It is assumed that www.indolivestock.com
that there are 100 ers (retailers) purchase the feed for the local some enterprises that only manufacture feed approximately 50,000ha of coastal and inland
x50 ins wide very heavy duty Organised by
feedmills are available sale. It has also been observed that some feed locally using hauler machine (22hp, China) area is used for prawn farming.
nursery Granular 11.0% 16% 30% 5% in Bangladesh that are industries (Saudi-Bangla, CP) go for contact and only get the making cost. In this case, the For more information
Hence, considering 212kg prawn pro-
Starter Crumble 11.0% 16% 17% 5% produced aquaculture farming through their agents. Tel: 01453 826016
prawn farmers directly bring different ingredi- duction per acre the total prawn produc-
Grower Pellet , 11.0% 17% 25% 4% feed and poultry feed Some feed industries in greater Khulna use ents to the enterprise and mix different feed tion is more than 26,000 tonnes per year. PT. NAPINDO MEDIA ASHATAMA
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Jl. Kelapa Sawit XIV Blok M1 No.10, Billy & Moon,
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