Survey Report On Fish Farming Enterprise In Chitwan

2. TRIBHUWAN UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL SCIENCE(IAAS)
RAMPUR CAMPUS
FISH FARMING ENTERPRISE IN KHAIRAHANI, CHITWAN
PRESENTED BY PRESENTED TO
Swagat Aryal Dr. Bishnu Bilas Adhikari
IVth Semester Associate Professor
Roll No: 50 Department Of Agronomy
IAAS, Rampur campus

3. PRESENTATION OUTLINES
1. Introduction
2. Objectives
3. Methodology
4.Results and Discussions
5. Conclusion
6. Recommendation
7. Acknowledgement
8. References

4. Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial breeding of fish, most
often for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds.
Global fisheries and aquaculture production is at a record high and the
sector will play an increasingly important role in providing food and
nutrition in the future.
Total fisheries and aquaculture production= 214 million tonnes
Aquaculture= 178 million tonnes
Per capita apparent consumption= 20.2 kg
1. INTRODUCTION

5. Fish Farming in Chitwan
Fish farming in Chitwan has started
since 2037/38 BS (DADO
Chitwan,2072).
58 farmers group and 1255 farmers
were involved.
Total pond of 2073 and area of 854 ha.
Fishes generate a number of
commercially valuable by-products.
Fish oil, fish meat, fertilizer, fish glue
and so on are these by-products.

6. 2. OBJECTIVES
A. General Objectives
 To find out general status of fish farming enterprise in Chitwan
B. Specific Objectives
To find out species reared by fish farmers,
To find out feeding practices in fish enterprise,
To find out disease management practices in fish enterprise.

7. Research site
Satya Narayan Fish Farm, Khairahani-05, Chitwan
Data collection:
Pre- tested questionnaires were administered to the enterprise and interview
was carried out.
Analysis Methods:
Qualitative and Quantitative
3. METHODOLOGY

8. 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
Population Status
Age Group
Gender No. of family members
Male 2
Female 3
Age group No. of family members
1-10 1
11-20 -
20-40 2
40-65 2
Above 65 -

9. Educational Status
Occupation
All the family members are involved in fish farming.
Educational level No. of family members
Illiterate -
Literate -
Up to 10 4
Above 10 1

10. Fish Enterprise details
Only Indigenous species are being reared
which includes Silver carp, Rohu, Naini,
Grass carp and Common carp.
2 Bigha land was devoted to fish farming.
Total of 4 ponds( Small=3 and Big=1).
Provision of Separate ponds for Small
(Bhura) and Large ones..

11. Fish Stocking and production
Fish fingerlings are generally brought
from Bhandara and Bhairahawa.
About 6 months is taken for the
marketable maturity stage.
500-700 gram is the average growth
during the 6 months span.
About 1 lakhs fishes are produced per
cycle of 6-7 months.

12. Fish feeding and nutrition
Oilseed meal, husk and brans are the most
common feeding materials.
The feed are wetted, then deformed into
round shape and then thrown into the pond.
In average, Rs. 2000 is used for feeding per
day (50kg/ day).

13. Water management
Electric motor is used as the source of
water in the ponds.
Water availability is year round.
Provision of aerators, submersible
motors and submerged plants
Lime maintains turbidity

14. Health and disease management
No measures taken to control mosquito
larvae.
Cypermethrin for te control of mites
Lime and Potash for timely control of
bacterial disease in fishes.
.

15. Harvesting and post- harvesting practices
Harvested after 6 months
Harvested using Nets
Fishes are kept in boxes containing ice for
post harvest handling

16. Economic Aspects and viability
Total Income per cycle= Nearly 5.5
lakhs
Total Expenditure on inputs= Nearly 4.7
lakhs
Nearly 50,000 – 60000 profit per cycle.

17. Marketing and sales
Mostly, the Buyers and consumers are
concentrated in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Birgunj.
Fishes are also sold locally. There is increasing
demand of fish in the market in the recent years.
No value addition practices applied.
Labor and Employment
Family employment as well as Hired.
2 people are hired (driver and guard)

18. Challenges and constraints
High cost of feed and feed are not of proper
quality.
Several internal and external parasites are
very difficult to control.
Perceptions and aspirations
Fish farming can be a better source of
household income and livelihoods than
agriculture.

19. Social and institutional support
Received subsidies from Government
of Nepal.
Received Aerators, Motors, Solar
waters from the Co-operative under the
support of Government of Nepal.
Other training and extension support
from Agriculture knowledge Center
(AKC) and Municipal programs.

20. 5. CONCLUSION
Fish farming is the one of the fastest growing agriculture sector in Nepal.
Due to increasing demand of fish, fish farming has a great prospects in
Nepal.
Hence, we are able to access to general status of fish farming enterprise in
Eastern Chitwan.
Similarly, we are able to know about various species reared by pond
culture as well as their feeding practices, health and disease management
practices,
We are also able to understand various problems faced by fish farmers
during establishment, harvesting and marketing.

21. Provision of technical and financial assistance
Improvements in breeding technology, disease management
Geographical planning and zoning
Development of incentives policy to encourage farmers to produce more
fish products.
.
6. RECOMMENDATIONS

22. 7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This report is the outcome of the survey carried out by 5 students of 4th
semester of Rampur Campus at Khairahani- 05, Chitwan.
We are glad to carry out the survey which was on the topic ‘Fish Farming
Enterprise’.
We would like to thank or respected subject teacher Dr. Bishnu Bilas
Adhikari for providing us this golden opportunity as well as necessary
guidance and support throughout the survey.
We would also like to thank the farmers who were cooperative and
providing us all the required information.

23. 8. REFERENCES
FAO STAT, 2018
 CFPCC (Central Fisheries Promotion and Conservation Center), 2079
 MoALD (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development)
 Shrestha, T.K. 2019. Ichthyology of Nepal, Heritage publishers.
 Google earth, 2019
 (Umanga Yasas, 2020). https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/post-harvest-
handling-fish-umanga-yasas