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Carlos Hilado Memorial State College
Camindangan Planters and Farm Workers Association
Brgy. Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental
30 Farm workers, People's Organization and LGU
CHMSC GAA - Php 232,400.00
3 year
Started: February 2018
Target Date to Finish: February 2018
Products yielded through organic farming have been in great demand since the last decade because of the increasing number of health conscious consumers. A major benefit to consumers of organic food is that it is free of contamination with health harming such as chemicals, antibiotic and heavy metal residues. Healthy fish means healthy people, and such better nourished plants provide better nourishment to people and animals alike. Several studies showed that populations fed on chemically grown foods; there has been a profound upward trend in the incidence of diseases associated with exposure to toxic chemicals in industrialized society. Thus organic production is being promoted to meet the increasing demand of organic agricultural and fisheries products.
Barangay Camindangan, strategically located as one of the upland most barangay of Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. It was observed that the practice of green technology in fish production is not evident among locals and farmers association which is the target beneficiaries of this program. This training entitled 'Seminar Workshop on Tilapia Culture Production with Emphasis on Green Aquaculture Technology can be an alternative program that will promote sustainable aquatic environment and food production to generate income and to improve the living condition of the communities in the upland barangays. One of the most popular stocks that gained high potential in aquaculture was tilapia. It is regarded as the second most cultured aquaculture species globally. The commercial production of tilapia has increasingly expanded in many countries due to its suitability to variety of pond farming conditions, resistance to diseases, high survival and growth rate.
The technology will promote organic aquaculture in the country by providing trainings, workshops and technical assistance to organic aquaculture stakeholders especially our direct beneficiaries. In this manner the organic industry will envisioned growth and development in the near future which could offer job opportunities both for public and private sectors and that could possibly alleviate poverty to small and marginalized fish farmers.
In the quest of generating organic aquaculture technology, the completion of the program will create higher interest of fishfarmers to go on organic fish farming. The program will strategically generate and disseminate organic technology in the production of organic tilapia using ideal stocking density in rearing and breeding, including development of organic feeds and fertilizer. The technology will promote organic aquaculture in the country by providing stable supply of organic stocks for health conscious consumers and organic fishfarmers. Moreover, the production of organic tilapia with organic inputs will encourage and increase investors and fishpond operators/owners to go on organic aquaculture. This augments substantially the number of organic aquaculture adaptors. In this manner, the market for organic stocks produce and consumption of healthy food will increase and eventually organic aquaculture industry will be promoted and developed.
Research output from Fisheries Department authored by Mr. Aniceto Olmedo was used as part basis for the Extension Program. BSBA faculty Mr. Geofrey A. Rivera, CPA,MBA was in-charge of spearheading the Organic Tilapia Marketing and Record Keeping seminar. Participants were given basic knowledge on how to distribute and market the harvested organic tilapia as well as how to make sure that proper record keeping of sales and expenses from start of operation up until sales.