A $5 million feed mill has been opened in Ghana. The Israeli mill, Raanan Fish Feed West Africa in Prampram has a capacity of 24,000 metric tonnes. The mill is the fits in West Africa to apply the technology for floating extruded food to tilapia and catfish.
Seventy percent of the food is sourced locally with the remaining 30 percent imported from Israel.
The company has also set up an aquaculture training centre with the government in the Ashanti region.
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$5 million fish feed mill with an installed capacity of 24,000 metric
tonnes has been inaugurated at Prampram, near Tema in Ghana, to help
boost the aquaculture sector of the country.
The Israeli mill, Raanan Fish Feed West Africa, is the first in West Africa to apply the technology of producing floating extruded fish feed for tilapia and catfish.
It is currently producing between 1,000 and 1,400 tonnes of feed every month for both the local and the export markets.
Raanan sources 70 per cent of its raw materials locally, with the remaining 30 per cent, mainly vitamins and premixes, being imported from Israel .
- See more at: http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2013/07/15/israeli-firm-builds-5m-fish-feed-mill-in-ghana/#sthash.12JQokS4.dpuf
The Israeli mill, Raanan Fish Feed West Africa, is the first in West Africa to apply the technology of producing floating extruded fish feed for tilapia and catfish.
It is currently producing between 1,000 and 1,400 tonnes of feed every month for both the local and the export markets.
Raanan sources 70 per cent of its raw materials locally, with the remaining 30 per cent, mainly vitamins and premixes, being imported from Israel .
- See more at: http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2013/07/15/israeli-firm-builds-5m-fish-feed-mill-in-ghana/#sthash.12JQokS4.dpuf
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$5 million fish feed mill with an installed capacity of 24,000 metric
tonnes has been inaugurated at Prampram, near Tema in Ghana, to help
boost the aquaculture sector of the country.
The Israeli mill, Raanan Fish Feed West Africa, is the first in West Africa to apply the technology of producing floating extruded fish feed for tilapia and catfish.
It is currently producing between 1,000 and 1,400 tonnes of feed every month for both the local and the export markets.
Raanan sources 70 per cent of its raw materials locally, with the remaining 30 per cent, mainly vitamins and premixes, being imported from Israel .
- See more at: http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2013/07/15/israeli-firm-builds-5m-fish-feed-mill-in-ghana/#sthash.12JQokS4.dpuf
The Israeli mill, Raanan Fish Feed West Africa, is the first in West Africa to apply the technology of producing floating extruded fish feed for tilapia and catfish.
It is currently producing between 1,000 and 1,400 tonnes of feed every month for both the local and the export markets.
Raanan sources 70 per cent of its raw materials locally, with the remaining 30 per cent, mainly vitamins and premixes, being imported from Israel .
- See more at: http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2013/07/15/israeli-firm-builds-5m-fish-feed-mill-in-ghana/#sthash.12JQokS4.dpuf
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$5 million fish feed mill with an installed capacity of 24,000 metric
tonnes has been inaugurated at Prampram, near Tema in Ghana, to help
boost the aquaculture sector of the country.
The Israeli mill, Raanan Fish Feed West Africa, is the first in West Africa to apply the technology of producing floating extruded fish feed for tilapia and catfish.
It is currently producing between 1,000 and 1,400 tonnes of feed every month for both the local and the export markets.
Raanan sources 70 per cent of its raw materials locally, with the remaining 30 per cent, mainly vitamins and premixes, being imported from Israel .
- See more at: http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2013/07/15/israeli-firm-builds-5m-fish-feed-mill-in-ghana/#sthash.12JQokS4.dpu
The Israeli mill, Raanan Fish Feed West Africa, is the first in West Africa to apply the technology of producing floating extruded fish feed for tilapia and catfish.
It is currently producing between 1,000 and 1,400 tonnes of feed every month for both the local and the export markets.
Raanan sources 70 per cent of its raw materials locally, with the remaining 30 per cent, mainly vitamins and premixes, being imported from Israel .
- See more at: http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2013/07/15/israeli-firm-builds-5m-fish-feed-mill-in-ghana/#sthash.12JQokS4.dpu
Alltech and Kochi University, Japan have signed a five-year strategic research alliance
to study yellowtail and amberjack nutrition.
“Alltech has been successfully partnering with top academic
institutions in the form of research alliances throughout the world with
the common goal of finding long-term solutions to the key issues facing
our industry. We are very excited to work with Kochi University in
researching natural ways of increasing production efficiency in the
aquaculture sector, particularly since aquaculture is one of the most
promising industries for growth as we look to feed an increasing global
population,” said Dr Karl Dawson, chief research officer, Alltech.
We all know that eating vegetables helps you grow up big and strong (thanks mum and dad for that advice) but now veg could be used to help the Australian aquaculture industry grow up healthily.
The vegetable industry is currently considering research that would see
vegetables used to feed insects for the production of high protein fish
food for use in aquaculture.
“Insects are a high quality, high yield and sustainable alternative to
fish-meal, which is currently used to feed farmed fish. 2.2kg of
vegetables can produce 1kg of insects such as Black Soldier Flies, which
are around 42 per cent high quality protein and a viable alternative to
fish-meal,” said Kurt Hermann, AUSVEG spokesperson.
“Feeding fish using vegetables may prove to be an excellent revenue
stream for growers. This issue is no drop in the ocean, with
approximately 25 per cent of vegetables produced in Australia going to
waste at a cost to growers of around $155 million annually,” Mr
Hermann.
AUSVEG is Australia’s leading horticulture body representing 9,000 vegetable and potato growers.
“Australian vegetable growers are producing more than 277,000 tonnes of
excess product each year, which according to this new research can help
to provide the local aquaculture industry with a much needed,
sustainable food source,” said Mr Hermann.
With falling wild catches and increasing demand for seafood, it is
predicted that Australian aquaculture will need to double its production
by 2020 to meet projected increases in demand.
“This is exciting research with the potential to not only assist
Australian aquaculture, but help secure the future of Australian
vegetable growers by using vegetables that would otherwise go to waste.
Improving efficiencies in such a manner will be essential for food
security, as the global population heads towards a projected nine
billion by 2050.”
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| English: Variety of fresh vegetables being sold on a street at Guntur, India. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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