Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Mar 23, 2021 23:33:00 GMT 1
How You Can Successfully Start Lucrative Shrimp Farming At Home
Yes, we are going to learn how to start a lucrative shrimp farming business at your home. It is completely doable, but before we start, we need to answer one critical question.
Why Do You Want To Engage In Indoor Farming Of Shrimp?
Shrimp (often called decapods crustaceans) are available in large quantities in Nigeria, especially in our large coastal areas. They are very delicious, excellent source of iron, calcium, sodium, phosphorus, zinc, magnesium, and potassium for vitamins A, E, B6 and B12.
You can now see why you should take farming of shrimp very seriously. All these vitamins and nutrition will be available to you just by consuming shrimps.
The global shrimp market is growing rapidly; in fact the demand is far higher than the supply. Most consumers all over the world have shown great interest is eating healthy and natural food; this is increasing the demand for shrimp in the international market.
Seafood is considered by many people as a healthy source of animal protein; this has led to sharp increase in the demand for shrimp in the world market.
Therefore starting a shrimp business is very lucrative for entrepreneurs who want to start an aquaculture business project.
For you to make it in farming shrimps at home, you should be able to control temperature, and control all environmental factors indoors. This ability will ensure that you produce more consistent growth and higher yields. Remember that it is for this same reason of taking control that many people rear their chicken, goats, and pigs indoors. They want to be able to control the environment.
The first thing to consider is your production unit; it has to be much smaller to fit indoors. This is a smaller system and therefore will be easier to manage; this will help greatly in preventing unnecessary problems.
For example, do you know that one of the things that kill goats roaming the streets is nylon bags? You may not know, but goat farmers know because goats like sweet things, and most nylon bags are used to wrap sweet things; the goats just try to chew them, and when they couldn’t chew the sweet nylon, they swallow them.
The nylons cannot digest, they continue to accumulate and block their digestive system, eventually leading to their death. But goats reared indoors will not be allowed to swallow nylon bags. This is one way to control your environment.
For example, when your tank is 12 feet instead of an acre, it is easy to manage and mitigate problems before they escalate.
There are problems in uneaten feed, and accidental death from infection. When these events are detected earlier due to the compactness of the system, the potential negative effect on the water quality can be avoided.
In the field of large tanks and ponds, it will almost be impossible to detect these problems before significant damage is caused to the shrimps.
Think Before Starting Shrimp Farming
It is always a good idea to think through a project before starting out; this way you will arm yourself with all the necessary information and knowledge before committing your scarce resources to the project.
Take your time to study and learn about different types of shrimps available, and the ones that can easily be cultivated in your area. This way you will know the one that is more profitable for you.
When you know the scale of your business, then you will be able to know how to raise the finance to start.
You should also learn how to prepare shrimp nutritious fodder at home if you do not have much capital.
Think about the space you require, initial capital, and other costs you require to set up the farm at home.
You should learn how to test your water to find out about the elements present in it.
Please it is of utmost importance that you visit a shrimp farm nearest to you in order to learn first-hand and gather deeper experience.
Though we are going to take you through the various methods of growing your shrimps at home, it is important you get a real-life experience before starting out.
We will continue in our next article. Stay with us.
Yes, we are going to learn how to start a lucrative shrimp farming business at your home. It is completely doable, but before we start, we need to answer one critical question.
Why Do You Want To Engage In Indoor Farming Of Shrimp?
Shrimp (often called decapods crustaceans) are available in large quantities in Nigeria, especially in our large coastal areas. They are very delicious, excellent source of iron, calcium, sodium, phosphorus, zinc, magnesium, and potassium for vitamins A, E, B6 and B12.
You can now see why you should take farming of shrimp very seriously. All these vitamins and nutrition will be available to you just by consuming shrimps.
The global shrimp market is growing rapidly; in fact the demand is far higher than the supply. Most consumers all over the world have shown great interest is eating healthy and natural food; this is increasing the demand for shrimp in the international market.
Seafood is considered by many people as a healthy source of animal protein; this has led to sharp increase in the demand for shrimp in the world market.
Therefore starting a shrimp business is very lucrative for entrepreneurs who want to start an aquaculture business project.
For you to make it in farming shrimps at home, you should be able to control temperature, and control all environmental factors indoors. This ability will ensure that you produce more consistent growth and higher yields. Remember that it is for this same reason of taking control that many people rear their chicken, goats, and pigs indoors. They want to be able to control the environment.
The first thing to consider is your production unit; it has to be much smaller to fit indoors. This is a smaller system and therefore will be easier to manage; this will help greatly in preventing unnecessary problems.
For example, do you know that one of the things that kill goats roaming the streets is nylon bags? You may not know, but goat farmers know because goats like sweet things, and most nylon bags are used to wrap sweet things; the goats just try to chew them, and when they couldn’t chew the sweet nylon, they swallow them.
The nylons cannot digest, they continue to accumulate and block their digestive system, eventually leading to their death. But goats reared indoors will not be allowed to swallow nylon bags. This is one way to control your environment.
For example, when your tank is 12 feet instead of an acre, it is easy to manage and mitigate problems before they escalate.
There are problems in uneaten feed, and accidental death from infection. When these events are detected earlier due to the compactness of the system, the potential negative effect on the water quality can be avoided.
In the field of large tanks and ponds, it will almost be impossible to detect these problems before significant damage is caused to the shrimps.
Think Before Starting Shrimp Farming
It is always a good idea to think through a project before starting out; this way you will arm yourself with all the necessary information and knowledge before committing your scarce resources to the project.
Take your time to study and learn about different types of shrimps available, and the ones that can easily be cultivated in your area. This way you will know the one that is more profitable for you.
When you know the scale of your business, then you will be able to know how to raise the finance to start.
You should also learn how to prepare shrimp nutritious fodder at home if you do not have much capital.
Think about the space you require, initial capital, and other costs you require to set up the farm at home.
You should learn how to test your water to find out about the elements present in it.
Please it is of utmost importance that you visit a shrimp farm nearest to you in order to learn first-hand and gather deeper experience.
Though we are going to take you through the various methods of growing your shrimps at home, it is important you get a real-life experience before starting out.
We will continue in our next article. Stay with us.
