National Agriculture Feed Surveys (NAFS) for aquaculture planning and development in Latin America and the Caribbean. 1: Guidelines

Tacon, A.G.J.,Maciocci, G.,Vinatea, J.E.;Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division

National Agriculture Feed Surveys (NAFS) for aquaculture planning and development in Latin America and the Caribbean. 1: Guidelines

Autores

Tacon, A.G.J.,Maciocci, G.,Vinatea, J.E.;Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division

Descripción

Guidelines are presented for conducting a National Agricultural Feed Survey (NAFS) within a Latin American or Caribbean country so as to enable the aquaculture producer, public or private, to develop his or her own aquaculture feeding strategy. Presented in the form of an illustrated atlas, the NAFS report is designed to provide the user with information on the fertilizer and feed resources of the country, where they are geographically located, how much is available and when, who is currently us ing this resource and how, the composition and cost of this resource at source and with transportation, an assessment of the existing agriculture, fisheries (including aquaculture) and animal feed manufacturing sectors, together with background information on the social, cultural, economic and political