Greenwater Tank Culture of Tilapia with the Effluent Used as a Source of Water and Nutrients for Terrestrial Crops

Project Overview

LS00-112
Project Type: Research and Education
Funds awarded in 2000: $135,484.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2005
Region: Southern
State: U.S. Virgin Islands
Principal Investigator:
Donald Bailey
Univ of the Virgin Islands

Annual Reports

Commodities

  • Additional Plants: herbs
  • Animals: fish

Practices

  • Animal Production: manure management
  • Crop Production: multiple cropping, nutrient cycling, organic fertilizers
  • Education and Training: demonstration, on-farm/ranch research
  • Farm Business Management: budgets/cost and returns
  • Production Systems: integrated crop and livestock systems
  • Soil Management: soil analysis, nutrient mineralization, organic matter
  • Sustainable Communities: new business opportunities
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