Fish Farming in Amazonia: Peru

Slash and burn agriculture in Amazonia causes massive damage to the environment, locally and globally, while tragically not meeting local needs for food and economic development. Using pigs and ducks for integrated fish farming, Dr. Juan Guevera found a solution that eliminates the need for grain to feed the fish while providing families with both income and nutritious food without damaging the rain forest. Once Second Before Sunrise Part 5: Fish Farming in Amazonia: a Horizon International production filmed in Peru. Narrated by Lynn Redgrave, music by Joe Mennona. Other credits include: Janine Selendy, Executive Producer, Producer and Director, Eric Kollmar,cameraman and Heinz Van Matthey,sound person. Other segments from this program and Horizon's other TV programs can be seen at www.horizoninternationaltv.org. Horizon International also features articles, case studies and exhibits on the Horizon Solutions Site at www.solutions-site.org.

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• medicine
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• grassroots
• outreach
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• environment
• Peru
• Amazon
• Fish
• farming
• forest
• protection
• nature

[r43007]

what was the fish diet mainly consistered off. I understand animal waste was used as food for fingerling

[albierte]

I like this video, because it shows sustainability in fish farming that is the exact opposite of tilapia and shrimp farming elsewhere in the world.

You do not have to destroy the environment to obtain protein from fish. It also saves the ocean species like tuna and ma-hi.

[ummerashdan]

the word for fish farming in english is pisiculture, not acquaculture.