EMPLOYMENT GENERATION INCOME GENERATION KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TROUT FISH FARMING A preliminary analysis carried out revealed that Trout farming in Nepal is economically viable. With a cost of about NRs 255 to produce 1 kg of Trout, which is sold for NRs 300/kg in Government Farm and provides a profit of NRs 45 per kilogram. This gives a 19.5 percent rate of return on initial cost, and the rate of return with operating cost is 17.6 percent. This is a good opportunity for the Trout farmers in the private sector as well from the investment point of view. At present, the price of Trout in Government Farm is NRs 300 per kilogram whereas it is NRs 700 to 750 in private farms. There are 12 Trout farmers in the private sector, all located in Nuwakot district. These farmers produce Trout in their own ponds and sell these to different supermarkets in Kathmandu and to the visitors of their farm either in raw or cooked form. The annual production of Trout is estimated to 16 metric tons and it is increasing each and every year. It is self explanatory that Trout farming has good internal market opportunity in the country. MANUAL ( English of Rainbow Trout Farming) link http://aqua.ucdavis.edu/DatabaseRoot/pdf/TROUTMAN.PDF You Tube Kakani Japanese Rainbow Trout Farm Kakani Nuwakot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaVy7BLvPEU Gandaki Renbow Trout Kaski http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uPb14CF8BE Economics of rainbow trout farming system in Nepal (by Nepal, A.P., S.R. Basnyat and A.P. Nepal) A. P. Nepal*, S. R. Basnyat*, G. P. Lamsal*, P. L. Joshi** and R. M. Mulmi*** http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y3994e/y3994e0o.htm

• published: 21 Oct 2013
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