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Rydawi Fish Farms
The Rydawi Team has had a busy month. Despite all the holidays in South Africa in April,
the farm visits have continued, email enquiries have continued to flood in, training took
place in early April, and David visited Burundi to set up a tank in Bujumbura, and to look
at future projects.
Jack Kgatle has been sent to China by the South African Government to participate in an
aquaculture course for 6 weeks.
Rydawi secured its first government project this month. The North-West provincial
government is assisting 3 small scale farmers with greenhouses and systems. Rydawi is
fully committed to the development of small scale farmers to ensure the supply of fresh
fish into many communities. These sites will also enable the development of skills and
they will be used for training other farmers in the community. Herewith a photo of one of
two greenhouses being erected.
Permits
As you may know the type of Tilapia that Rydawi farm with is the Nile Tilapia Oreochromis
niloticus.
This is considered an invasive species to South Africa. This is an African fish. Therefore
we are unable to sell fingerlings to clients, unless a permit has been applied for. For
further information on this, please see the DAFF website for the necessary forms or email
our office. The costs vary from application to application but are only between R100 R200. We suggest that the applications are submitted as soon as you have made the
decision to farm Tilapia.
Legae
Rydawi Fish Farms has a strong relationship with Legae Na Nnete “A Real Home” Legae
is a re-integration centre, Legae La Nnete is all about changing lives, building
communities and uplifting the community. Gordon Dewar and his fellow Directors are
very supportive of our project. For more information on the home, visit their Facebook
page.
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=legae%20la%20nnete%20reintegration%20centre
World Aquaculture Conference – June 2017
We encourage you to attend the World Aquaculture conference in June in Cape Town –
www.was.org. David’s and William’s abstracts have been accepted and they will be
speaking at the Conference. David’s talk is on Wednesday 28 June on Re-circulation
Aquaculture systems. William will be speaking on Friday 30 June on “TILAPIA FARMING IN
SOUTH AFRICA - PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS”. Rydawi will be sharing an exhibition stand with
Til Aqua. We look forward to meeting our fish farming friends there.
Tilapia pate and fillets
We strongly recommend that you purchase Tilapia pate and smoked fish from Integrated
Aquaculture. It is delicious and very good for you!
Contact - [email protected]
One fish, two fish, 6,000 tilapia at local farm - TOLEDO, Ohio (13abc Action News)
“Hidden behind a church, local urban farmers and volunteers are making a big dent in
Toledo's hunger problem.
Last year, they donated 15 tons of produce. And a common fish will help them double
that number.
Inside a giant black tank, nearly 2,000 tilapia swim in circles. By the end of the season,
gardeners at Toledo's University Church hope to triple that number. It's a nearly closed
circle, where the tilapia help to create crops, create compost, and eventually end up on
the dinner plate.
"6,000 tilapia per year is a very conservative number," garden director Scott Delaney
said.
University Church even picked up another tilapia greenhouse today.
"Right now the demand is greater than the supply," Delaney says of his fish.
Demand for fillets and flora. After shattering their donation goal for Food For Thought last
year, they asked….
"What's the most we could possibly grow,?" Danny Wilson said. "And right now, we
determined…"
"Producing 30,000 pounds of produce for people in our community," Delaney said.
When you double that with local farms help…
"We'll have a total of 60,000 pounds of food distributed to Toledo's in-need community,"
Wilson said. He's an Americorps VISTA worker.
To create that many crops takes water… lots of water for raising these water hyacinth,
and then down the pipes for housing tilapia. Plus they have to filter out the waste, before
it all starts again.
"We're hoping this year to get off of the water grid, off of the municipal water supply,"
Delaney said.
That's why these gardeners turned to crowd-funding. So far they've raised $2,500.
"Water is a huge tax on our property every year," Wilson said.
That campaign will help to add two wells on site at the church, plus boosting the
irrigation system. The University Church links are on the right side of this story.”
Contact Us
Please contact us if you need any assistance with your fish farming projects, purchase
tanks or fingerlings, or would like to visit the farm in Muldersdrift, Johannesburg. The next
training programmes are the 8 – 12 May 2017 and the 3- 7 July 2017.
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The Rydawi Team
April 2017
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