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Freshwater prawn grow-out culture
Feeding in the grow-out cages  
 

Technical Assumptions

Item

Quantity

Project duration

5

Stocking density

15

Cost of post larva 

1

Crops per year, number

2

Average wt at harvest, g

30

Recovery at harvest, %

75

Total number of stock per crop

150,000

Total recovery at harvest per crop

112,500

Total weight at harvest/crop

3,375

 
Costs-and-Returns

Item

Pond

Cage

Revenue

   

    Gross sales

 1,350,000

   1,350,000

    Variable costs

   726,000

      719,000

    Fixed cost

    263,000

      342,000

Total cost

    989,000

    1,061,000

 
Economic Indicators

Item

Pond

Cage

Net Income

   361,000

  289,000

ROI

110

76

Payback period

0.8

1

Break-even price

146

157

Break-even production

4,947

5,305

 
Updated: January 23, 2008
 

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