April 22, 2014

Floating fish feed plant to be built in Indonesia's Jambi province

Indonesia's Jambi provincial government is set to build a floating fish feed mill in the New Tangkit region, Muarojambi district.

Jambi Governor, Hasan Basri Agus, explained that the floating fish feed plant is a step towards increasing the production of freshwater fish in Jambi, that have so far been held back by the lack of availability and high prices of fish feed.

"We have allocated around IDR3.2 billion (US$278,000) for the floating fish feed mill. The feed mill will be able to solve the problem of low expected profit margins of farmers who previously had no option but to use expensive fish feed," said Hasan Basri Agus.