Increasing natural food and reducing added feeds in organic tilapia ponds

摘要

The market for organic products is one of the fastest growing sectors in consumer packaged goods. People demand and consume organic products because they believe that such products are safer and healthier for both human beings and the environment. This public pressure has created a world organic retail market that increased from US10 billion dollar in 1997 to US17.5 billion dollar in 2000. It has an estimated growth rate of about 18 percent per year (world average) and sales could reach up to US70-80 billion by 2008 (ITC 2002).