Good practices have decreased cultivation cost of shrimp in Phillippines

Good practices have enabled local shrimp growers to decrease costs by 38.5%, thus helping them achieve the maximum revenue potential of exporting such aquatic resources. Confronted by various diseases and increased mortality of their produce, farmers have utilized a package of technology, including a water treatment probiotic, that has cut the production cost from PHP180/kg to PHP130/kg (USD3.6/kg to USD2.6/kg) while efficiently feeding them. Suppliers are expecting that this will be continued until the end of the year 2021.