Due to the potential growth of shrimp production in our country, the balanced feed supply industry has been adapting to the new demands, respecting the regulations in force in our country regarding the sowing of shrimp in maturation laboratories, larviculture and fattening pools.
Among the strategies to sustain what is currently one of the world’s main sources of food, companies have invested in research and development centers, among other innovations.
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Agripac is one of the companies that have a center where they carry out all the tests on their new formulas, attractability and palatability tests. It also has an experimental shrimp farm on Mondragón Island, for field tests.
“This experimental farm serves to train our staff and our clients’ technicians,” he mentions Wellington Ramírez, technical manager of Agripac’s aquaculture division.
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And it is that, today, the industry requires portfolios with a wide variety of products capable of responding, optimally, under highly varied growing conditions in terms of densities, temperatures, salinity and other demands.
This evolution in needs leads the industry to be in permanent research and innovation, Pablo Rojas, director of Feed Technology at Nicovita, a Vitapro brand, explains that this is due to the requirement of new types of foods with different nutritional densities, functional properties and physical characteristics that allow optimizing the results under a wide range of culture conditions.
Adapt to changes
The implementation of sanitary regulations helped to certify the quality of the shrimp exported to Asia and Europe and allowed the Ecuadorian shrimp to have access to new markets, considering the issue of sustainability.
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It is there where the Technology plays an important role in the quantification of compounds and concentrations of the raw material for the preparation of the balanced food. Naroa Aurtenetxe, Marketing Manager at Biolandetails that it is fast technology, very easy to use, respectful of the environment, since it does not require toxic reagents.
Said analytical technology is also equipped with connectivity and digital intelligence that allows results to be displayed, stored and downloaded, improves the analytical management process and ensures greater traceability in real time.
In this line, research and development have also focused on the generation of products that adapt to automatic feeding systems, that is, to ensure that the physical, nutritional and functional properties of food are translated into a maximum productive performance. Rojas, a spokesperson for Nicovita – Vitapro, adds that from a sustainability point of view, hard work has been done to reduce dependence on hydrobiological flours and oils, conducting an exhaustive search for alternative raw materials, all with environmental and social responsibility. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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