| The Semi-Arid is not one of the first climates that comes to mind when fish production is imagined. First of all, it is important to describe the semi-arid in Brazil since it enclosures 969.589,4 km2, about 11% of the Brazilian territory, and more than 1.000 municipalities in 9 different Brazilian States. In this area live over 22 million people, which is about 10% of the Brazilian total population. However the Brazilian semi-arid has some particular characteristics that made it possible.The São Francisco River and large water reservoirs such as Castanhão and Orós are some of the water bodies where tilapia culture has been sucessfull. There are several production systems adopted ranging from tilapia in irrigation reservoirs on small rural properties to... |
