Integrating livestock production with crops and saline fish ponds to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Figures & data

Figure 1. Sycip plantation fish pond location on Bais Bay, Negros Oriental, Philippines.

Figure 2. Schematic of the integrated farming system to improve saline fish pond yields and lower GHG from extensive grazing systems in tropical and subtropical regions.

Figure 3. Trial feedlot for cattle at Sycip Plantation.

Figure 4. Daily production of ‘lab lab’ from the waste processing pond.

Table 1. Indicative unitised values for each phase of the integrated production system showing the annualised inputs and outputs in the system.

Unit	Input	Output	Net increase
Sugarcane (1 ha)	N.A.	8.5 tonnes cane-tops
Silage unit	N.A.	8.4 tonnes
Cattle^a (4 head)	860 kg (live wt.)	1640 kg (live wt.)	780 kg (live wt.)
SWPP pond^a (0.13 ha) – Biomass	4800 kg	13920 kg	9120 kg
SWPP pond – CaCO3	17.2 kg	10161 kg	10143 kg
SWPP pond – Nitrogen	84.5 kg	307.2 kg	222.7 kg
Notes: Values in dry weight unless specified and unitised to SWPP of 0.13 ha.
^aSWPP pond operational for 300 days.

Table 2. Indicative unitised values for each phase of the integrated production system functional unit showing the potential GHG emission savings.

Phase	Unit	Annual GHG emission savings (tonne CO2-e)
Green cut sugarcane	1 ha	34
Feedlot cattle	4 head	5
SWWP pond	0.13 ha	12.5
Fish	3.3 tons	–