Training is available in a wide range of topics e.g. breeding and grow-out techniques of Tilapia, Catfish, Pangasius, Shrimp, Sea bass, Snakehead, Shrimp/prawn, Crabs, Oysters,  Musselss, Seaweeds and others. Similarly, we also include various models of aquaculture systems and management techniques such as integrated farming, re-circulating aquaculture, aquaponics, fertilization, feeding, feed formulation and feed manufacturing business, and so on. Detailed List of training and their topics are provided in this page.

Study tour: is either a stand-alone or a part of the training mentioned above, organized to visit government stations, markets and successful private farms to have conversation with farmers who can give you some secrets to success. Depending upon the needs of the clients, the length and type of tour would be customized.

List of training courses:

While applying or booking, please give the course number, course title and also tentative date to start.

Course 1: Advances in Aquaculture

Lecture 1 - Aquaculture History & successes
Lecture 2 - Aquaculture and rural development
Lecture 3 - Integrated aquaculture systems
Lecture 4 - Green water aquaculture
Lecture 5 - Intensive commercial aquaculture
Lecture 6 - Site selection and planning
Lecture 7 - Environment impact assessment

Program: 1 week & cost US$1,000/person

Course 2: Tilapia Hatchery & Grow-out 

Lecture 1: AIT Hatchery Technology
Lecture 2: Global Fisheries / Aquaculture
Lecture 3: Tilapia Farming worldwide
Lecture 4: Farm / Hatchery Design and Layout
Lecture 5: Tilapia Grow-out Systems
Lecture 6: Water Quality Management
Lecture 7: Feeds & Feeding Management
Lecture 8: Economics and Marketing
Lecture 9: Health Management & Bio-security
Lecture 10: Processing, Food Quality & Safety
Lecture 11: Hatchery / Farm Business Plan
Practicals: Brood preparation, harvest, cleaning, weighing, incubation, MT feed preparation, feeding, nursing, grading, conditioning, packing & selling 

Program: 2 weeks & cost 1,500/person

Course 3: Shrimp / Prawn Farming

Lecture 1 - Biology of shrimp / prawn
Lecture 2 - Brood maturation (neo-males)
Lecture 4 - Larval rearing
Lecture 5 - Nursing techniques
Lecture 6 - Grow-out methods
Lecture 7 - Nutrition and feeding management
Lecture 8 - Health management
Lecture 9 - Integration with other species
Lecture 10 - Post harvest and processing
Lecture 11 - Certification and food safety
Lecture 12 - Marketing and value chain             Program: 1 week & cost US$1,000/person

Course 4: Farm Design and Planning

 Lecture 1 - Site selection
 Lecture 2 - Lay-out and designing structures
 Lecture 3 - Tank/Pond construction
 Lecture 4 - Hapa set-up, cleaning, maintenance
 Lecture 5 - Biological and slow-sand filters
 Lecture 6 - Pumps, aerators & other equipment
 Lecture 7 - Water supply and drainage canals   Lecture 8 - Safety and maintenance                     Lecture 9 - Fish feeds and marketing

Program: 1 week & cost US$1,000/person

Course 5: Integrated Farming

Lecture 1 - Principles of integrated farming
Lecture 2 - Biology of fish/animal species
Lecture 4 - Nutrient / waste recycling
Lecture 5 - Rice-fish farming
Lecture 6 - Fish-livestock farming
Lecture 7 - Fish-Vegetable gardening
Lecture 8 - Fish-Prawn-vegetable/rice farming
Field visit: Private farms

Program: 1 week & cost US$1,000/person

Course 6: Sustainable Fisheries

Lecture 1 - Global Fisheries: status & trends
Lecture 2 - Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
Lecture 3 - Wetland Ecosystem Management
Lecture 4 - Evolution of Aquaculture, Livelihoods
Lecture 5 - Intensive Farming and Environment
Lecture 6 - Trade, Food Safety and Certification

Program: 1 week & cost US$1,000/person

Course 7: Feed Formulation & Manufacture

Lecture 1 - Basic principles of fish nutrition
Lecture 2 - Feeding behaviour of fish species
Lecture 3 - Nutrient requirements of species
Lecture 4 - Feed ingredients
Lecture 5 - On-farm feeds and feed ingredients
Lecture 6 - Feed supplements
Lecture 7 - Feed formulations
Lecture 8 - Feed manufacture
Lecture 9 - Live feeds

Lecture 10 - Writing reports / presentation

Program: 1 week & cost US$1,000/person

Course 8: Statistical Analysis

In this course, participants will have a hands-on practical session (3 hrs) after each theory session (2 hrs) starting from simple statistical functions in MS Excel then use of SPSS.
Lecture 1 - Introduction and scope
Lecture 2 - Research design (survey or exp.)
Lecture 3 - Sampling and data collection
Lecture 4 - Compilation & exploratory analysis
Lecture 5 - Simple hypothesis testing
Lecture 6 - ANOVA & multiple range tests
Lecture 7 - Regression and correlation
Lecture 8 - Multivariate analysis
Lecture 9 - Non-parametric tests
Lecture 10 - Writing results / scientific papers       Program: 1-week & cost 1,000/person

Course 9: Aquaculture/Seafood Business

Lecture 1 - Global aquaculture business
Lecture 2 - History and evolution of aquaculture
Lecture 3 - Product development, quality control
Lecture 4 - Writing aqua business plan
Lecture 5 - Team building / HR management
Lecture 6 - Supply chain management
Lecture 7 - Marketing management
Lecture 8 - Managerial accounting

Lecture 9 - Business ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR)

Program: 1-week & cost US$1,000/person

Course 10: Aquaponics / RAS

Lecture 1 - Site selection
Lecture 2 - Lay-out and designing structures
Lecture 3 - Tanks, filtration system & sanitation
Lecture 4 - Equipment: pumps, aerators etc.
Lecture 5 - Fish species and vegetables
Lecture 6 - Feeds and feeding
Lecture 7 - Water supply & quality monitoring      Lecture 8 - Safety and maintenance 

Program: 1-week & cost US$1,000/person

Course 11: Value Chain in Aquaculture

Lecture 1 - Recent Advances in Aquaculture
Lecture 2 - Subsistence to Commercial aqua
Lecture 3 - Feeds and Inputs Services
Lecture 4 - Economics / Cost-Effectiveness
Lecture 5 - Models of Aquaculture Development
Workshop 1-Analyzing value chain actors
Workshop 2-Technology Business Plan

Workshop 3-Impact Assessments (Socio-economics & Environmental)

Program: 1-week & cost US$1,000/person

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 Every year about 30 students of Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China come to AIT for aquaculture training

Visitors observing the Aquaponic system at AIT

The courses listed below are specialized courses developed as a part of SSNS, EU Erasmus+ programme.

- for more information click here 

Course 12: Pangasius / catfish culture

Course 13: Seabass culture

Course 14: Snakehead breeding & farming

Course 15: Shellfish culture (oyster, cockle,etc.)

Coirse 16: Seaweed culture 

Course 17: Crab culture

Course 18: Clam culture

Course 19: Paearl culture

Course 20: IMTA

Program fees: 1-week & cost US$1,000/person

Trainees harvesting tilapia egg. Using this techniques, large commercial hatcheries in Thailand sell over 20 million monosex fry per month.

Catfish stripping in a private hatchery which collects over 20 kg eggs and sells 5 million hatchlings in a day.

Trainees stripping the eggs from female Pangasisus in a private hatchery

Notes:

Training program is not limited to above mentioned topics, please contact us for your specific interest / need.

Each lecture of all modules will be followed by Question and Answer (Q&A) with active participation of trainees. Participants will be given field-based assignments and will be asked to practice/work in ponds, hatcheries etc. 

Participants will be asked to prepare and present reports at the end. A limited relevant field visit will be organized as a part of each module. 

Training Fees:

       1-week (US$1,000)
       2-week (US$1,500)
       3-week (US$2,000)
       4-week (US$2,500)
       5-week or more: add US$300 to the 4-week fee for every additional week

A service fee of US$500 per day is charged in addition to the actual cost of transport, food and supplies.

Fee: Pay by bank transfer, credits cards & Paypal.

Please note that the fees do not cover the followings:

• Airfare and visa fee (we provide invitation
• Accommodation
• Food (costs around US$2-3/meal

Participating countries so far: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brunei, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, UK, USA, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe. 

Who we have trained?

In addition to officials from the government and non-government organizations, we have trained several hundreds of senior managers or executives of renowned multinational companies; namely,

-        Cargill Inc. headquartered in USA (the world’s largest animal feed company),

-        CP Company (largest conglomerate of Thailand),

-        Lake Harvest (largest tilapia farm of Africa located in Zimbabwe),

-        Marine Harvest of Norway (the largest salmon company in the world),

-        American Soybean Association (USA),

-        Quality Aqua-breeds and EON Group of Companies (Bangladesh)

-        Biomin (Austria/Singapore),

-        BRAC, the largest NGO of Bangladesh and others.

Miscellaneous services:

Other courses:

We also organize various agriculture courses such as:

1. Sustainable  organic farming techniques (SOFT)
2. Oil seeds and pulses
3. Study tour - Royal projects in Thailand 
4. Tomato value chain
5. Rice farming
6. Other courses and study tours

Consultancy: The Centre also provides consultancy e.g. project evaluation and monitoring of NGOs or international organizations, technical assistance and feasibility studies for the establishment, planning, designing and running of fish farms including tilapia hatcheries.

Supplies: In addition to providing technologies, the Centre helps sourcing of broodstock, equipment and materials e.g. incubators, trays, hapa nets etc. required for establishing and running aquaculture research facilities and businesses. Similalry, brood fry of Red or Nile tilapia, sex-reversed fry, pangasius, sea bass, snakehead, etc. AIT also offers internship or longer term (1-3 months) hands-on work experience programs in various fields. 

Trainees giving a pose with the feed they produced after having feed formulation excercises and feed making practical session