MATRECO VETERINARY SERVICES GHANA LTD was developed in response to observed environmental, economic and social trends in poor communities. With increasing urbanization, high unemployment, rising transport costs, a deteriorating marine environment, and global warming affecting food security, we have to start thinking differently about how and where we grow our food.
MATRECO VETERINARY SERVICES GHANA LTD is the answer! By growing food close to where the vast majority of people live, The Fish Farm positively addresses many of these dilemmas. “A community based social business in aquaculture” What the MATRECO VETERINARY SERVICES GHANA LTD For the first time globally, profitable small scale but intensive fish farming has now been introduced to the inner city and urban areas. From poor communities in small towns to large cities, the global growth industry of aquaculture is now available as a small business opportunity. Aquaculture, until now, has mostly been restricted to large, low-employment operations with fairly high financial and technical barriers to entry. Now, as an example, instead of one fish farm producing 400 tons of fish, The Fish Farm empowers 100 individuals or families to produce four tons each, profitably, right where they live. The result is the same – 400 tons – but more people and communities are involved.
MATRECO VETERINARY SERVICES GHANA LTD Design Design criteria for MATRECO VETERINARY SERVICES GHANA LTD required it to be modular (same design, repeated), lockable, transportable, affordable and profitable. The profoundly simple solution was to fit retired 6m and 12m shipping containers with a series of tanks, pumps and filters thereby turning the containers into micro-intensive fish farms. Water consumption is minimal, because it’s like a swimming pool – the water circulates through filters and back into the tanks, and if necessary, expelled high-nutrient water goes onto a vegetable garden or through a vegetable quadraphonic system. In fact, every veggie garden needs a Fish Farm! Put the clean tap or borehole water into the tanks, and let the fish fertilize the water before it goes to the veggies! With MATRECO VETERINARY SERVICES GHANA LTD the urban dweller can access the means of production, earn income, learn new skills and make a difference environmentally. Designed to be operated by a family, a co-operative or one or two people on a part-time basis, it is profitable, affordable, repeatable, transportable, lockable and stack-able. Whilst reducing pressure on our marine environment through low-carbon-footprint protein production, The Fish Farm creates wealth and empowers poor urban and rural communities, delivers job creation and food security, and contributes to sustainable cities.
