Abstract: This study is carried out in applying thelinear programming technique, which is an optimization method which helps in finding nutrient diet formulation in fish feed. In aquaculture, farming is critical because feed represents maximum of the production costs. The problemsin choosing the nutrients play a very vital role in determining the minimum costthat will satisfy daily nutritional requirement. Data on feed ingredients, nutrients composition and prices were obtained from local market survey. The mathematical model whichhas been applied in this paper has nine decision variables, which is subject to a set of seven constraints. The proposed model was solved using (LiPS)software for easy accessibility
Keywords: Fish feed formulation, linear programming, GIFT Tilapia, minimum cost, LiPS Software
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