Negros Occidental revives crab farming enterprise with all-weather technology

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MARKET-READY. Using the Crab Vertical Farming Technology, a mud crab is fattened after a week in Purok Cordova, Barangay Bocana, Ilog, Negros Occidental.

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Using technology introduced by the Central Philippines State University (CPSU)-Ilog, the town’s entrepreneurs say they are now able to harvest and fatten mud crabs even in challenging conditions

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – A mud crab or mangrove crab (Scylla serrata) enterprise in southern Negros Occidental that nearly collapsed due to weather-related concerns is getting a second chance. It now uses a low-cost farming technology designed to withstand the growing impacts of climate change.