I have the pleasure to welcome all of you to the mailing list ET-VENUS, in
which we will discuss about the paper: "Digester Fishpond Interaction in
Integrated Biomass System" by Mr. Kangmin Li and Ms. Wang Qiuhua.

The paper presents a comparison between biodigester slurry and chicken
manure as a source of nutrients and energy for fish production. The two
systems are compared in terms of nutrient and energy balance, fish yield
and economic efficiency.

Mr. Kangmin Li is currently an Associate Professor (Senior Researcher) of
the Freshwater Fisheries Research Center and also the Deputy Director of
the Cell BioTechnology Research Institute at Wuxi, P. R. of China. He has a
wide experience in IBS, particularly research and training in Integrated
Fish Farming and Fish polyculture, algae control and surface aquaponics.
During his career he has served as Deputy Director of Asian Pacific
Regional Research & Training Center for Integrated Fish Farming, visiting
researcher of Chinese National Rice Research Institute and as a ZERI
Resources Personnel. He has written more than 20 papers, most of which
published overseas.

Ms Wang Qiuhua works as Associate Researcher and Senior Engineer, at
Nanjing Environmental Protection Research Institute. She has been engaged
in rural ecological environment protection, rational utilisation of
agricultural products and wastes, ecological agriculture and organic
farming, with more than 40 papers published and involvement in several
international cooperation projects.

My name is Julian Chara from CIPAV Foundation, Colombia and along with Mr.
Bui Xuan An from Vietnam will be in charge of chairing this discussion.

Mr Bui Xuan An is a Lecturer, at the University of Agriculture and
Forestry, in Ho Chi Minh City, and is engaged in projects related with
biogas production, integrated farming, efficient use of local resources,
technology development and resource management in Vietnam. With his work
and research he has contributed to the development and improvement of
integrated farming systems in Vietnam.

We invite you to participate with your questions, and experiences related
to this interesting topic. Please remember that during the first week we
will focus exclusively on questions related to the article in an
author-audience interaction.

Mr. Julian D. Chara
Chairperson
Aquaculture & Recycling Group
CIPAV Foundation
Cali - Colombia
e-mail julian@cipav.org.co
Web Page: http://www.cipav.org.co