ABSTRACT
The farm management strategies used in egg production were once largely constrained by environmental conditions that characterize the river basin region of Southeastern Borneo's interior swamplands, that is, annual flooding in the rainy season, and the contraction of swamp water boundaries in the dry season. Flock management strategies, as traditionally practiced, were marked by their responsiveness to the annual change in the physical environment and the concomitant availability of resources used for duck feed. Traditionally, as the dry season progressed and the remainder of the trapped fish were caught, many farmers were compelled to sell their duck flocks as they could no longer feed them adequately. The strategy of integrating varieties of dried fish into feed mixtures has been successful in conferring resilience to duck farming enterprises in that the utilization of these fish allows flocks to persist in egg production despite changes in the availability of local freshwater fish.
