The mud crab industry today is unsustainable.
Growing demand world-wide is currently underserved by wild catch.
Wild-stocks are overfished and their ecosystems are vulnerable to increasing coastal development.
Inconsistent supply has caused massive price fluctuations with higher prices every year.
We believe that mud crab should be farmed responsibly, something that can only happen by transitioning the industry away from wild catch to aquaculture.
Agrata has the key technologies and capabilities to create this
new economy.
How we work
The Agrata
Farming Platform
Agrata leverages end-to-end value chain capabilities to build out scalable husbandry operations with our farmers.
We operate hatchery and processing facilities close to farm sites - providing a consistent supply of crablets, design/tech support, and marketing capabilities that make farming operations sustainable and profitable all year round.
How we innovate
Our Technology
RAS Hatchery
Status: Commercial Testing
Our proprietary hatchery has outperformed traditional hatcheries for larval survivability by up to 13x in an R&D setting - creating a route to true industrial scale aquaculture production for farmers.
Species-specific Feed
Status: Trial Formulation and Design
We are currently preparing for feed trials based on an in-house formulation that can decrease the feed conversion ratio of mud crab and speed molting rates - ultimately increasing crop yields for farmers.
Genetics
Status: Planning
The industrialized and efficient husbandry of mud crab that our hatchery and feed enables will require selective breeding programs that can help prevent disease.
What we provide
Our Services
Larval Supply & Inputs
We provide partners and farmers with a consistent supply of crabs at the C1 stage (post megalopa), giving them a sustainable alternative to wild catch for pond stocking.
As our pipeline develops, we will also begin providing proprietary inputs like feed and other nutrition regimentations to support the efficiency of our partner operations.
On-Farm Support
The Agrata team has more than 3 decades of experience managing crab and shrimp farms across Asia - we help our farmers design, build, and manage their farms according to our strict guidelines that specify a scientific, bio-secure, and sustainable approach to land-based aquaculture.
Marketing & Sales
Through a profitable buyback program, Agrata receives offtake from our farmers for processing according to stringent quality control standards for delivery to clients across the globe - reducing downstream operational complexity for farmers.
