Research country 
Nigeria 
 
Donor  
African Development Bank (AfDB) 
Through International Institute of 
Tropical Agriculture (IITA)  
 
Project duration 
2018 –  2021 
 
Budget 
USD 2.2 million 
 
Partners 
 Aquacultural Association of 
Kenya - AAK  
 Association Nationale des 
Aquaculture Cote'D'Ivoire 
Project Summary 
Contribution to Outcomes 
7,026 households adopted management practices1 
Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Aquaculture Compact  
The project executes a bold plan to achieve rapid agricultural 
transformation across Africa by raising agricultural productivity 
to eliminate extreme poverty, end hunger and malnutrition, turn 
Africa into a net food exporter, and position Africa at the top of 
agricultural value chains where it has a comparative advantage. 
Project components include the strengthening of the Regional 
Technology Delivery Infrastructure for the Aquaculture Sector 
and Technology Delivery. 
Project brief  
January 2019  to December 2019 
Innovations developed 
 Better Management Practices (BMPs), including 
production of mono sex tilapia and use of 
probiotics, to enhance tilapia production in 
Cameroon (Read more) 
 
 Raised Pond System (RPS) in Kenya (Read 
more) 
Acknowledgements 
This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems 
(FISH) led by WorldFish. The program is supported by contributors to the CGIAR Trust Fund. 
 
Funding support for this work was provided by the African Development Bank (AfDB) through the 
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in the framework of Technologies for African 
Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) . 
Contact 
In partnership 
Program Manager: Bernadette Tosan Fregene <B.Fregene@cgiar.org>  
This publication is copyrighted by WorldFish. It is a licensed for use under the 
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.   
April 2020 
References  
1 Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Aquaculture Compact. Project 
brief January 2019 to December 2019; page 12; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/4133  
324 people trained of which 29% are 
women 
Topics 
 Establishment of Innovation Platforms 
 Mono-Sex Tilapia Production and Hatchery 
Management Technique 
 Mono sex tilapia production 
 Fish Value Addition, Processing and 
Packaging 
 Hybrid of Catfish Fingerlings Production 
 Raised Pond Technology 
 Fish Feed Production using Locally 
Available Feed Ingredient 
Partners (continued) 
 Forum for Agricultural Research 
in Africa - FARA  
 IITA Youth in Agribusiness - 
IYA  
 Institut de Recherches 
Agricoles au Benin - INRAB  
 Institut de Sciences 
Agronomiques du Burundi - 
ISABU-BI  
 Institute of Agricultural 
Research for Development - 
IRAD  
 International Food Policy 
Research Institute - IFPRI  
 International Institute of 
Tropical Agriculture - IITA  
 Ministry of Fisheries and 
Aquaculture Development - 
MFAD  
 Niribili Tilapia Hatchery  
 Pactel International  
 Tanzania Fisheries Research 
Institute - TAFIRI  
 Zambian Aquaculture Solutions 
Policy contribution 
 Support to in-country stakeholders to advocate 
for the independence of the fisheries sector 
(Read more) 
 
 African Bank Loan Request for Aquaculture 
and Fisheries Development in Ghana Initiated 
(Read more)