Browsing by Author "Shikuku, K.M."

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    • Aquaculture Performance Assessment in Egypt: Preliminary descriptive analysis 

      Shikuku, K.M.; Henriksson, P.J.; Rossignoli, C.; Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Tran, N.; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Patrik John Gustav Henriksson: 0000-0002-3439-623X; Cristiano Rossignoli: 0000-0001-8220-7360; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571 (2019)
      Type: Presentation
      We present preliminary results of aquaculture performance assessment in Egypt. The study was conducted between September and December 2019 interviewing 402 farmers.

    • Are consumers in developing countries willing to pay for aquaculture food safety certification? Evidence from a field experiment in Nigeria 

      Tran, N.; Shikuku, K.M.; Hoffmann, V.; Lagerkvist, C.; Pincus, L.; Akintola, S.L.; Fakoya, K.A.; Olagunju, O.F.; Bailey, C.; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Lauren Pincus: 0000-0002-8883-7264 (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      Many developing countries face challenges in managing food safety risks associated with consumption of animal-source foods. Efforts to address these challenges increasingly recognize the role of certification in agri-food ...

    • A Baseline Integrated Assessment of Aquaculture Systems Performance in Egypt 

      Shikuku, K.M.; Tran, N.; Henriksson, P.J.; Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Roem, A.; Badr, A.; Cheong, K.; Sbaay, A.S.; Calmet, M.A.; Karisa, H.C.; Rossignoli, C.; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Patrik John Gustav Henriksson: 0000-0002-3439-623X; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556; Kai Ching Cheong: 0000-0002-8115-417X; Ashraf Shabaan Sbaay: 0000-0001-5678-7488; Harrison Charo Karisa: 0000-0001-5323-794X; Cristiano Rossignoli: 0000-0001-8220-7360 (2020)
      Type: Internal Report
      Aquaculture plays a crucial role in Egypt’s economic development contributing substantially to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. However, contexts are increasingly changing and characterized by shifts in ...

    • Benchmarking Tilapia Aquaculture Systems in Egypt: Synergies, Trade-offs, and Entry Points for Sustainable Development 

      Rossignoli, C.; Shikuku, K.M.; Manyise, T.; Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Henriksson, P.J.; Dam Lam, R.; Lozano, D.P.; Tran, N.; Roem, A.; Badr, A.; Sbaay, A.S.; Calmet, M.A.; Moruzzo, R.; Karisa, H.C.; Gasparatos, A.; Benzie, J.; Phillips, M.J.; Cristiano Rossignoli: 0000-0001-8220-7360; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Timothy Manyise: 0000-0003-1951-9892; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556; Patrik John Gustav Henriksson: 0000-0002-3439-623X; Rodolfo Dam Lam: 0000-0001-5987-3592; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Ashraf Shabaan Sbaay: 0000-0001-5678-7488; Harrison Charo Karisa: 0000-0001-5323-794X; John Benzie: 0000-0001-9599-8683; Michael John Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286 (2022)
      Type: Conference Proceedings
      The growing demand for aquatic foods requires the sustainable intensification of aquaculture systems. However, policy and investment decisions for sustainable intensification of aquaculture systems are often hindered by a ...

    • Cost, competition and employment along farmed fish value chains in Nigeria 

      Tran, N.; Shikuku, K.M.; Peart, J.; Hoffmann, V.; Cheong, K.; Diyzee, K.; Chan, C.; Nukpezah, J.A.; Steensma, J.T.; Byrd, K.A.; Fregene, B.T.; Subasinghe, R.P.; Siriwardena, S.N.; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Kai Ching Cheong: 0000-0002-8115-417X; Chin Yee Chan: 0000-0001-8615-2678; Kendra A Byrd: 0000-0003-4528-752X (2021)
      Type: Brief
      In this brief we summarize our findings from a value chain survey of relevant stakeholders in Nigeria to better understand the aquaculture industries’ post-production cost composition, market competition environment, and ...

    • Digital Innovations for resilient aquatic food systems 

      Tilley, A.; Shikuku, K.M.; Cohen, P.J.; Khor, L.; Henriksson, P.J.; Hossain, P.R.; Delamare-Deboutteville, J.; Alexander Tilley: 0000-0002-6363-0945; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; Patrik John Gustav Henriksson: 0000-0002-3439-623X; Peerzadi Rumana Hossain: 0000-0002-1125-284X; Jerome Delamare-Deboutteville: 0000-0003-4169-2456 (2022)
      Type: Brief
      Digital innovations can increase the efficiency of food systems by enabling faster and more dynamic interactions and transactions between value chain actors, and enhance resilience to climate and market shocks by improving ...

    • Dissemination and scaling strategy for genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) in India, 2020–2030 

      Gaikwad, A.; Panemangalore, A.P.; Datta, S.; Shikuku, K.M.; Chadag, V.; Trinh, T.Q.; Benzie, J.; Phillips, M.J.; Arun Padiyar Panemangalore: 0000-0002-5271-8642; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Vishnumurthy Mohan Chadag: 0000-0002-2574-284X; John Benzie: 0000-0001-9599-8683; Michael John Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286 (2021)
      Type: Internal Report
      A strategy for GIFT dissemination and scaling in India is imperative to ensuring that the positive changes in policy and the increased efforts and investments in the tilapia industry succeed to scale impacts of GIFT adoption. ...

    • Effects of COVID-19 on fish value chains: Descriptive Evidence from India 

      Loison, S.A.; Shikuku, K.M.; Mohan, A.B.; Babu, R.; Belton, B.; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X
      Type: Internal Report
      The COVID-19 pandemic which started at the beginning of 2020 has affected economies of many countries, including India where the government implemented containments measures such as lockdown regulations and curfews to curb ...

    • Evaluating impacts of Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia: Challenges and strategy 

      Shikuku, K.M.; Dam Lam, R.; Rossignoli, C.; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Rodolfo Dam Lam: 0000-0001-5987-3592; Cristiano Rossignoli: 0000-0001-8220-7360 (2021)
      Type: Presentation
      The presentation focuses on the study implemented in Bangladesh to identify dissemination and catchment areas of the Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) in Bangladesh. In the study, we surveyed tilapia hatchers and ...

    • Experimental and survey-based data on willingness to pay for seafood safety and environmental sustainability certification in Nigeria 

      Shikuku, K.M.; Tran, N.; Pincus, L.; Hoffmann, V.; Lagerkvist, C.; Akintola, S.L.; Fakoya, K.A.; Muliro, J.; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Nhuong Van Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Lauren Pincus: 0000-0002-8883-7264; Jacqueline Muliro: 0000-0002-2789-1558 (2020)
      Type: Journal Article
      Fish/seafood represents an increasingly important source of animal protein in diets globally. Aquaculture growth, which already constitutes half of all seafood consumed by humans, is critical to meet increasing demand for ...

    • Fish consumption patterns and diets of rural and urban Nigerians 

      Byrd, K.A.; Ene-Obong, H.; Tran, N.; Diyzee, K.; Chan, C.; Shikuku, K.M.; Steensma, J.T.; Nukpezah, J.A.; Subasinghe, R.P.; Siriwardena, S.N.; Kendra A Byrd: 0000-0003-4528-752X; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Chin Yee Chan: 0000-0001-8615-2678; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X (2021)
      Type: Working Paper
      Nigeria is a country highly reliant on marine and inland fish for economic activity and food and nutrition security (Kolding, Van Zwieten, Marttin, & Poulain, 2019; Selig et al., 2018), while aquaculture is a growing sector. ...

    • Growth, yield and profitability of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) and non-GIFT strains in Bangladesh 

      Tran, N.; Shikuku, K.M.; Rossignoli, C.; Barman, B.K.; Cheong, K.; Ali, M.S.; Benzie, J.; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Cristiano Rossignoli: 0000-0001-8220-7360; Benoy Kumar Barman: 0000-0003-0554-2207; Kai Ching Cheong: 0000-0002-8115-417X; John Benzie: 0000-0001-9599-8683 (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      On-farm performance of the genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) strain in monoculture and polyculture ponds in Bangladesh was assessed using a stratified random sample of 213 GIFT and 256 non-GIFT farmers. The GIFT ...

    • Impacts of COVID-19 on fish value chains in India: Descriptive Evidence from Andhra Pradesh 

      Loison, S.A.; Shikuku, K.M.; Mohan, A.B.; Babu, R.; Pounds, A.; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X (2021)
      Type: Internal Report
      This study aimed at assessing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fish value chains in India, between 2019 and 2020 and between 2020 and 2021. The specific objectives were to assess the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on: ...

    • Lock-ins to the dissemination of genetically improved fish seeds 

      Shikuku, K.M.; Tran, N.; Joffre, O.M.; Md. Saiful Islam, A.H.; Barman, B.K.; Ali, M.S.; Rossignoli, C.; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Olivier M. Joffre: 0000-0002-7857-5766; Benoy Kumar Barman: 0000-0003-0554-2207; Cristiano Rossignoli: 0000-0001-8220-7360 (2021)
      Type: Journal Article
      Well-functioning fish seed systems are crucial for human nutrition and improved livelihoods. Yet fish seed systems have received considerably little attention in the diffusion process for genetically improved strains. This ...

    • Networks, incentives and technology adoption: evidence from a randomised experiment in Uganda 

      Shikuku, K.M.; Melesse, M.B.; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X (2020)
      Type: Journal Article
      We use data from a randomised experiment in Uganda to examine effects of incentives on the decision to adopt drought-tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs) and mechanisms through which effects occur. We find that social recognition ...

    • Nigeria fish futures. Aquaculture in Nigeria: Increasing Income, Diversifying Diets and Empowering Women. Report of the scoping study 

      Subasinghe, R.P.; Siriwardena, S.N.; Byrd, K.A.; Chan, C.; Dizyee, K.; Shikuku, K.M.; Tran, N.; Adegoke, A.; Adeleke, L.; Anastasiou, K.; Beveridge, M.; Bogard, J.; Long Chu, H.; Fregene, B.T.; Ene-Obong, H.; Cheong, K.; Nukpezah, J.A.; Olagunju, O.; Powell, A.; Steensma, J.T.; Williams, G.; Shelley, C.C.; Phillips, M.J.; Kendra A Byrd: 0000-0003-4528-752X; Chin Yee Chan: 0000-0001-8615-2678; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Jessica Bogard: 0000-0001-5503-5284; Kai Ching Cheong: 0000-0002-8115-417X; Colin Charles Shelley: 0000-0002-5268-3806; Michael John Phillips: 0000-0002-0282-0286 (2021)
      Type: Report
      Nigeria is the second-largest aquaculture producer in Africa, with a high demand and preference for fish among consumers. However, the role and potential of aquaculture to achieve goals for improving smallholder income, ...

    • On-farm performance of genetically-improved rohu (Labeo rohita) in Bangladesh 

      Hamilton, M.G.; Yeasin, M.; Alam, M.; Ali, M.; Fakhruddin, M.; Islam, M.; Barman, B.K.; Shikuku, K.M.; Shelley, C.C.; Rossignoli, C.; Benzie, J.; Matthew Gray Hamilton: 0000-0001-8098-8845; Md. Badrul Alam: 0000-0002-7079-4358; Benoy Kumar Barman: 0000-0003-0554-2207; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Colin Charles Shelley: 0000-0002-5268-3806; Cristiano Rossignoli: 0000-0001-8220-7360; John Benzie: 0000-0001-9599-8683 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      Introduction: Rohu (Labeo rohita Hamilton) is a globally significant aquaculture species for which genetically improved strains are increasingly available. In 2020, a multiplier population, comprised of highly–ranked ...

    • On-farm trials of WorldFish Genetically Improved Rohu 

      Hamilton, M.G.; Yeasin, M.; Alam, M.; Ali, M.; Fakhruddin, M.; Islam, M.; Barman, B.K.; Shikuku, K.M.; Shelley, C.C.; Rossignoli, C.; Benzie, J.; Matthew Gray Hamilton: 0000-0001-8098-8845; Md. Badrul Alam: 0000-0002-7079-4358; Benoy Kumar Barman: 0000-0003-0554-2207; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Colin Charles Shelley: 0000-0002-5268-3806; Cristiano Rossignoli: 0000-0001-8220-7360; John Benzie: 0000-0001-9599-8683 (2022)
      Type: Conference Paper
      Rohu Labeo rohita (Hamilton) is an economically and culturally significant aquaculture species in Bangladesh. However, until recently, genetically improved rohu strains have not been available to Bangladeshi farmers. In ...

    • Performance analysis of existing catfish and tilapia value chains and market systems in Nigeria: A post-farmgate value chain scoping study 

      Diyzee, K.; Williams, G.; Anastasiou, K.; Powell, A.; Shikuku, K.M.; Tran, N.; Byrd, K.A.; Chan, C.; Bogard, J.; Steensma, J.; Nukpezah, J.A.; Adegoke, A.; Subasinghe, R.P.; Siriwardena, S.N.; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Kendra A Byrd: 0000-0003-4528-752X; Chin Yee Chan: 0000-0001-8615-2678; Jessica Bogard: 0000-0001-5503-5284 (2022)
      Type: Report
      Nigeria is the largest fish producer in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fish plays a crucial role in supporting the livelihoods of fish producers and actors along the post-farmgate value chain in the country. Despite the virtues of ...

    • Profitability and perceived resilience benefits of integrated shrimp-tilapia-seaweed aquaculture in North Central Coast, Vietnam 

      Van Tran, N.; Le, Q.C.; Shikuku, K.M.; Phan, T.P.; Banks, L.K.; Nhuong Van Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X
      Type: Journal Article
      Aquaculture has an important role in strengthening livelihoods for the poor in the North Central Coast (NCC) region of Vietnam. Climatic shocks, especially rising temperature and changing rainfall patterns, are increasingly ...