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Demand for imported versus domestic fish in Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
Fish is among the most important animal-sourced foods in Africa and is crucial in combating malnutrition. Fish demand in Africa has far outpaced supply as the import share rose from 16% in 1970 to 39% by 2017. Little is ...
Experimental and survey-based data on willingness to pay for seafood safety and environmental sustainability certification in Nigeria
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 ...
Water, poverty and inland fisheries: lessons from Africa and Asia
Type: Journal Article
Relying on experience from West Africa and the Mekong Basin, the authors contend that small-scale inland fisheries are a critical element in the livelihoods of many farming households who live near water bodies in developing ...
Length-weight relationships of fishes from tributaries of the Volta River, Ghana Part 1: Analysis of pooled data sets
Type: Journal Article
The parameters a and b of length-weight relationships of the form W = a L super(b) were estimated for 45 fish species sampled in the Oti, Pru and Black Volta rivers, Ghana. Also, the slope and intercepts of regressional ...
COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains
Type: Journal Article
The COVID-19 pandemic is a shock affecting all areas of the global food system. We tracked the impacts of COVID-19 and associated policy responses on the availability and price of aquatic foods and production inputs during ...
Bigger net mesh size will mean bigger catches in the Ivory coast trawl fishery
Type: Journal Article
Yield-per-recruit analyses were performed on catch data of the Ivory Coast trawl fishery in order to identify the mesh size and levels of fishing effort most approprate. Results show that at present levels of fishing ...
The status of routine fishery data collection in Southeast Asia, central America, the South Pacific, and West Africa, with special reference to small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal Article
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) strategy for improving information on the status and trends of capture fisheries (FAO Strategy STF) was endorsed by Member States and the UN General Assembly in 2003. Its overall ...
Are consumers in developing countries willing to pay for aquaculture food safety certification? Evidence from a field experiment in Nigeria
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 ...
Fishpen culture as a new production system in dammed valleys in the mid-Casamance, Senegal
Type: Journal Article
Fishpen culture is a possible means to increase fish production in Casamance, Senegal and to develop aquaculture without negative environmental effects. To study this possibility, a fishpen study was conducted in two dammed ...
Accelerating pond aquaculture development and resilience beyond COVID: Ensuring food and jobs in Ghana
Type: Journal Article
Over the past decade, the aquaculture sector in Ghana has experienced tremendous growth—driven mainly by large-scale cage aquaculture. Pond aquaculture, traditionally extensive and with limited external inputs, has been ...