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Water quality management
Type: Brief
In fish culture, water quality is the degree of how conducive the water is for fish growth and the environmental conditions that affect it. Fish farmers need to have sufficient knowledge of water quality parameters, the ...
Strengthening rural livelihoods in Ghana and Nigeria through small-scale cage aquaculture: The ProSCAWA project
Type: Brief
Promoting Sustainable Cage Aquaculture in West Africa (ProSCAWA) project is to empower and transform the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in West Africa through enhanced Sino-Afro application of knowledge, sustainable ...
Feeds and feeding in the cage culture system
Type: Brief
In tilapia cage aquaculture, commercially prepared floating tilapia feed works best. Fish must be fed enough food to ensure optimal growth within the shortest possible time and to result in maximum returns at a minimum ...
Business Development Plan Training for small holder farmers in Lagos, Nigeria
Type: Report
The Business Development Plan Training for small holder farmers in Lagos, Nigeria was to strengthen the capacity of fish farmers and entrepreneurs on concept of business planning, develop, organize, and manage their fish ...
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 ...
Tiliapia cage culture design
Type: Brief
Cage culture is a system in which fish are grown in a cage made of bamboo, metal or wood that is covered with nets. The netting encloses the cage on all sides or on every side except the top, which is left open. There are ...
Ghana Business Development Plan Training for small holder farmers
Type: Report
The Ghana Business Development Plan Training for small holder farmers is to strengthen the capacity of fish farmers and entrepreneurs on concept of business planning, develop, organize, and manage their fish farming business, ...
Harvesting and post-harvest handling of tilapia from cage
Type: Brief
Harvesting involves the total removal of fish from the cage at the end of the culture period. Harvesting in cages is less stressful compared to other culture systems. This involves removing the net from the cage to harvest ...
COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains
Type: Working Paper
We tracked the impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food value chains in Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Myanmar and Nigeria during 2020. We assessed the availability and price of aquatic foods and production inputs using a high ...
Best Management Practices guidelines for small scale tilapia cage aquaculture in Ghana and Nigeria
Type: Manual
Africa accounts for about 7% of the world’s total fish production (FAO 2020). Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), a native of Africa, is the third-most farmed fish species in the world (FAO 2020) and is consumed worldwide ...