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A policymaker’s guide to increasing youth engagement in aquaculture in Nigeria
Type: Brief
Supporting young people to enter food value chains can help reduce high levels of youth unemployment across sub-Saharan Africa. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and WorldFish conducted a study to understand ...
Feed the Future Sierra Leone Scaling up Aquaculture Production (SAP)
Type: Brief
The Feed the Future Sierra Leone Scaling up Aquaculture Production (SAP) project supports the development of the aquaculture sector in Sierra Leone to increase fish production, consumption and the incomes of small-scale ...
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 ...
Enhancing productivity and resilience of water systems by integrating fisheries
Type: Brief
Inland capture fisheries are the primary source of livelihoods and food and nutrition security in many low- and middle-income countries, but are often adversely impacted by irrigation infrastructure.
With over 300 million ...
Youth in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture
Type: Brief
Youth is considered to be the transition period between childhood and adulthood, and as such
encompasses a diverse group of individuals. Differences in gender, caste, class, sexuality and ability influence livelihood ...
A biochemical laboratory manual for species characterization of some tilapiine fishes
Type: Brief
This publication is both a manual for the biochemical analysis of several tissues of tilapias and an empirical demonstration of the methods for several species. Given the great and growing importance of tilapia in aquaculture ...
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 on women fish processors and traders in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights and recommendations for building forward better
Type: Brief
The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying responses to mitigate this global health crisis have resulted in substantial disruptions to demand, production, distribution and labor in fisheries, aquaculture and food systems. These ...
Nigeria Country Program: Achievement highlights under the implementation of the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems 2017-2021
Type: Brief
This brief highlights the major project achievements for the Nigeria country program in line with the FISH Research Program strategic goals and indicators. The brief was produced taking as reference a series of key resources ...
Reducing disease risks in fish through better detection, management and prevention
Type: Brief
Aquaculture productivity is limited by the introduction and spread of infectious fish diseases, which compromise fish farming livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Asia and Africa. Epidemiological tools provide ...