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Employment generation in the Egyptian aquaculture value chain
Type: Report
Aquaculture is an important sector with high potential, not only to provide nutritious food but also to contribute to the national economy, and the aquaculture value chain provides substantial employment generation ...
Better management practices for tilapia culture in Egypt
Type: Manual
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. FISH is developing the better management ...
Benchmarking the environmental performance of best management practice and genetic improvements in Egyptian aquaculture using life cycle assessment
Type: Journal Article
Egyptian aquaculture is gaining importance as an affordable and nutritious source of animal protein among Egyptians. Nile tilapia dominates production (77% of total production), followed by carps (17%) and mullets (11%). ...
EU-EC_Empowering Women Fish Retailers (EWFIRE) - 1st YEAR INTERIM NARRATIVE REPORT_April 2018 to March 2019
Type: Donor Report
In April 2018, the Empowering Women Fish Retailers (EWFIRE) Project was launched. Funded by European Union, the project aims to support vulnerable women fish retailers and processors to develop profitable businesses in ...
Metabolic growth, plankton selectivity, haemato-biochemical and intestinal morphometry of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed a lysine-deficient diet in earthen ponds
Type: Journal Article
Sustainable aquaculture requires the efficient use of natural pond resources as well as supplements to meet the dietary requirements of fish species. However, aquaculture diets are often produced without considering the ...
IFAD_Advancing Climate Smart Aquaculture Technologies (ACliSAT)_STATUS OF THE AQUACULTURE SECTOR IN EGYPT. Baseline Study 2020
Type: Donor Report
A baseline of Egyptian aquaculture practices and cultured fish species was conducted through the Advancing Climate Smart Aquaculture Technologies (ACliSAT) project. The purpose of the study was to collect sufficient ...
Better management practices for tilapia culture in Egypt (Arabic)
Type: Manual
This country specific better management practices (BMP) instruction manual is hoped to enhance the capacity of grow-out farmers and extension service providers in Egypt to support scaling of WorldFish technologies (e.g. ...
Nitrogen retention, nutrient digestibility and growth efficiency of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed dietary lysine and reared in fertilized ponds
Type: Journal Article
Two diets were formulated, a low lysine (LowL) and a balanced lysine diet (BalL), containing 9.10 and 13.10 g lysine kg−1 feed, respectively. Twenty fish (30.2 ± 1.9 g) per tank were stocked in 110-L tanks, mounted in a ...
IFAD_Promoting Sustainable Cage Aquaculture in West Africa (ProSCAWA)_First Progress Report_9 March 2020 to 31st December 2020
Type: Donor Report
The first annual progress report on the Promoting Sustainable Cage Aquaculture in West Africa – ProSCAWA, will spotlight the progress of work planned for implementing the project activities in the two project countries, ...
Promoting Sustainable Cage Aquaculture in West Africa (ProSCAWA) project
Type: Brief
In 2020, WorldFish launched the Promoting Sustainable Cage Aquaculture in West Africa (ProSCAWA) project. ProSCAWA is a two-year project funded by China-IFAD SSTC Facility. ProSCAWA seeks to increase poor rural people’s ...