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A review of aquafeed business models and the feed value chain in Zambia and Malawi
Type: Internal Report
Over the last decade, the aquaculture sector in Zambia and Malawi has tremendously grown. The availability of commercial feed companies producing complete commercial feed diets in Zambia has been one of the key factors ...
Fish farming trainers' guide - Pond Aquaculture
Type: Manual
The Malawi Gold Standard Aquaculture Production System was reviewed and revised, and its associate 8 training modules were developed. Some of these modules include: Introduction to fish farming and production systems; Fish ...
Better management practices for tilapia broodstock conditioning and mass spawning in hapas in ponds
Type: Manual
The hapa-in-pond system hatchery technique has been widely adopted and used in hatcheries throughout Asia. It has also been used in Africa, but the practice is still limited in many countries, including the Democratic ...
Training of Trainers and capacity building workshop for hatchery and feed operators in Kasama, Zambia Workshop report
Type: Conference Proceedings
IBEMS/Aquapreneur under the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) funded 'Piloting inclusive business and entrepreneurial models for smallholder farmers and poor value chain actors in Zambia and ...
Fish Acquisition and Consumption in the African Great Lakes Region through a Food Environment Lens: A Scoping Review
Type: Journal Article
Effective actions for the fishery and aquaculture sectors to contribute toward improving nutrition rely on an understanding of the factors influencing fish intake, particularly amongst vulnerable populations. This scoping ...
Genetic variation in wild populations and farmed stocks of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Madagascar
Type: Journal Article
Four farmed stocks and four wild populations of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), which was first introduced to Madagascar sixty years ago, were assayed for genetic variation at nine microsatellite loci to determine ...
Why antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture systems matters for the One Health approach
Type: Poster
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria change and become resistant to antibiotics used to treat the infections they cause. The interconnected nature of agri-food systems means that AMR can spread, posing a ...
Gender Inclusive Financing for Scaling up Improved Fish Processing Technologies in Malawi
Type: Manual
The “Gender Inclusive Financing for Scaling up Improved Fish Processing Technologies in Malawi” project was formulated around promoting wider use of improved fish processing technologies namely: Solar tent dryer and Improved ...
Feed operator model
Type: Presentation
Developing of the aquaculture feed models in Zambia has been motivated by the current status where 16% of the smallholder farmers in Luapula and Northern province use both commercial and home-made, 3% exclusive, and 65% ...
Analysis of the Informal Trade as a Source of Household Income: A Case of Cross-border Fish Traders in Zambia
Type: Thesis
The general objective of this study was to analyze the informal trade as source of household income with a special focus on cross border fish traders in Zambia. The study covers findings from border site fish markets in ...