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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 ...
AfDB_Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)_Quarter 4 2019 Report October to December 2019
Type: Donor Report
The Aquaculture Compact continued to work in collaboration with national partners for demonstration and dissemination of Aquaculture technologies across ten countries (Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Ghana, ...
Fish breeding and genetics for improved productivity, profitability and sustainability of small-scale farms
Type: Brief
Faster growing tilapia strains demonstrate continued increase in growth rate in genetic improvement programs and superior profitability for farmers in Africa and South Asia, with reduced environmental impact.
New genetic ...
Proximogies milestone report: Fish Hub Africa Digita Platform
Type: Internal Report
Fish Hub Africa project team at Proximogies focused on translating all the designed and approved user interfaces for web application and screens for the mobile application into code which was successful. The application ...
A review of the performance of fish seed systems in Africa
Type: Internal Report
Globally, fish is one of the most important sources of animal protein and a key source of livelihood. In Africa,
fish production has significantly increased in recent years, but the proportion of fish production relative ...
AfDB Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Progress Report April to June 2020
Type: Donor Report
The COVID-19 pandemic affected some of the planned activities of Aquaculture Compact for this reporting period especially in the targeted countries due to lockdown, restriction of movement at country level as well as local ...
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 ...
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 ...
Procurement and testing of Genetically Improved Fish Seed at Orisha Farms, Lagos Nigeria
Type: Internal Report
Orisha Farms procured and stocked 9,500pcs of all-male Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) Strain tilapia seedlings for the ProSCAWA project, the GIFT strain grows 100% faster than the local tilapia strain and can ...
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 ...