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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 ...
Better management guidelines for smallholder fish farmers in Malawi
Type: Manual
This is a better management guidelines for smallholder fish farmers in Malawi. Tilapia, which thrives in small ponds, is now being raised in warm countries throughout Africa, Asia and the Americas. In Africa alone, there ...
Inception report: Genetic improvement, support to aquaculture value chains and promotion of fish in food systems in SADC
Type: Internal Report
The report details the implementation of the two components for the Program for Improving Fisheries governance and Blue economy trade corridors project (PROFISHBLUE) and particularly the sub components led by WorldFish.
Replacing fishmeal with a single cell protein feedstuff in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus diets
Type: Journal Article
There is a growing concern about the use of fisheries-derived proteins in aquaculture. This study
was conducted to investigate the effect of either partially or totally replacing fishmeal (up to 15%
of the diet) by the ...
Tilapia better management practices in local language: Inshila Ishisuma Isha Ukutungulwilamo Ba Kasunga Uwa Isabi Banono Mu Zambia
Type: Manual
Better Management Practices (BMPs) (in Bemba, a local Zambian language) for small-holder farming tilapia (GIFT) in pond-based systems in Zambia were developed based on learning from farmers’ field schools (FFSs) and ...
Better management guidelines for smallholder fish farmers in Malawi; Ndondomeko Zamakono Zoyendetsera Ulimi wa Nsomba za Alimi Ango’noang’ono m’Malawi
Type: Manual
This is a better management guidelines for smallholder fish farmers in Malawi, and it was written in Chichewa. Tilapia, which thrives in small ponds, is now being raised in warm countries throughout Africa, Asia and the ...
AfDB ZAEDP_GIP Inception Report January 2019
Type: Donor Report
This inception report focuses on the methodologies for the implementation of the research and development component of this project. This research component will be implemented by WorldFish, in partnership with the Department ...
Biosecurity practices for tilapia hatcheries: A case of Zambia
Type: Brief
Globally, aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector, and the industry’s growth in Zambia is largely anchored on production from tilapia species (Oreochromis spp). This growing industry, currently estimated at 45,670.49 ...
Performance of Oreochromis niloticus and Oreochromis andersonii in controlled laboratory conditions in Zambia
Type: Journal Article
In the present study, two hatchery strains of Oreochromis niloticus and two of O. andersonii sourced from different hatcheries in Zambia were subjected to the same feeding and management regimes in a controlled indoor tank ...
On-farm participatory evaluation of feeding approaches used by farmers for tilapia (Oreochromis macrochir) production in northern Zambia
Type: Journal Article
This paper reports the first benchmarking of smallholder tilapia farming practices in rural northern Zambia, measuring fish growth, feed utilization and water quality parameters, using a participatory action research ...