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Water quality management
Type: Brief
In fish culture, water quality is the degree of how conducive the water is for fish growth and the environmental conditions that affect it. Fish farmers need to have sufficient knowledge of water quality parameters, the ...
Extension manual on mono sex tilapia production and management: Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Aquaculture Compact
Type: Manual
This material has been put together to assist extension workers and other trainers in facilitating and delivering improved technologies to catfish breeders to ensure profitable ventures. The contents are in simple terms ...
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 ...
Performance analysis of existing catfish and tilapia value chains and market systems in Nigeria: A post-farmgate value chain scoping study
Type: Report
Nigeria is the largest fish producer in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fish plays a crucial role in supporting the
livelihoods of fish producers and actors along the post-farmgate value chain in the country. Despite the
virtues of ...
TAAT aquaculture compact training on value addition product processing and packaging
Type: Report
The training is based on Exposing the Fish Farmers to improved technologies for fish post-harvest handling and value addition for varieties of products for domestic and export markets.
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 ...
Genetic Improvement Programs Advisory Programs in Africa and Asia
Type: Presentation
WorldFish Genetics Workshop 2022 - Presentation on the Genetic Improvement Advisory Programs in Africa and Asia.
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 ...
Best Management Practice guidelines (BMPs) for GIFT tilapia & Curriculum for the Promotion of Commercial Aquaculture in Nigeria
Type: Manual
As part of the GIFT-related WorldFish projects operating in Nigeria, there is a need for developing (a) BMPs and related guidelines, and (b) training material to train stakeholders to implement BMPs in Nigeria. This manual ...
GIFT transfer risk management: Genetics
Type: Internal Report
This report is a genetic risk analysis of introducing Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) in Nigeria
for aquaculture purposes. GIFT is a strain of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) that has been genetically ...