Cage farming and the living conditions of a community group (Ghana)

Credit:Patrick Appenteng (Ghana)

The insert here shows the frames of two cages. In fact these are only two samples of fourteen cages, belonging to a community group in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana.

It was constructed for them for a pilot aquaculture project by an NGO. The size of the cage is 2.2m×2.2m×2m, and occupies a volume of 136m3 on the Lake Volta.

Although it was an NGO pilot project for this community, the cage frames were not very strong; floats were made of about 4inches PVC pipe; which made them weak on the lake. After the pilot project, the cages had since been given to the beneficiaries to use to improve their living conditions.

Cage farming in Ghana

 

 

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