Abdel Rahman El Gamal
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Nov 25 2015
Fish Culture Development training course – Africa – 2015 (Graduation)
It was a real pleasure to attend the graduation ceremony of the Fish Culture Development training course which took place on 29 October, 2015 in the premise of the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). Accepting the kind invitation of Eng. Yehia Sayed Mohammed (EICA Director General) gave me the opportunity to share …
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Nov 25 2015
Indus dolphin in Pakistan (Distribution – adaptation – threats)
Credit: Muhammad Hafeez-ur-Rehman (Pakistan) Indus river dolphins (Platanista gangetica minor) are one of only four river dolphin species and subspecies in the world that spend all of their lives in freshwater. They are believed to have originated in the ancient Tethys Sea (Pakistan). When the sea dried up approximately 50 …
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Nov 21 2015
Cage farming of grouper in Khanh Hoa, (Vietnam)
Photo credit: Han Huong (Vietnam) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Cage culture of grouper (Epinephelus sp.) in Vietnam has witnessed a rapid expansion throughout the 1990s in a number of provinces including Khanh Hoa in the south central of Vietnam whereas fixed and floating cages have been used. Grouper …
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Nov 07 2015
Integrated aquaculture and mango seedlings in Uganda
Photo credit: Oberu Charles (Uganda) Description: Oberu Charles and Abdel Rahman El Gamal – Founder of the website) The photo was taken in Wakiso District (Uganda). The fish pond shown the photo is a typical pond where Nile tilapia and African catfish are the major farmed species. The mango seedlings in this …
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Nov 05 2015
Fish Culture Development training course – Africa (2015)
The inserted picture was taken during the last week of October 2015 (the last week of Fish Culture Development training course and few days before the graduation). This time, the picture was taken in front of the main entrance of the Egyptian International Center for Agriculture – EICA. The course participants …
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Nov 04 2015
Trout farming in Cundinamarca, Colombia
Credit for the photo and key information: Karen Sachica Cepeda (Colombia) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This photo was taken in a tank trout farm located in Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. The rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss was introduced into Colombia in 1939 for the purpose of the stocking in …
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Nov 01 2015
Watching fish harvest in a fish pond in Campo Viera (Argentine)
Photo credit: Herman Hennig (Argentine) Description: Herman Henning and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) This photo shows a Fish harvest in a fish pond during which neighbors go to witness the harvest process and buy their needs of fish. The considerable large crowd indicates that there was an …
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Oct 29 2015
Intensive pond culture of African catfish in Cameroon – Video
Video credit: Domwa Mathieu (Cameroon) Review: Domwa Mathieu and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The video was filmed in a private fish farm located in Lagdo, Nord region (Garoua). The farm which has 23 earthen ponds contributes to the promotion plan for the culture of African catfish (Clarias …
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Oct 28 2015
Planning of aquaculture projects – 2015 lecture
This lecture has been delivered in two training course hosted during 2015 by the Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA). The first course hosts African participants while the second course hosts participants from Africa, Asia and Latin America. This lecture serves as a platform for the group projects through which course participants form 3-4 groups …
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Oct 25 2015
Transporting of administering of fish feed in a cage farm in Ghana
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) The inserted photos belong to a cage farm in the Asuogyaman District, Ghana. The cage farmer uses a motorized local planked canoe of about 10m in length to cart feed to the farm. The farmer is the one sitting on his feed. The unfortunate thing is that such farmers …
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