Dec 14 2013
Credit: Sekou Oumar Coulibaly and Bamba Kadidiatou Soumare (Mali) Aquaculture in Mali is relatively recent and was first practiced in the early 80s. The prolonged drought negatively affected the development of aquaculture and reduced its contribution in the programs for rural and agricultural development. Launching a 3-year Mali/CRSP Project (2007-2010) targeted to promote aquaculture through …
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Dec 08 2013
Credit: Deepak Bhusal (Nepal) The photos and the graph show the active contribution of women in aquaculture and capture fishery in Nepal. However, the contribution level varies among the two sectors. While 60.4% of the work force in capture fishery is credit to women, the contribution of women in aquaculture is reduced to 32.6%.
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Dec 04 2013
Credit: David Sykora (Paraguay) The photos show parts of fish farmer training including lectures, field visits and ending by the course certificates.
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Dec 02 2013
Credit: Grace Charway (Ghana) Intensive fish farming is practiced in cages in Ghana whereas fish production from cages dominates aquaculture production amounting about 85% of total aquaculture production in 2011 whereas the number of cages was 1525 covering about 23 hectares.
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Dec 01 2013
Credit: Davie Itimu (Malawi) The photo shows an extension activity on aquaculture as represented in delivering technical information to fish farmers through videos. There are other extension methods including Farmer-to-farmer exchange of technology, Farmer Associations and cooperatives, and field days.
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Oct 17 2013
Credit: Elsadig Arbab (Sudan) The three photos show the locally-made feeding facilities used in an African catfish farm in Sudan. The facilities include a feed manufacturing unit capable to produce 1 ton of feed/day and demand feeders of 30 kg/each capacity. The third photo shows the produced feed. The total area of this farm is 31,500 …
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Oct 12 2013
Credit: Manuel Cano Alfaro (Guatemala) Since 2003, the mission of Taiwan has been working with the government of Guatemala to set up an aquaculture center in the village of El Remate in Petén to help promote Tilapia farming and conserve the endangered “white fish.” The photo shows a part of the facility whereas a technical session …
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Jul 24 2013
Credit: America B. Garcia (Panama) Dio inicio a mediados de los años 90 con la construcción de dos proyectos a nivel privado, uno en jaulas con densidades de siembra de 200 a 300 alevines y producciones de 80-100 kg/mt3 y otro a nivel de estanques con densidades de siembra muy variables que van de 2 a …
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Jul 22 2013
Credit: Hannibal M. Chavez (Philippines) The practice of tilapia pen farming is being carried out by fish farmers around Laguna de Bay with a stocking density of 30,000 to 50,000 fingerlings per ha. In such practice, fish farmers grow their tilapia naturally whereas no external feeds are given. As such this practice gives several advantages; it …
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May 26 2013
Photo credit: Gerardo Ontiveros Lopez (Mexico) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Introduction: The lumbricids which are commonly known as earthworms belong to the family Lumbricidae which hosts very many species that are naturalized around the world. Because earthworms could be used as fishing bait, it is also called “angleworm”, also, “night crawler” is …
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