AquaFish Phase I

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Analysis of the use of Credit facilities by small – scale fish farmers in Kenya

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  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): Kwamena Quagrainie; Charles C. Ngugi; Stephen Amisah
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Third Annual Report

Contains an Overview of activities undertaken by the AquaFish CRSP between 2008 and 2009.

  • Date of Publication: 12/1/2009
  • Author(s): AquaFish Collaborative Research Support Program
  • Type of Document: Annual Report

Success Story: Fish Farmers Association Models Success

In 2007, the AquaFish CRSP partnered with the USAID Kenya Business Development Services program in a marketing assistance project designed to teach farmers how to form […]

  • Date of Publication: 11/1/2009
  • Author(s): AquaFish CRSP
  • Type of Document: Impact/Success Story

Tilapia fingerlings from varied systems deliver similar growout performance

Abstract: Results of a 120-day study showed that Nile tilapia fingerlings produced in incubation units, hapas or ponds exhibited similar growout performance. Although not statistically significant, […]

  • Date of Publication: 9/10/2009
  • Author(s): Remedios B. Bolivar; Eddie Boy T. Jimenez; Roberto Miguel V. Sayco; Reginor Lyzza B. Argueza; Hernando L. Bolivar; Lourdes B. Dadag; Antonio G. Taduan; Russell J. Borski
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

The effect of the introduction of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, L.) on small indigenous fish species (mola, Amblypharyngodon mola, Hamilton; chela, Chela cachius, Hamilton; punti, Puntius sophore, Hamilton)

Abstract: This is the first controlled experiment to quantify the e!ect of introduced tilapia on indigenous species. This experiment was conducted in small earthen ponds (100m2) […]

  • Date of Publication: 8/1/2009
  • Author(s): Sultanul Arafin Shemeen Ahmad; Amrit N Bart; YangYi; James E Rakocy; James S Diana
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Effects of clam size on heavy metal accumulation in whole soft tissues of Galatea paradoxa (born, 1778) from the Volta estuary, Ghana

Abstract: The Volta basin clam, Galatea paradoxa, is collected for food and remains an important affordable protein source for the riparian communities in the catchment. Clams […]

  • Date of Publication: July 2009
  • Author(s): S. Amisah; D. Adjei-Boateng; K. A. Obirikorang; K.K. Quagrainie
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Bacteriological contamination of the freshwater clam (Galatea paradoxa) from the Volta estuary, Ghana

Abstract: This study was designed to generate information on the microbiological quality of the clam, Galatea paradoxa harvested from the Volta estuary in Ghana. Total Viable […]

  • Date of Publication: July 2009
  • Author(s): D. Adjei-Boateng; S. Amisah; K.K. Quagrainie
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

First Annual Report

Contains an Overview of activities undertaken by the AquaFish CRSP in 2007.

  • Date of Publication: 6/1/2009
  • Author(s): AquaFish Collaborative Research Support Program
  • Type of Document: Annual Report

Livelihood trends in Response to Climate Change in Forest Fringe Communities of the Offin Basin in Ghana

Abstract: The livelihoods of forest fringe communities in Ghana depend, largely, on the renewable natural resources that they can find in the forests and any activities […]

  • Date of Publication: June 2009
  • Author(s): S. Amisah; A.B. Gyampoh; P. Sarfo-Mensah; K.K. Quagrainie
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

The potential for culture of Nile tilapia and African catfish in the river Njoro watershed

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  • Date of Publication: 4/1/2009
  • Author(s): David Liti
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article