Development and Diversification of Species for Aquaculture in Ghana

Part of the AquaFish Project: Improving Competitiveness of African Aquaculture Through Capacity Building, Improved Technology, and Management of Supply Chain and Natural Resources

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2013/03/31
• Project Code: 09IND06PU
• Lead University: Purdue University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Innovation

Hydrology, Water Harvesting, and Watershed Management for Food Security, Income, and Health: Small Impoundments for Aquaculture and Other Community Uses

Our vision is to provide research results that increase the knowledge base on water resource uses that work in the African context. The studies identify best […]

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2013/03/31
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Auburn University

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Natural Resource Management

Obirikorang, Kwasi

• Start Date: 2009/01/01
• End Date: 2010/11/01
• University: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
• Degree: MS

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Productivity

Aquaculture information sources for small-scale fish farmers: the case of Ghana

Abstract: The Ghana ministry of fisheries and the ministry of Agriculture provide free extension services and other technical services to fish farmers in Ghana, e.g. producing […]

• Date of Publication: 2009
• Author(s): Kwamena K Quagrainie; Stephen Amisah; Charles C Ngugi
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Capacity Building

Characterization of Serum and Glucocorticoid Induced Kinases (SGK) in a teleost fish, the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

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• Date of Publication: 2009
• Author(s): W.M. Johnstone III
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Productivity

Claudin mRNA expression in Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) gill tissue: implications for osmoregulation and salinity adaptation

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• Date of Publication: 2009
• Author(s): D.A. Baltzegar
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Productivity

Effect of Temperature on the Growth and Survival of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) Fry Reared in Hapas

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• Date of Publication: 2009
• Author(s): R.B. Bolivar
• Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Productivity

Growth Performance of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) in Ponds Using Combined Feed Reduction Strategies

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• Date of Publication: 2009
• Author(s): R.B. Bolivar
• Type of Document: Not Available

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Productivity

cDNA cloning and isolation of somatolactin in Mozambique tilapia and effects of seawater acclimation, confinement stress, and fasting on its pituitary expression

Abstract: Somatolactin (SL) is a member of the growth hormone (GH)/prolactin (PRL) family of pituitary hormones, and is found in a variety of teleost species. Somatolactin […]

• Date of Publication: 2009
• Author(s): K. Uchida
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Productivity

Determinant of aquaculture information sources for Ghana small-scale fish famers

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• Date of Publication: 2009
• Author(s): Kwamena Quagrainie
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Productivity