Aquaculture is major source of livelihood and employment for many Ghanaian households (Ragasa et al., 2022). Fig 1 below indicates that Ghana has experienced significant growth in aquaculture production over the last decade. Main factors accounting for this growth include introduction of improved ‘Akosombo strain’ of Nile tilapia, government interventions within the sector such as, […]
Workshop develops draft policy and guidelines for exotic fish strains in Ghana’s aquaculture sector
Ghana’s rapidly growing aquaculture production (Figure 1) has made the country the second-largest tilapia producer in Africa. Several factors account for this growth—including the introduction of the improved Akosombo strain, government interventions, new local feed production companies, and increasing local demand—but the main driver is the establishment of large-scale commercial cage production on Lake Volta. […]
Tiseed Project Dissemination Workshop
Ghana is West-Africa’s top producer of tilapia. Growth in Ghana’s aquaculture sector is being driven mainly by large-scale cage tilapia farming in Lake Volta. Tilapia contributes over 77% of cultured fish production, the second being African catfish at 22%. Unfortunately, participation of, women, and youth in this rapidly growing value chain is very limited. About […]
Impact of fish feed formulation training on feed use and farmers’ income: Evidence from Ghana
Feed accounts for 60–80% of tilapia production costs, and high feed cost and limited feed access are major issues faced by fish farmers. A potential solution is for farmers to produce their own feeds using cheaper and locally available ingredients. This paper evaluates the feed formulation training implemented in Ghana as part of the Fisheries […]
Immediate impacts of COVID-19 on the aquaculture value chain in Ghana
Ghana’s aquaculture sector is among the recent success stories of fast-growing agricultural value chains in Africa south of the Sahara. The sector has also shown its vulnerability, with the infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus spreading through tilapia farms in Lake Volta in late 2018. The global COVID-19 human pandemic reached Ghana in early 2020, […]