Aquaculture Development and the Impact on Food Supply, Nutrition and Health in Ghana and Tanzania

1. Aquaculture Development and the Impact on Food Supply, Nutrition and Health in Ghana and Tanzania Kwamena Quagrainie Purdue University AquaFish Innovation Lab - Africa Regional Meeting KNUST Engineering Guest House, Kumasi, Ghana July 5 -7, 2013

2. Pis & Investigations • 8 Investigations • 4 in Ghana • 4 in Tanzania • Institutions • Purdue University (PU), USA • Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (VT), USA • University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), USA • University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH), USA • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Ghana • Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania • Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), University of Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Tanzania • Western Indian Ocean Marine Sciences Association (WIOMSA), Zanzibar, Tanzania

3. Investigators • Emmanuel A. Frimpong (VT) • Rebecca Lochmann (UAPB) • Maria Haws (UHH) • Stephen Amisah, Nelson W. Agbo, Regina Edziyie, & Gifty Anane-Taabeah(KNUST) • Sebastian Chenyambuga, NazaelMadalla, & Elibariki Emmanuel Msuya (SUA) • NarrimanJiddawi(IMS) • Julius Francis (WIOMSA)

4. Investigations - ghana • Development of a Cell-Phone Based Seafood Market Information System (SMIS): Application to Tilapia – PU / KNUST • Collaboration with Farmerline, a private IT company • Data collection on fish quantities & prices • Workshop to train farmers on SMIS • Workshop to train women traders on SMIS • Identifying Local Strains of Oreochromisniloticus that are Adapted to Future Climate Conditions – VT / KNUST • Experiments to test the tolerance of the Volta strain and three wild populations of O. niloticus to increased temperature, decreased DO, and increased salinity

5. Investigations - ghana • Assessing Ghana’s National Aquaculture Training Needs and Capabilities in the Light of the National Aquaculture Development Plan – VT / KNUST • 3 workshops to assess aquaculture training needs at all levels • Facilitated, participatory workshops to collect data on current expertise levels, personnel numbers, qualifications in relevant institutions, etc • Develop matrices on development targets and current levels of performance versus required levels of expertise and needed resources e.g., skills, etc • Enhancing the Nutritional Value of Tilapia for Human Health – UAPB / KNUST • Study potential fish feed ingredients containing n-3 fatty acids for use in Nile tilapia diets in Ghana. • Feeding trials with Nile tilapia

6. Investigations - tanzania • Assessing the Nutritional Impact of Aquaculture Policy in Fish Farming Districts in Tanzania – PU / SUA • Household survey in selected fish farming communities • Data on individual characteristics as well as household and community variables such as dietary intake, illness, age, gender, land size, production of own food etc. • Value Chain Analysis of Farmed Nile Tilapia & African Catfish in Tanzania – PU / SUA • Survey of value chain actors • The farmers will receive training on pond construction, pond operations, record keeping, entrepreneurship and group management

7. Investigations– zanzibar, tanzania • Spat Collection and Nursery Methods for Shellfish Culture by Women – UHH / IMS • Coastal Women’s Shellfish Aquaculture Development Workshop – UHH / IMS • Spat collection to obtain stock for shellfish farms & tested to determine the best materials and timing for spat collectors / test nursery methods to rear the collected spat • Train women on above / share results of research • Training in bivalve shellfish culture methods • Develop action plan for further development of the small-scale bivalve industry

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