International Journal of
Fisheries and Aquaculture

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Fish. Aquac.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9839
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJFA
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 234

Full Length Research Paper

Enhancing the fisheries sector of African Great lakes: Value chain analysis of the Tanganyika Sardine (Limnothrissa miodon, Boulenger 1906) from Lake Kivu, Rwanda

A. Murera
  • A. Murera
  • Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), P. O. Box 5016 Rwanda.
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M. Verschuur
  • M. Verschuur
  • Agricultural Production Chain Management (APCM),Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Velp, Netherlands, P. O. Box 9001, 6880 GB Velp, Netherlands
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Donald R. Kugonza
  • Donald R. Kugonza
  • Department of Agricultural Production, School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
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  •  Received: 02 October 2019
  •  Accepted: 15 February 2021
  •  Published: 31 March 2021

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