December 2017

Côte d’Ivoire aquaculture systems perception: Characteristics and influence on national fish production

This study was undertaken in the main Côte d’Ivoire fish farming production regions. Fish farming were surveyed on the basis of socio-economic characteristics of fish farmers, farming practices and production depending to the systems. Results show that majority of fish farmers used semi intensive (51.8%) and extensive (42.9%) systems. Intensive system represented only 1.3% and rice-fish system 4.0% of fish...

Author(s): Hortense Anoumou Yao, Rachel Ahou Koumi, Célestin Boua Atsé, Paul Essetchi Kouamelan and Patrice Lucien Kouamé