July 2021

Cage fish culture in the lake victoria region: Adoption determinants, challenges and opportunities

Fish cage farming was first introduced in Lake Victoria in 2005, however, its adoption and production has not met expectations. It is a promising venture that can help solve the problems of food insecurity, unemployment and alleviate poverty if, a conducive investment environment is put in place.  This study sought to explore the adoption determinants, challenges and opportunities of this technology within the Lake...

Author(s): Mary Orinda, Erick Okuto and Martin Abwao

November 2021

Cost-benefit analysis for small-scale aquaculture production systems: A case of South West Region of Cameroon, Africa

Food is necessary for good health as well as the social and political stability of the society. Fish food provides essential nourishment especially proteins of high biological values. It is highly nutritious, tasty and easily digestive. Enterprise budgeting and descriptive statistics were used to estimate the value of smallholder aquaculture systems on a census population using a semi-structured questionnaire in the...

Author(s): Majory O. Meliko, Siri B. Ngoh and Justin N. Okolle