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General information
| Innovation ID | 158 |
| Version ID | 107 |
| Innovation Title | Tools to assist farmers with low or no numeracy skills to manage their aquaculture pond |
| Innovation description | Two tools involved: Secchi disk to measure water transparency in fishponds and determine the amount of plankton; Tool to infer fish weight from their length. This consists in a laminated colour coded ruler to measure length of the fish including a guide to interpret the measured length in cm into weight in grams. |
| Reporting Staff | Steven Cole (WF), Sunil Siriwardena (WF) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2018 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Production systems and Management practices |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 2: successful piloting |
| Year (Stage) | 2018 |
| Stage Description | 24 cluster farmer groups, consisting of 170 farmers, in Tonkolili District in Sierra Leone have been successfully using the two tools to make self-decision on the application of fertilizers to maintain the plankton bloom and to decide on harvesting timing. |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | WorldFish |
| Top 5 contributors | No contributors |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | |
| Main CRP | CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems |
| Flagship project | FP1-Sustainable aquaculture |
| Cluster | FP1-1-Fish breeds and genetics |
| Other CRPs-Flagships-Clusters |
Scope
| Geographic scope | National |
| Regions | |
| Countries | Sierra Leone |
Targeted outcomes
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Evidences
| Evidences | WorldFish 2016. Feed the Future Sierra Leone. Penang, Malaysia. Factsheet: 2016-08 [http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/527] WorldFish 2018. Annual Progress Report, Feed the Future Sierra Leone, October 2018. Sierra leone: 10-2018. [http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/3334] |
Linked Elements
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| Outcome Impact Case |
| Policy |