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General information
| Innovation ID | 675 |
| Version ID | 528 |
| Innovation Title | Contextualized better management practices (BMPs) for tilapia hatchery operation in Ghana |
| Innovation description | A comprehensive step-by-step guide to running a tilapia hatchery operation in Ghana. It includes advice on site selection, site preparation, hatchery design and construction, farming practices (broodstock management, spawning, sex reversal, hormonal feed preparation and feeding), fingerling harvesting and marketing, biosecurity and fish health management, good farm management practices and recordkeeping – all of which are critical elements of a successful tilapia hatchery operation. |
| Reporting Staff | Nhuong Tran (WF) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2020 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Production systems and Management practices |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 3: available/ ready for uptake |
| Year (Stage) | 2020 |
| Stage Description | BMPs have been published and are available to support small-scale fish farmers and to catalyze sustainable growth of aquaculture in Ghana. |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Top 5 contributors | Royal Tropical Institute; WorldFish; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, WOTRO Science for Global Development |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | WorldFish-CGIAR Center/Program (Center) |
| Main CRP | CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems |
| Flagship project | FP1-Sustainable aquaculture |
| Cluster | FP1-3-Aquaculture systems |
| Other CRPs-Flagships-Clusters | CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets |
Scope
| Geographic scope | National |
| Regions | |
| Countries | Ghana |
Targeted outcomes
| Main Sub-IDO | More efficient use of inputs |
| Other Sub-IDO | Closed yield gaps through improved agronomic and animal husbandry practices |
| Other Sub-IDO | Increased value capture by producers |
Evidences
| Evidences | "(4/2/2020). Inputs and comments on training manuals for grow out farmers and hatcheries developed by national partners."Agyakwah, Seth K.; Asmah, Ruby; Mensah, Emmanuel T. D.; Ragasa, Catherine; Amewu, Sena; Tran, Nhuong; Oyih, Mathew; and Ziddah, Peter. 2020. Farmers' manual on tilapia hatchery operation in Ghana [https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/4431] |
Linked Elements
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