Guiding principles for promoting aquaculture in Africa - Benchmarks for sustainable development.

CIFA Occasional Paper No. 28

CIFA/OP28

GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR PROMOTING
AQUACULTURE IN AFRICA:
benchmarks for sustainable development

by

John Moehl
Regional Aquaculture Officer
FAO Regional Office for Africa

Randall Brummett
Senior Aquaculture Scientist
WorldFish Center

Mulonda Kalende Boniface
Aquaculture Specialist/UNV
FAO Regional Office for Africa

and

André Coche
Senior Fishery Resources Officer
(Aquaculture, Retired)
FAO Fisheries Department

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana, 2006

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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT (Download 221 kb)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
WHY "GUIDING PRINCIPLES"
INTRODUCTION

Aquaculture: What is it?
Definition of Terms
Chronic Constraints

LEARNING FROM THE PAST

What Went Wrong (Download 487 kb)
What Went Right (Download 487 kb)

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM (Download 389 kb)

The Need For National Strategies
Priority Setting
Strategic Approaches
How To Implement A Strategy?
Best Practices
Regional Issues
Risks

CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?

Governments
Industrial Producers & International Investors
Small- & Medium-Scale Commercial Producers
The Non-Commercial Segment
Service Providers
Civil Society
International Community

Appendix I:    1999 Africa Regional Aquaculture Review --  (Download 458 kb)
                    Executive Summary:
Appendix II:   Limbé Declaration:
Appendix III: Elements of the Cameroon Strategic Framework and the Role of
                    Public and Private Sectors
Appendix IV: The NEPAD Action Plan for the Development of African Fisheries
                    and Aquaculture
Appendix V: Case in Point – Aquaculture Development in the Lake Basin Area
                    of Kenya
Appendix VI: Review of Aquaculture Extension in the Africa Region
Appendix VII:Field Notes for African Freshwater Aquaculture

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