This document is the result of a study commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under the small-scale fisheries project GCP/GLO/645/NOR to analyse the contextual introduction, utilization and associated challenges of the FAO-Thiaroye processing technique (FTT) in Ghana and make recommendations to government and private investors for upscaling the use of the technique. The field work at sites where the FTT was installed and a desk review of existing studies was conducted from December 2020 to January 2021. The document was submitted in April 2021 and reviewed by experts Yvette DieOuadi, Koane Mindjimba, Kennedy Bomfeh, Omar Riego Peñarubia and AinaLiantsoa Randrianantoandro. This document is presented in two parts: part one provides an overview of fisheries resources, processing systems, safety and performance of the processing systems and part two details the launch of the FTT in Ghana, FAO interventions in the upscaling of the FTT and the results, key findings and recommendations of the study