FI:TCP/GHA/0051
Field Document
March 1991
Where are the Best Opportunities for Fish Farming in Ghana?
The Ghana Geographical Information System as a Decision-Making Tool for Fish Farming Development
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T E C H N I C A L    C O O P E R A T I O N    P R O G R A M M E

GHANA

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND INVESTMENT
FRAMEWORK FOR AQUACULTURE IN GHANA

Field Technical Report 5

based on the work of

J.M. Kapetsky (FAO Senior Fishery Resources Officer)
U.N. Wijkstrom (FAO Consultant Economist)
N. MacPherson (FAO Consultant Socio-Economist and Team Leader)
M.M.J. Vincke (FAO Senior Aquaculturist)
E. Ataman and F. Caponera (FAO GIS Centre Consultants)

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1991


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE

1.1 GIS
1.2 GIS in Ghana

2 APPROACH

3 CRITERIA FOR FISH FARMING DEVELOPMENT

3.1 Land and Water
3.2 Economics of Inputs and Markets
3.3 Welfare and other Factors

4 INTEGRATION OF CRITERIA FOR MODELING

4.1 Integration of Land and Water
4.2 Inputs, Markets and Welfare

5 THE INTEGRATED MODELS

6 RESULTS

6.1 Land and Water
6.2 The Integrated Models

7 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

7.1 Accuracy of the results
7.2 Recommendations for Additional Data and Analyses
7.3 Conclusions

8 REFERENCES