CIFA Occasional Paper No. 25

CIFA Occasional Paper No. 25                                     CIFA/OP25

REPORT OF THE FAO-WORLDFISH CENTER WORKSHOP ON SMALL-SCALE AQUACULTURE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: REVISITING THE AQUACULTURE TARGET GROUP PARADIGM

Limbé, Cameroon, 23-26 March 2004

prepared by

John Moehl
Regional Aquaculture Officer
FAO Regional Office for Africa

Matthias Halwart
Fishery Resources Officer (Aquaculture)
FAO Fisheries Department

and
Randall Brummett
Senior Aquaculture Scientist
WorldFish Center


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2005
 

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CONTENTS

PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT

ABSTRACT

1. WELCOMING STATEMENT FROM THE CAMEROONIAN DIRECTOR OF FISHERIES

2. LIMBÉ DECLARATION

3. THE WORKSHOP

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definition of terms
3.3 Lessons from recent aquaculture development projects
3.4 Presentation of the framework for an aquaculture outreach strategy in Cameroon
3.5 Critical constraints and identification of priority areas by working groups

APPENDIXES

1: Acronyms
2: List of participants
3: Agenda
4: Democratic republic of the congo/united states peace corps family fish farming project
5: Elements of the strategic framework for cameroon
6: Summaries of country presentations

Pratique de l’aquaculture en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC)
Aquaculture status, constraints and priorities for development in Ghana
Aquaculture management and development in Kenya
Status of aquaculture development policy in Malawi: what is the future?
Aquaculture in Nigeria: history, status and prospects
Current status of aquaculture in Sierra Leone
Small-scale aquaculture in Uganda
Experiences with small-scale aquaculture in Zimbabwe

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