Sarnissa's fish farming links.
The breadth of cottage industry innovation in Kenya.
Ladybrille sponsors the "Through the Glass" movie.
Empretec profiles food processing company Mon Petit, founded by Dédé Léa Edith...
TEE ESS Fish Farms "operates two hatcheries, with production capacity of 100,000...This is supported by 12 nursery ponds of varying sizes and a total of 28 grow-out ponds with an average size of 2 meters by 6 meters stocking about 100 fish per cubic meter."-company website.
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NaijaCar reports on the Innoson automotive initiative.
Nubia Estates offers private residence owners' Club.
Food crisis a boom for small farmers?
More on the opportunity in Africa's frontier markets.
Using oil palm crops to heal Lake Victoria
Burundian Ashura Kisesa, wins a young entrepreneur...
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From the Joe's Oyster website:
JOC specialises in the farming of Crassostrea Gigas oysters,also known as the Namibian Pacific oyster. Crassostrea Gigas is a filter feeder which reaches havest size within 9 months of farming rather than the 24 months it takes similar species. This oyster is popular around the world and JOC offers these delicacies in a variety of market...
Innscor a food processor manufactures a range of:
-biscuits
-puffs
-pies
Their "goal is to become one of the biggest and most profitable snack food manufacturers in...
Food for Life reports on Working Villages:
A model village is literally rising from the ashes, and include full employment, private ownership of small farms and businesses, zero carbon footprint and 100% recycling. The project is a practical demonstration that it’s possible to profoundly increase living standards in rural Africa without hampering local culture and ingenuity.
The once-abandoned...
Spore reports:
At Badara, one of Kinshasa's new districts, not far from the N'djili international airport, young would-be fish farmers have devised a simple and cost-free culture system based on 'fish wells'. They dig 5 x 5 m and 1 m deep holes along the river Ntsangu and link these wells to the river by a small 3 m x 30 cm channel. After a week - the time needed to catch fish - they close off...
The prize winning advisor to World Fish Modadugu Gupta,has spearheaded a method of sustainable mini-aquaculture that is achieving success throughout the developing world:
Modadugu Gupta has spent 30 years creating a cheap and ecologically sustainable system of small-scale fish-farming using abandoned ditches and seasonally flooded fields and water holes smaller than the average swimming......
Businessday reports on the fish farming business in Nigeria and profiles Israel Adediran, founder of Aquaticulture an aquaculture services firm:
In Nigeria, the rearing of African catfish has proven to be a lucrative option for small-scale inland fisheries. Whereas the country's demand for fish is certainly greater than total production from domestic sources - as imports account for about 50 per...
GlobeFish reports on the growth of African aquaculture and the need to focus on local markets:
The local markets, which until now have been mainly served by small scale, community based fish farming, are probably grossly under-estimated. There is a growing demand in the region for fish and seafood, and many markets are able and willing to pay good prices. In fact, for many operations the local,...
Afrigadget reports on Water Harvesting:...
Ajanla Farms an integrated agro-allied company produces:
-poultry products
-processed beef
-Farmed aquaculture...
"...TalonAgro is principally involved in bringing cost effective, sustainable and appropriate technology and management know-how to bear upon Food, agriculture, fisheries and the environment in...
Gaston Razafindramboa outlines the growth of shrimp aquaculture in Madagascar:
In 2006, Madagascar probably produced around 8,000 metric tons of farmed shrimp. With 37 sites available for shrimp farming, production it could easily grow to more than 40,000 tons...All the farms are semi-intensive and produce from 3.5 to 4.5 metric tons per hectare per year. Some of the farms are increasing...
The Legacy foundation has developed "...a micro-enterprise-based briquetting technology, which converts non-productive agricultural residues...into economic and environmentally sound heating and cooking fuel for families and communities in developing......
From 8-12 October 2006, members of IAMSLIC will hold their annual conference in Portland, Oregon.
Bringing people together from "every continent and every ocean", discussion topics include:The role of librarians as catalysts in narrowing the digital divide - with speakers talking of experiences in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Ongoing regional digital repository projects are also profiled - including the 'ODINCARSA' Latin-American and Caribbean Digital Repository that collects, inputs and disseminates scientific production of member institutions into a digital, web based, and open access repository; and the African 'OdinPubAfrica' e-Repository with content from 14 participating countries.
Beyond these e-repositories, open access projects strongly feature on the programme,...
CAB International recently published its aquaculture compendium on the Internet. The compendium focuses on all aspects of aquaculture in the broader context and provides information on the sustainable use of freshwater and saltwater aquatic resources worldwide.
The series of CABI compendia are designed primarily for problem solving and as a reference tool for practical use. They are relevant for use in both developed and developing countries and feature extensive as well as intensive production methods. The aquaculture compendium joins the existing compendia on crop protection, forestry and animal health and production - a coffee compendium is being developed.
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A 2004 paper by Simon Wilkinson, Sih Yang Sim and Yoothana Suansook introduces how the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) has developed and implemented a low cost ICT-based communications network and online community. Visiting the NACA web site today is an eye-opener with the whole presentation framed around online tools and online community - news, publications, forums and rss feeds all feature prominentlyThe key components of the 'eNACA' strategy are:Community driven – participants can contribute to the content of the website, and interact with one another through online forums;Use of a multi-media approach to repackage knowledge for distribution in a wide variety of formats;A web-based digital library to store, organize and share full-text publications;An email...