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1. AQUACULTURE IN
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
A brief overview
Sakchai McDonough
Junior Aquaculture Officer
(FAO-Regional Africa Office)

2. Aquaculture Production (TONS)
2011: 19,100
2012: 27,500
2011: 221,100
2012: 253,900
2011: 8,800
2012: 8,600
2011: 10,500
2012: 13,000
Nigeria
Madagascar
Zambia
Other key
producers
(*All figures are
2011 estimates)986,820 85,713 22,135 8,126
Ghana
African Aquaculture: A Brief Overview
Source: FAO FishStat2
Egypt Uganda Kenya Tunisia

3. Tilapia Catfish Carp
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African Aquaculture: A Brief Overview
Three main cultured species:

4. Ghana - LakeVolta (cage aquaculture) Uganda - Arua, ponds
Arua, tanks
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African Aquaculture: A Brief Overview
LakeVolta

5. Global Comparison
SOFIA, 2014
1995
2012
81, 015
1,485, 367
1995
10,801,531
2012
58,895,736
1995
2012
548,479
3,187,319
1995
2012
1,601,649
2,2880,641
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Africa Americas
Asia
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Europe
Aquaculture Production (tons)
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African Aquaculture: A Brief Overview

6. Africa contributes only 2.2% of the
world’s total aquaculture production (2011)
FAO estimates 95% of Africa’s aquaculture
operators are small scale or subsistence
Fisheries and aquaculture
contributes to food and
nutrition security for …
200
million
Africans
Current Situation
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African Aquaculture: A Brief Overview
SOFIA, 2014

7. “The Big 5”
1 2 3 4 5
Feed Seed Credit InformationMarket
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- Environment
- Governance
African Aquaculture: A Brief Overview
- constantly reoccurring hindrances that limit aquaculture growth across the Continent
Two cross-cutting issues key to aquaculture

8. Seychelles
Drafting of:
- Aquaculture Master Plan
- Fisheries Bill
Tuna
Can aquaculture
develop to its full potential?
Trade-offs?
Ghana
Aquaculture Development Plan
GNADP (2013-2018)
Expected production:
- 27, 750 mt to 130, 000 mt
- generating 220, 000 jobs
Industrial growth encouraged
Privatized
Tourism
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Two examples

9. intensive pond aquaculture introduced
- 2009: 705, 490 t; total market value:1, 354, 646 million USD (GAFRD, 2010)
- Over 100,000 full or part-time jobs along the value chain
1930s
1970s
2017
Modern aquaculture
1980s
Development plan
17,000 to 45,000 t 4 large hatcheries, 6 fish farms, 5 fry collection stations
1990s
- access to inputs = private sector involvement
Ministry of Agriculture target:1.5 mt annually
Egypt
an aquaculture success
story on the continent
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African Aquaculture: A Brief Overview

10. Successful aquaculture: requires enabling factors
Availability of
inputs
Strong public
institutions
Sound national
Policies
A positive perception
of aquaculture
Viable
credit access
An active
private sector
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11. sakchai.mcdonough@fao.org
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