Opportunities and Challenges for African Aquaculture
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چکیده
Africa has big potential for fi sh farming with 37 per cent of its surface area suitable for artisanal and 43 per cent suitable for commercial fi sh production (Aguilar-Manjarrez and Nath 1998). Although Africa contributed less than 1 per cent to global aquaculture production (251 000 t in 1999), the production has been expanding since 1984 at a rate equal to or greater than the global rate, albeit from a much smaller base (FAO 1997). If the statistics are to be relied, over 90 per cent of reported aquaculture production comes from Egypt and Nigeria. Madagascar (6 000 t) and Zambia (4 000 t) add another 4 per cent. The rest of the continent combined, contributes less than 5 per cent to overall output (FishStat 2001). Unfortunately, these fi gures are probably not very accurate. Institutional motives for over-reporting combined with inadequate/poor data collection and analysis leave us with a very fuzzy image of the actual status of aquaculture sector in Africa. Reliability of statistics could be improved from personal interviews with government offi cials and farmers, along with direct observation of the situation on the ground. The current status of African aquaculture as stated in the paper is based on such personal knowledge, combined with the fi ndings of a review of the subject recently done by the Committee for the Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA) in consultation with a variety of stakeholders (FAO 2000). Traditional Aquaculture
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