The success of the Tilapia Seed Programme, sponsored by WorldFish and IFPRI, inspires the Government of Ghana to launch the Aquaculture Development Plan aiming at increasing aquaculture production
Published on: August 23, 2024, Submitted by Megi Cullhaj on: June 9, 2023, Reporting year: 2022
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Inspired by the success of the Tilapia Seed Programme, sponsored by WorldFish and the International Food Policy Research Institute, and implemented in collaboration with some local partners.
GIFT under quarantine, Malaysia. Photo by Trong Quoc Trinh, WorldFish
Ghana’s new Aquaculture Development Plan was launched in Accra on 23 November 2022. Inspired by the success of the Tilapia Seed Programme, sponsored by WorldFish and the International Food Policy Research Institute, and implemented in collaboration with some local partners, the new plan sets the target and the priorities to increase the country’s fish farming output from 89,376 tonnes in 2021 to 211,697 tonnes by the end of 2027 – an increase of 136 percent. The plan followed extensive consultation with stakeholders in the industry, and participants felt that its objectives were achievable.
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1.3.4 - More efficient use of inputs
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Gender: 2 - Principal objective
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Climate change: 2 - Principal objective
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Policy/Investment Type: Policy or Strategy
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Whose policy is fixed? Public Sector
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Stage of Maturity: Stage 2 - Policy/Law etc. Enacted
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Acknowledgement
This work was funded by the CGIAR Initiative on Aquatic Foods. We would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund: www.cgiar.org/funders .
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