Profitability and Viability Analysis of Aquaculture Production in Central Uganda: A Case of Urban and Peri-Urban Areas

Сафина, Н. З.; Atukunda, Gertrude; Lawrance, Obeti; Ronald, Walozi; Alphonse, Candia; Samuel, Onep; Mbilingi, Bwambale; Izaara, A. A.

doi:10.9734/ajaees/2018/37721

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“…Uganda is the third-largest aquaculture producer in Africa, after Egypt and Nigeria supplying fish and fishery products in the form of feed, fish seeds, aquaculture inputs and technical expertise to neighboring countries mainly Kenya, Congo and Rwanda (FAO 2004(FAO -2020Safina et al 2018). Uganda is the second largest aquaculture producer in Sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria, with production increasing from about 800 tons in 2006 to 103,737 tons in 2018 (FAO 2004(FAO -2020.…”

Section: Aquaculture Production and Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

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Aquaculture in Africa: A Comparative Review of Egypt, Nigeria, and Uganda Vis-À-Vis South Africa

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Robertson-Andersson

Gan

et al. 2020

Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture

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This study reviews the development and conventional qualitative analysis of aquaculture in Africa, specifically by reviewing the aquaculture sector of key players (Egypt, Nigeria and Uganda) as a reference for South Africa; an aspiring key aquaculture player in Africa based on the launch of Operation Phakisa-South African version of the blue economy initiative. The key players were identified based on current annual production output and critical success factors, thus used as a benchmark for South Africa. Qualitative factors reviewed are critical success factors of the aquaculture sector of the selected countries that are widely germane to aquaculture development. These factors include production outputs (tons) and value ($); cultured species; prevalent aquaculture production systems; types of aquaculture, i.e., freshwater and mariculture; aquaculture development challenges related to fish seed, fish feed, land and water availability; aquaculture market and trade and provision of enabling environment through policies and frameworks. These factors were qualitatively reviewed and analyzed in ranking the aquaculture operations of the key players and South Africa to elucidate the critical success factors and challenges.

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Section: Aquaculture Production and Valuementioning

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“…The aquaculture industry in Uganda directly employs about 24,434 people (FAO 2004(FAO -2020. Fish is a high-value commodity and contributes 3% to the national GDP of Uganda (Safina et al 2018).…”

Section: Aquaculture Production and Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

Aquaculture in Africa: A Comparative Review of Egypt, Nigeria, and Uganda Vis-À-Vis South Africa

Babatunde

Robertson-Andersson

Gan

et al. 2020

Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture

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“…Yet, due to the informal and dispersed nature of much of the sector, quality employment data are limited for both capture fisheries and aquaculture and their value chains. To estimate direct and indirect employment in the BAU and HIGH scenarios, we reviewed national employment data from global data sets [37,38] and national sources [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54]. We adopted the definitions of direct and indirect employment used by the FAO [38] which suggest a full time employee is one that received 90% of their livelihood or spends 90% of their time in that occupation; a part time employee between…”

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The future of fish in Africa: Employment and investment opportunities

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One of the most pressing challenges facing food systems in Africa is ensuring availability of a healthy and sustainable diet to 2.4 billion people by 2050. The continent has struggled with development challenges, particularly chronic food insecurity and pervasive poverty. In Africa’s food systems, fish and other aquatic foods play a multifaceted role in generating income, and providing a critical source of essential micronutrients. To date, there are no estimates of investment and potential returns for domestic fish production in Africa. To contribute to policy debates about the future of fish in Africa, we applied the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agriculture Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) to explore two Pan-African scenarios for fish sector growth: a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario and a high-growth scenario for capture fisheries and aquaculture with accompanying strong gross domestic product growth (HIGH). Post-model analysis was used to estimate employment and aquaculture investment requirements for the sector in Africa. Africa’s fish sector is estimated to support 20.7 million jobs in 2030, and 21.6 million by 2050 under the BAU. Approximately 2.6 people will be employed indirectly along fisheries and aquaculture value chains for every person directly employed in the fish production stage. Under the HIGH scenario, total employment in Africa’s fish food system will reach 58.0 million jobs, representing 2.4% of total projected population in Africa by 2050. Aquaculture production value is estimated to achieve US$ 3.3 billion and US$ 20.4 billion per year under the BAU and HIGH scenarios by 2050, respectively. Farm-gate investment costs for the three key inputs (fish feeds, farm labor, and fish seed) to achieve the aquaculture volumes projected by 2050 are estimated at US$ 1.8 billion per year under the BAU and US$ 11.6 billion per year under the HIGH scenario. Sustained investments are critical to sustain capture fisheries and support aquaculture growth for food system transformation towards healthier diets.

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“…Majority of Aquaculture farmers had attained tertiary level of education as indicated in (Table 2). A higher level of education is necessary for improved farm management and use of new production technologies [13,16]. The willingness of farmers to take risks and innovate also may increase with level of education.…”

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Profitability Analysis of Fish Farming in Niger State, Nigeria

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Dan-Azumi³

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IJFSA

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In the study of aquaculture, much attention has been focused on bio-technical aspects. Economic research is often neglected by researchers and fish farmers. This paper examined the profitability of fish farming in Niger State, Nigeria. Data was collected by means of semi-structured questionnaire administered to 90 fish farmers randomly selected from three Agricultural zones in Niger State. The study revealed that fish farming is profitable in Niger State as a result of positive net returns, high rate of incomes and benefit-cost ratios and, therefore capable of creating employment, generating income and improving the standard of living of the people. Fish farming should therefore be encouraged and supported. Support could be in the form of technical assistance or subsidies.

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Profitability and Viability Analysis of Aquaculture Production in Central Uganda: A Case of Urban and Peri-Urban Areas

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Aquaculture in Africa: A Comparative Review of Egypt, Nigeria, and Uganda Vis-À-Vis South Africa

Aquaculture in Africa: A Comparative Review of Egypt, Nigeria, and Uganda Vis-À-Vis South Africa

The future of fish in Africa: Employment and investment opportunities

Profitability Analysis of Fish Farming in Niger State, Nigeria

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