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area
West Africa
In West Africa, fish farming in the bakeries works! After decades of Pharaonic aquaculture projects orchestrated from the outside by the great financiers of the world and whose only result was to leave stranded concreted ponds in the bush as I could see in the region of Grand Lahou en Côte D'Ivoire, the African peasants have been developing for a few years a village fish farm with very little financial means. What could be more local than fish farming in the banks? From "banco", the clay soil used for the construction of traditional dwellings; The extraction of the banco forms excavations which are then transformed into a body of water for fish farming.
country
Benin
The four photos show types of fish farming facilities that are commonly found in Benin. Earthen ponds are commonly found as represented by the farm photo which utilizes a modest water flow throughout the year. The farm of concrete tanks is located in Torri Posseto province. Hapas are also used whether for fry nursing or for holding tilapia broodstock prior to the spawning season. Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus is the main farmed species in Benin whereas its market size of tilapia is about 250 g. Also, African catfish, Clarias gariepinus is farmed in Benin.
type of fish
Cat Fish
intensive Production of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus. The African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, is well appreciated in Africa and reaches high prices on the town markets (2 - 3 Euro/kg). Although it is raised since 1974 and its production is increasing in Europe, Asia and Latin America, the African production is on standby. The intensive production systems (biomass: 10 - 400 kg/m3, production: 1 - 4 kg/m3/j) in recirculated systems recently developed in Europe (family farms: 200 - 250 t/year) are profitable when the selling price on the farm reach 1,2 Euro/kg. This kind of model could be adapted by the African fish farmers to their local conditions and finally contributed to an important development of fish culture in Africa.
Tilapia
Les tilapias sont des poissons exotiques consommés en abondance partout dans le monde. La dénomination tilapia s’applique en réalité à différents poissons blancs appartenant à la famille des cichlidés, et notamment Oreochromis niloticus – le tilapia du nil, le plus courant – Sarotherodon et Tilapia. Le tilapia est le poisson d’élevage par excellence : c’est une des principales espèces d’aquaculture en Asie, en Afrique et en Amérique du sud. Il est le 2ème poisson d’élevage au niveau mondial, après la carpe. Un poisson low cost très rentable ! En savoir plus sur http://www.consoglobe.com/decouvrez-tilapiapoisson-plus-consomme-monde-cg#CIpztmjz7jw46rPy.99
