Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Ghana pursues policy of modernization and and development for aquaculture

Ghana's Deputy Food and Agriculture Minister, Nii Amasah Namoale, has pledged to halt his country's growing shortfall of fish. The Ghanaian government imports more than US$2 million worth of fish annually to make up the shortfall.
Mr Namoale attributed the country's diminishing fish resources on the falling stocks in both inland and marine waters in the face of rising demand from consumers.
Speaking at in inaugural meeting of the  Ghana Aquaculture Association (GAA) in Accra he said reducing the wage bill associated with fish imports as a priority, along with pursuing a policy of aquaculture modernization and development.
Identifying major challenges facing the Ghanian aquaculture industry Mr Namoale picked out inadequate quality fish seed,fish feed and bank credit as priority areas to tackle. Read more...

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