NAC On Demand Aquaculture Advisory Service (ODAAS) Feb 2015

The NAC receives a lot of visitors, during the month of February 2015 the centre had the following:  Bunda College, Aquaculture and Fisheries Science Department team led by Dr Daudi Kassam had a 2 days visit at NAC on technical back stopping in hatchery management supported by AgriTT. An 8 member team led by Mr Kagwira from MALDECO Aquaculture LTD, visited NAC on technical back stopping, mainly they were learning fingerling production using soya milk. This is one of the technologies in grow out production being developed by AgriTT project. Mr Jake a USAID Fulbright Scholar in Malawi visited NAC to discuss possibility of partnership in project implementation on live feed in aquaculture. Prof Darren Yuan the Deputy Director of Freshwater Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre (FFAC) in China visited NAC as a monitoring tour for the Agriculture Technology Transfer Project (AgriTT), this is a South South Coperation Project. Get the story in the following pictures:

Bunda College and Chancellor College Vehicles

Bunda College students on a technical backstop tour

Prof Yuan, Dr Mecuane, Dr Zidana, XiueJiao 

Dr Zidana, Tom and Mr Kandapo

Improved Oreochromis shiranus at National Aquaculture Centre

http://mwnation.com/govt-improving-local-tilapia-variety/

http://hastingszidana.blogspot.com/2015/03/development-of-fish-farming-through.html

WELCOME TO NATIONAL AQUACULTURE CENTRE BLOG SPOT

Malawi Government

Department of Fisheries

National Aquaculture Centre

(NAC)

MANAGEMENT

H.K. Zidana (PhD)-Head

J. Kandapo (BSc)-Deputy Head

D.G. Mbamba (BSc)-Farm Manager

RESEARCHERS

U.Chisulo Banda (BEd)-Fish Nutritionist

H. Sainani (BSc)-Breeder

W. Chirwa (BSc)-Breeder

H. Kasiya (BSc)-Grow out technologist

F. Phiri (BSc)-Grow out technologist

1.0              Background Information

1.1.            Mandate of the Nationa Aquaculture Centre

NAC is mandated to develop appropriate recommendations for fish farming through implementing bio-technical research programmes.

1.2.            Mission of the Nationa Aquaculture Centre

The centre is set to support aquaculture industry satisfy demand for fish through provision of high quality aquaculture research.

1.3.            Objective of Nationa Aquaculture Centre

Guided by Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy 2001, the centre’s main objectives include 1) to solve problems related to fish farming and management of small water bodies through bio-technical research and 2) to develop adaptive/appropriate recommendations for fish farming.