Animal Production: Recent submissions
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Executive Summary: The Public Private Partnership (PPP) model as a Key Strategy to unlock the potential of the African aquaculture feed industry
(2025)Aquaculture in Africa is expanding rapidly, yet growth is constrained by limited availability, high costs, and inconsistent quality of formulated fish feeds, the largest production expense, accounting for 60–80% of total ... -
Executive Summary: The Sustainable Growth of Aquaculture in Africa (SWOT Analysis)
(2025)Aquaculture in Africa holds immense potential for driving food security, nutrition, livelihoods, job creation, and economic growth. The continent benefits from abundant natural resources, diverse aquatic ecosystems, ... -
Executive Summary: Strengthen Biosecurity, Biosafety, and Ecosystem Health in Aquaculture
(2025)Strong biosecurity, biosafety, and ecosystem health are not just technical requirements, they are strategic investments in Africa’s sustainable aquaculture future -
Developing Trade Corridors for Fish and Fish Products in the Context of the African Blue Economy
(2025)This Policy Brief aims to show the role of trade corridors in connecting fishing communities to local, regional, continental and international markets, within the broader blue economy strategy. -
Requirements for Operationalization of the AfCFTA to Empower Informal Women and Youth Enterprises in Fisheries and Aquaculture Value Chains
(2025)Women make significant contributions to food security, livelihoods and household incomes in the sector, however, their contributions are often not sufficiently recognised or adequately considered. Besides, people involved ... -
Institutionalization and Utilization of the Africa Fisheries and Aquaculture Database (AFAData)
(2025)Currently, data on Africa’s fisheries and aquaculture resources are scattered across different national Archives, international repositories and platforms that do not necessarily target providing evidence based decision ... -
Enhancing Organizational Structures in Small Scale Fisheries
(2025)This advocacy note highlights the urgent need o strengthen organizational structures—such as cooperatives and associations—within SSF to amplify fishers’ voices, improve service access, and foster partnerships. Despite ... -
Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in African Blue Economy: Fact Sheet
(2025)This project brief presents a summary of the Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity Project and key outcomes. It notes the long-term outcome of the project's contributions to ensuring that aquatic ecosystems are conserved, restored, ... -
Progress of Project Implementation Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in African Blue Economy Annual Report October, 2024 - November, 2025
(2025)The overarching objective of the project was to enhance the Policy environment, Regulatory frameworks, and institutional capacities of African Union Member States (AU-MSs) and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to ... -
Biennial Forum for Regular Consultations on Monitoring Compliance on Domestication of Global and Continental Instruments Within the Framework of the African Fisheries Reform Mechanism (AFRM): 2nd ed.
(2025)The purpose of this report is to assist AU-IBAR develop a mechanism and framework document for establishing and operationalizing the Biennial Forum for regular consultations on implementation of Policy Framework and Reform ... -
Why Inland African Union-Member States should Ratify, Domesticate and Implement the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABBNJ) Agreement : Information Note
(2025)The ABBNJ Agreement presents opportunity especially for the inland African Union Member States to be part of the Global framework regarding management of Marine Biological Diversity as well as the non–Biological Resources. ... -
Unlocking Africa's pastoral potential: A call for inclusive market development
(2025)Pastoralism contributes 60-80 percent of the continent's meat and up to 50 percent of meat exports, while supporting national economies with 2-7 percent of GDP. Beyond numbers, they provide crucial ecosystem services, ... -
What experts are prescribing to strengthen livestock industry
(2025)The livestock industry is approaching a pivotal moment. Long defined by informal markets, climatic shocks, and subsistence-level production, the sector must now pivot toward structure, sustainability and scale. With rising ... -
Atténuation de l’impact du changement climatique sur les écosystèmes aquatiques et la biodiversité en Afrique: Note de plaidoyer
(2022)L’Afrique émet beaucoup moins de dioxyde de carbone que tout autre continent. Cependant, ce continent, qui compte la majorité des pays et des communautés pauvres du monde, est confronté à des impacts plus graves du changement ... -
A Review of National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy, National Policies, Fisheries and Aquaculture Strategies and National Agricultural Investment Plans for Alignment with the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa (PFRS): Zimbabwe
(2025)This review assesses Zimbabwe’s fisheries and aquaculture policy and regulatory framework against the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa (PFRS) and relevant global instruments. ... -
Alignment of National Fisheries and Aquaculture Strategies and Agricultural Investment Plans with the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa, Climate Change Adaptation, and Domestication of Global Instruments – Libya
(2025)This report evaluates Libya’s national fisheries and aquaculture policies in relation to the African Union’s Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa (PFRS), as well as pertinent global ... -
African Women in Animal Resources Farming and Agribusiness Network Magazine
(2025)Since its inception in 2020, culminating in formal registration on 9th April 2024, the African Women in Animal Resources Farming and Agribusiness Network (AWARFA-N) Uganda Chapter has been at the forefront of empowering ... -
Technical Report: Assessment of Regional Blue Value Chains in small-scale Octopus Fisheries and mechanisms for strengthening Gender dimensions and Climate Change and Environmental considerations in East Africa and South-West Indian Ocean
(2025-06)This consultancy examined the regional value chains, highlighting stakeholder roles and assessing opportunities for gender integration. It also identified environmental threats, particularly the impacts of climate change ... -
Policy Brief: Small-Scale Octopus Fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean: Strengthening Gender Inclusivity, Climate Resilience and Sustainable Blue Value Chains
(2025)Small-scale octopus fisheries and blue value chains in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region, spanning Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, and Mauritius, are vital sources of food, income, ...
