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Annual Report: October 2005 - September 2006

Cooperative Agreement: 617-A-00-05-00003-00 Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures; Auburn University, Alabama

List of Acronyms APEP Agricultural Productivity Enhancement Program

ARDC-Kajjansi Aquaculture Research and Development Centre, Kajjansi

ASA American Soybean Association

AU Auburn University

BMUs Beach Management Units

BMPs Best Management Practices

CTO Cognizant Technical Officer DANIDA Danish Development Agency DWD Department for Water Development FAO Food & Agricultural Organization

FIRRI Fisheries Resources Research Institute

FISH Fisheries Investment for Sustainable Harvest

FTI Fisheries Training Institute

IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute

LVHD Low Volume High Density

MAAIF Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries

MAK Makerere University, Kampala

MEMS Monitoring & Evaluation Management Services MOU Memorandum of Understanding

NAADS National Agricultural Advisory Services NARO National Agricultural Research Organization

NEMA National Environment Management Authority NGOs Non Governmental Organizations

PEAP Poverty Eradication Action Plan

PIR Project Intermediary Results

PMA Plan for Modernization of Agriculture PMP PRIME Productive Resource Investments for Managing the Environment

RURAL SPEED Rural Savings Promotion & Enhancement of Enterprise Development

SAF Special Activities Fund

SCOPE Strengthening the Competitiveness of Enterprise Development

SO7 Strategic Objective Seven STTA Short Term Technical Assistance

USAID United States Agency for International Development

Introduction This was the first complete year of the Fisheries Investment for Sustainable Harvest project. The core of this project is farmer-to-farmer technology transmission. Demonstration sites are used to show appropriate technologies that result in greater profits for fish farmers. Interest in attending demonstrations on pond construction and renovation, fish feeding and pond management was extremely high. The project’s self-imposed limit of 15 trainees per demonstration proved to be impractical and a new limit of 40 was tried. Demonstration farmers find that visiting other demonstration farms has helped them envision how they can improve on their own farm. The demonstration farmers are expected to try out “new technologies” and assess the potential benefits to their own commercial fish farm. Farmers who produce the most fish and who have the most functional ponds will be the most credible sources of information. Other constraints to the development of commercial fish farming have proven to be rather difficult to overcome because the solution to these constraints requires a critical mass of commercial fish farmers which does not yet exist. For example, there are three to six companies interested in producing fish feed but there are insufficient clients identified. Resolving this issue has consumed much of the staff’s time. During the last quarter of FY 05, information was gathered on current constraints to aquaculture in order to establish priority areas for the first year’s activities.

Priorities for the first complete year of the F.I.S.H. project (FY06) 1. Set up demonstrations on farms and at cage sites with high quality imported feeds

as a major input. 2. Conduct training at demonstration sites 3. Address the feeds supply issue 4. Improve the quality of advisory services

The priorities therefore fell under the first Project Intermediary Results (PIR1) of the Results Framework (Figure 1). All PIRs were be addressed in 2006 but the marketing activities will take a lower priority this year because there are not enough farmed fish produced to allow for any meaningful market development. However, producers must feel that the market is there in order for them to justify additional investment in improvements to their farms and intensification of their operations. The first year activities in marketing therefore address this need. This report shows progress in all priorities set for FY 06. However, more effort is needed to increase fish production on demonstration farms so that the farmers actually do become credible sources of information that will continue long after the lifetime of the project. The report is organized by indicator as represented in the Results Framework (Figure 1.)

SO7 indicators Targets to attain by September 30, 2006:

Indicator SO7c: Number of new on- and off-farm jobs created as a result of FISH

funded activities: 100 Indicator SO7d: Number of new commercial on- and off-farm enterprises created

as result of FISH-supported activities: 5

Indicator 1a: Metric tons of farmed fish produced annually: 20 Indicator 1b: Number of farms producing ≥5000 kg/ha/yr: 2 Indicator 1c: Increase in total water surface area used for commercial fish farming:

10 ha Job creation: Unskilled : 46 Skilled: 26 Most of the jobs created have been short-term and seasonal hire of laborers to renovate and construct ponds. As farmers realize the benefits of improved pond construction, they are beginning to renovate old ponds and construct new and better ponds. This has led to employment of seasonal labor and some of the more hard-working laborers and foremen actually travel to several different farms for pond construction work. The improved commercial seine made by the project (with locally available materials) is loaned out to individuals who have been trained in its use and maintenance. This has allowed some of the workers laid off by Kajjansi station to find occasional work providing harvesting and sampling services throughout the country. The skilled jobs were had by several finishing students from Makerere and Fisheries Training Institute who had attended FISH project trainings in pond construction and have begun providing construction services to farmers. Some finishing students were hired on to work as hatchery managers and farm managers. New enterprises: 6 Project personnel have been very actively seeking out potential suppliers to the nascent aquaculture industry. This involves seeking out suppliers, educating them on the needs of the fish farming industry, encouraging them to try making a new product and purchasing the new product to test and demonstrate after it has been made. It often takes several rounds of design and trial to get an acceptable product. Uganda Fishnet Manufacturers has added on two new products that can be used for aquaculture cages and for seines: 24-ply, 1 ¼-inch mesh, and double 18-ply knotted, 1 ¾-inch mesh. Both are made of nylon that has been heat-treated to cause shrinkage and therefore make the material thicker and the mesh opening smaller, which is advantageous for cages and seines. Ugachick began a new line of aquafeed. It makes two formulations and 2 different sizes of sinking pellets. Dr Allen Davis, of Auburn University helped the company develop the

feed formulation. The project ran some trials on the feed and has had 2 different lots analyzed. Uganda Fish Breeders was started in 2006. It is a partnership between Mr Robert Cooke and Mr Yusef Kagamira. They constructed a small hatchery with cemented tanks, aerated by 12-volt air compressor and have renovated 3 spring-fed ponds on the premises. Their fingerlings do not yet meet project standards to qualify as “quality”. The farm is set to start producing sex-reversed tilapia fry. Rays Farmed Fish: started by Deborah Balumezi with her brother. This began as a selling point for smoked catfish but has since developed as a fish processing operation itself. The owners have invested in a pond for storing catfish purchased from other farmers, have built their own smoking kiln and have made a considerable investment in marketing the product. S.O.N. fish farm is a joint venture between Greenfields Uganda and Lake Harvest, Zimbabwe. The venture has received assistance from the Dutch PSOM program anfd from the CDE of the European Union to construct a pilot fish farm. To date, 20 spawning ponds of 500m2 each have been constructed. The pilot phase of the farm seeks to produce over 200 tons per annum, with future expansion allowing for about 1,000 tons per annum production. FISH project staff has provided assistance mostly in the form of advice and the loan of some equipment necessary for pond surveying and fish handling and transport. SON has so far hired 6 people that were trained by FISH. Ekitangaala Fish Farm was constructed in late 2005 and ponds were first stocked with fingerlings from two FISH project demonstration farms: Umoja and Sunfish. The project loaned out fish transport equipment and advises occasionally on pond design and mamangement. This farm has 2 sections: community ponds funded with assistance form the British High Commission and a private joint venture. New farm construction: total 9.9 hectares on two farms. However, there are many more ponds constructed but they will not be reported until they actually go into production, which means stocking them with fingerlings. The new commercial farms purchase their feed from Ugachick and their seines are made under project supervision with materials purchased from Uganda Fishnet manufacturers. They have sourced their management personnel directly from FISH-trained interns or have sent their own staff to trainings offered by the FISH project. S.O.N. farm began construction in June 2006 Ekitangaala began in October 2005 Project personnel also provides advice to consultants who have contracted to construct other large farms but progress on the construction is unknown. These “advisors” have not been trained by the project; they only seek advice when things go wrong or when they need information to write up a proposal. The project has several outstanding requests to visit sites for new farms and to advise on farm design and construction, but current staffing does not allow this. The amount of time required to get the demonstration farms running in a transitional commercial manner has

been enormous. Weekly visits are required and a visit takes the whole day. One person in charge of pond demonstrations therefore cannot even manage the 10 demonstration sites the project currently has. Farms that were previously run as hobbies are being transformed into commercial fish farms. To qualify as commercial, the farms should be managed according to a plan, should keep not only financial records but pond records as well, and should have an identified market, even before their fish are ready to harvest. Many farms are in the transitional phase and although they fulfill most of the criteria for “commercial” they have only recently begun to manage in a commercial way and have not yet proven themselves. It would be premature to report these farms in transition as “commercial”. Increase in production of farmed fish: Data are difficult to come by because what is produced may not be sold right away. The project only reports information from farms we know and whom we have helped in marketing and advising. The larger farms that are still under construction will contribute the most to this target. After first stocking of the ponds, it could take a year to market the first crop. Lack of verifiable fish production data from aquaculture has always been a short-coming of the Aquaculture Unit of MAAIF. Next year’s work plan will address this problem by requiring farmers who benefit from the project’s training programs to report on fish production. Activities, targets, observations and constraints Intermediate Result 7.2.2: Access by Producers to Improved Production technologies

and Practices Increased Project Intermediate Result 1.1: Improved cage and pond aquaculture technologies

demonstrated.

Targets to attain by September 30, 2006: Indicator 1.1a: Number of tilapia and clarias production systems demonstrated: 4 Exceeded Indicator 1.1b: Number of farms demonstrating model systems: 5 Exceeded Indicator 1.1.c: Number of producers using improved production technologies: 10 Exceeded

Activities and timeline for pond culture demonstration farms

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2. Visit prospective farms (Oct-Nov 05) ; Done Oct-Dec 05

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of the following: Production of catfish fingerlings Production of tilapia fingerlings Tilapia/clarias polyculture for food fish market Clarias monoculture for food fish

None of these has been achieved because data collection began late and data proved to be scanty. However, this is an important aspect of the project and efforts will be made to generate case-study enterprise budgets and worksheets that farmers can use whne they have their own data.

8. Farmer’s conference following demonstrations: September 2006 Not done because not appropriate time. Results from most demonstration farms are not yet in due to late start-up of demonstration ponds

The status of the demonstration farms as of the end of September 2006 is summarized below in Table 1. Demo- farmers Experiences.

1. Ssebinyansi, Mpigi fish Farm: “Now I appreciate that I had just dug holes in the ground. My priority shall be to redo all my ponds because otherwise what shall we be demonstrating to other farmers. The production from the properly done pond is much better, the water quality more stable – have higher oxygen readings than the other ponds that are even stocked at lower densities and it is cheaper to construct a pond properly (2,500/= per m2) than reconstruct a poorly constructed pond (4,500/= per m2)”.

2. Mrs Zaramba, Samarieza: “When the project insisted I redo my pond I really was not that keen especially after the losses I had incurred. After the set up of my farm my water sources (mainly spring wells) started releasing less water. Since I have never had enough water on the farm for fish production and usually end up in a crisis during the dry seasons. I did not believe that the demo pond would be able to fill up with water to the recommended depth (900 m3 of water??!!) so much so that I did not want to take the risk and install a 4” inlet pipe rather that the 6” one I previously had since I was filling up with rain water. Anyway the demo pond filled with and retained its water right through the production period. Much of the water added later in the cycle was because of the need to flush the ponds rather than top up. It is worth investing the time and money to construct ponds the right way, never try to do it otherwise. I also did not think my catfish would grow. We stocked the pond with catfish averaging 170 grams. These fish had been in my production pond for a year! After we stocked the pond at the density recommended by the project, and fed according to the schedule provided by the project, my fish grew from 170 to over 500 grams in just 3 ½ months. “

3. Mr. Digo, Sunfish Farm: “With the improved hatchery feeds and feeding, my catfish have been able to spawn even in the cold season (dry season) when they usually do not. My fish since the aeration are also performing much better and look active. “

4. Mr. Musomerwa: “I am no longer going to raise fish in holes. All the farmers who buy fingerlings from me must also have properly constructed ponds. The survival of the catfish at hatching is much greater now that the small battery-operated aerators are being run for those few days.”

5. Mr. Rucagoza: “I had the same tilapia in a pond for more than a year and they only grew to 170g. After renovating my pond, we re-stocked and began a good feeding program and the fish are now 370 grams after just3 months. I previously thought I had “bad fish” but now I see that it is the management and feeding that is the most important.”

6. Mrs Rugunda, Umoja Farm: “The aeration has allowed me to increase survival in my catfish and the new feeds and feeding techniques have helped me increase production. I have learned so much this last year.”

7. Hon Janet Mukwaya, JAFF fish farm: “the new feed has allowed me to increase my production and at the same time cut my feed costs in half. The difference is remarkable”.

Activities for cage culture demonstration sites:

1. Select sites and development of site description Completed 2. Begin sampling prior to cage installation (water currents, water quality and

benthos) Initiated 3. With Short-term technical assistance from Dr D. Jackson and team as outlined in

Appendix 1, contact local officials and Beach Management Units in areas of planned trials and develop a strategy for addressing fisher’s issues as regards cage culture demonstrations. Completed but always adjusting

4. Obtain provisional permits from NEMA (application submitted through FIRRI on 5 December 2005) Obtained

5. Obtain permits from Department of Water Development or any other permits NEMA specifies as required before proceeding with cage demonstrations. Obtained

6. Hold cage-making workshop for FISH staff, MU students involved in the cage trials, FIRRI staff, Fisheries Training Institute gear-making instructor and 5 selected diploma students and others involved in cage management; including 2 fishers from the Entebbe site. December 2005. Completed on time; one additional workshop was given by Mr Asiimwe in Jinja.

7. Set up sampling protocol with researchers at Makerere, FIRRI and Auburn, with input from NEMA. January 2006. This was done in February but then it was not followed through. The student to do the research had not finished his coursework and was not ready to start on his research until July. Cages were stocked but water sampling was not done. A new research protocol was set up.

8. Establish MOUs with those who will watch over cages. January 2006. Done but need adjusting.

9. Set cages and stock one site at a time (within a month of NEMA permit). Started stocking cages in May 05 at one site in Entebbe and at UFP, Jinja.

10. Sampling for growth and water quality every two weeks and more frequently as the densities and total feed inputs increase or as changes in water chemistry dictate. Sampling for growth done monthly; dissolved oxygen levels at different depths monitoring began after meters arrived (August 2006).

11. Benthic samples monthly. Not being done routinely; student assigned was still doing coursework.

12. Begin site visits and demonstrations after intensive feeding behavior has been exhibited by the fish. (within one month of start-up) Started but interest is so high that until an appropriate feed becomes available, cage culture cannot be encouraged.

For items 8-12: the initial cage culture activities ended up being more along the line of training the project cage specialist in cage management and stocking procedures. Targets: Two cage culture demonstration sites will be in place by end of January 2006. One more site will be added before April 2006. Each site will have at least 6 cages of 1 to 2 cubic meters each. The provisional permit from NEMA will be requested for 12 cages (2 cubic meters each) per site. The third site was not stocked because the fish farming at the land-based aquaculture activities necessary for the cages to be operational was not begun. This site is expected to be ready to set out cages in early 2007. At least three workers will be trained in management of LVHD cage culture. Two workers in Jinja and one in Entebbe were trained.

Cage sites Cage covers had to be re-designed to accommodate waves greater than 30 cm that were washing the feed out of the cage.

Entebbe:

3 cages are stocked. In fact six cages had been stocked in May but heavy mortalities at stocking forced us to consolidate remaining fish so density can be maintained. Lack of appropriate holding facilities at Kajjansi, which required us to move large fish directly to cages without the required 2 weeks of conditioning, was the main reason for the heavy losses. Production: sampling of cages has been done only once because fish needed time to adapt. Training: two demonstration visits were made to the site; one farmer at a time.

Jinja: 5 cages (4 of 2 m3 each and one of 4 m3) were stocked with tilapia from the selective breeding program in May. Sampling was done in June and growth was “on target”. However, in July, fish began exhibiting health problem and growth rate slowed. It was concluded that the vitamin content of the feed shipped in from the US had been depleted . A new feed shipment arrived a week later and fish recovered. Otters have been sighted around the cages, so far, but there have been no problems with holes in cages. Three more cages were stocked

in the last quarter of the year. Training: some farmers have made visits to the cages but it is too early to actually promote cage-rearing of fish before a high quality floating feed is available in the country.

Activities that are late according to the proposed timeline (based on table 2 in Annual Plan of Work): Financial records template for model farms and other farmers: is still under development. Instead of imposing a template on farmers, their current financial record-keeping is being evaluated and a template will be made that is within the capacity of farmers or farm managers to use. Enterprise budgets for catfish as bait: Data collection is on-going. The enterprise budget publications planned for the following quarters will be delayed due to the late start-up of the demonstration ponds which are required in order to generate the data needed for the budgets. Monitoring benthos and water quality at cage sites: this is continuous but is most important after the cages are fully stocked, which has taken longer than expected. Observation and constraints Most of the demonstration farmers need help from project staff in conducting demonstrations on their farms. This has made it difficult for project staff to conduct more than one or two demonstrations a week. As the farmers gain experience, they will be able to hold demonstrations without project staff. So far, Mrs. Zaramba of Samarieza Farm and Mrs. Rugunda of Umoja Farm have proven to be very good at training other farmers. One of the main problems with aquaculture development in Uganda has been the prevalence of faulty advice. The project needs to assure some quality control over the advice given out during demonstrations. Some of the farm managers are not reliable sources of advice at this time. This problem will be addressed with the demonstration farmers in a meeting next quarter. Last quarter, at least one project technical staff member was present at each demonstration to assure the content of the message. The demonstration farms that have made the least progress share three characterisitics: absent owners (less than one visit to the farm per week), unmotivated managers and the unrealistic expectation that the project will pay for training program attendance, pond renovations and any inputs needed on the farm. Following the demonstration farmer meeting to be held in August, conditions will be set for these farms to continue. Demonstration visits to cages can be increased next quarter after more sampling data are collected. Because the locally-produced, pelleted feed is resulting in marked improvements in fish growth in ponds, it was decided to test it in cages. The Makarere University student whose MS research will be done on cages, David Kadobera, has changed the subject of his thesis to compare tilapia production and feed conversion using the imported floating feed to the locally-produced sinking feed. Should the sinking feed perform well, other private farmers will be able to start cage culture. Some already have permits.

P.I.R. 1.2: Improved quality of feed and seed Targets

Indicator 1.2.a: Annual production of extruded feed meeting quality standards: 0 Although small amounts of extruded feed will be made, it is not expected to be of the quality expected of an extruded diet, especially in terms of floatability, in the year 2006. Actually, no extruded feed was made; not even trial amounts. However, a sinking pellet with acceptable water stability is being made and this has proven to

This quarter’s planned activities and status:

1. Test diets made by Ugachick and compare with imported floating feed using both

tilapia and catfish.

Status: Tests with catfish have been conducted at two sites (in hapas and in ponds). The test with tilapia in hapas was abandoned after 2 weeks and will be re-started next quarter.

2. Order one more shipment of feeds from the US.

Status: Done; arrived August 06. 3. Continue training farmers in feed record keeping, feeding techniques.

Status: ongoing. This is the most important aspect of our training efforts and it has been received with the most enthusiasm.

4. Show farmers how to conduct their own feed evaluation by taking into account feed

conversion ratio (FCR) and price.

Status: ongoing. This was done for some farmers in conjunction with our collaboration with PRIME West. Several demonstration farmers are also trying the new feed.

Other activities Feeds

• The Fish Feeds Forum held in January 2006 has resulted in an increase in importation of Clarias larval diet. Two suppliers (one from S. Africa and one from Israel) are now selling feed in Uganda. The price of imported larval diet has decreased as a result. The largest hatcheries are using imported larval diet.

• Ugachick, with some help from Dr. Davis, has sourced the stabilized vitamin C needed to make a quality fish feed. The project has purchased several tons of feed. Kajjansi station has begun purchasing and several other fish farmers have made

purchases. Two pellet sizes (3mm and 5mm) are now available. The company first began using bags and labels from their poultry feeds, which resulted in confusion but later changed after it was evident that farmer demand for feed was increasing.

• Just under 56 tons of fish feed was produced over the last 6 months. The feed is the first made in Uganda that contains a vitamin pack especially for fish and stabilized vitamin C. Pellet integrity is acceptable but could improve. Labelling needs to be improved so that lot number, date of manufacture and proximate analysis are listed on labels.

• Nine marketing and extension agents of Ugachick received a day-long training on fish feeding . Feed charts made by FISH project staff were provided and Ugachick has since taken on the distribution.

• Efforts continue to be made to encourage the installation of machinery to make floating feed. Some investors have shown considerable interest but are yet to make the decision to purchase the machinery.

Quality seed:

• Record-keeping is an essential aspect of quality fingerling production because age of fingerlings and parentage must be tracked. Demonstration farmers have begun record-keeping under instructions from the FISH project.

• The largest male tilapia and the largest female tilapia from the cages will be transferred to the demonstration hatcheries to use as broodstock. Two farms have received the selected catfish broodstock so far, and two farms have received selected tilapia broodstock.

• One demonstration production farmer is already selling the fastest-growing catfish to a demonstration catfish hatchery.

• Fish health management is especially important to hatchery operators. A series of workshops and seminars were held to begin sensitizing farmers, animal health professionals and the veterinary medicine faculty and students at Makerere University. Dr. Jeff Terhune of Auburn University and Dr. Nelly Isyagi of FISH organized the sessions, with the assistance of John Walakira of NAFIRRI. Dr. Terhune noted that the essential laboratory equipment is already in place, there just needs to be some additional training and experience in the specifics of fish disease diagnostics. Dr. Terhune’s visit was funded from non-project monies from Auburn University. Dr. Terhune had previously trained Mr. John Walakira (NAFIRRI-Kajjansi) for three months (summer 2005) in fish health management and diagnostics at Auburn University using ADB funds.

Observations and constraints to progress The feeding and growth charts put out by the project have been copied and distributed to many people who have not been trained in their use. It is almost impossible for the project to control this. Our attempts to limit their distribution to only those who were trained in their use has made the feeding charts that much more attractive. Although dissemination of information is desirable, there is some danger that people who think they can merely follow the chart and miraculously get excellent fish growth will be greatly disappointed. Two solutions will be attempted: 1) a disclaimer on the chart warning that other factors, such as good water quality and inventory control are required and 2) additional training of Ugachick personnel; so, they can help provide advice. Although this will not help in cases

where someone re-types the chart and distributes it as a product of their own consulting service, we hope that we can out-flood the bad advice with good. All activities proposed under this PIR have been achieved on time. Activities and timeline: Collection of Nile tilapia from lakes: July-September 2005 Stock breeding ponds according to plan provided by World Fish Center: October 2005 Locate possible out-growers of tilapia fry and develop agreements with them: December

2005 Workshops on fingerling handling and transport: February and March 2006 Targets

Indicator 1.2.b: Number of hatcheries producing fingerlings meeting quality standards: 4 There are only 4 hatcheries that produce quality fingerlings but some produce both catfish and tilapia hence the total looks to be greater. Indicator 1.2.c: Number of standard-meeting fingerlings produced: 40,000 Exceeded. Early adoption of aeration has helped increase production. Initial target was too conservative.

Note: The term “produced” refers to fingerlings that have been harvested and sold or stocked into farmers’ ponds. Once the project is underway, this number is likely to greatly increase, so targets for following years are much higher.

P.I.R. 1.3. : Improved advisory services This quarter’s planned activities (according to last quarter’s report) and status There is a group of 5 to 10 students enrolled at the Fisheries Training Institute that calls themselves the “Aquaculture Club”. They and an instructor (John Baptist Kakuru) have attended many training sessions and are beginning to become valuable sources of experienced labor for harvesting and handling of fish. Members of this group would greatly benefit from internships at various farms, especially the demonstration farms, so an internship program was started. At first 10 trainees were named but there was so much interest that the group grew to 22. They followed a 3-week intensive training in practical aspects of aquaculture. At the end of the training, those that did not have to return for their last year of courses were either placed on farms to continue their internships or employed outright by other farms. Advisory service providers have proven to be quite elusive. The demonstration farmers are filling the niche for advisory services. There is a need for more qualified advisors in the area of pond construction and hatchery design and construction. Interested engineers and plumbers are being identified and a seminar will be held in August to introduce them to the design and construction considerations for aquaculture. Project intervention may be needed to assure the engineers learn what is needed and gain experience. The only engineer trained with project staff over several months (Eng. Winston Mashemerera) has been employed by Source of Nile Farm to begin constructing the first phase of a large fish farm. One person who was sent by the special program on poverty alleviation to attend trainings, Deborah Balemeezi, has begun advising farmers in the Mukono area. She remains in close touch with project staff. Her efforts may prove to be of great benefit in farmer training and fish marketing.

The full year’s training activities for farmers and interns is listed in table 2. Jinja Agricultural Show 19th July to 24th July, 2004 The theme of the show was ‘Commercialisation of Agriculture for Poverty Eradiction’. The project therefore thought it relevant to participate given that it’s overall objective was to ‘jump-start’ commercial aquaculture together with its collaborators (NARO, Demo farmers) and NAADS. The support from NAADS focused on the marketing aspects whereas ARDC-Kajjansi and the project focused on Production technology. The purpose was to demonstrate to the general public recommended technologies for (i) live fish haulage (ii) specifications fish pond construction and tools used to construct fish ponds (iii) harvesting equipment for grow-out ponds - commercial pond seine with a bag, scoop nets (iv) holding harvesting fish in ponds using collapsable cages (iii) handling and marketing of the farmed product - cleaning and smoking; sales of smoked fish from demo-farm (Samarieza fish farm). This was done in collaboration with NAFIIRI - ARDC, Kajjansi and NAADS. The following table shows the contribution of each to the successful presentation of commercial fish farming techniques.

NAFIRRI – ARDC-Kajjansi FISH Project NAADS FISH FARMERS

• Space at the show grounds • Costs of clearing the ground • Two tents • Tables and chairs for those

manning the stalls • Hiring security for stalls at

night • Poster boards • Photocopying additional

handouts • Manilla paper for poster • Poster boards • 200 m2 pond • Hapa • Packaging of fish for

transportation in bags • Posters on Labeo

production, management of fish ponds

• Aquaria showing labeo and catfish fingerlings

• Vehicles and driver to pick fish from non-demo farmers ponds.

• 2 personnel full time.

• Photocopying paper • Reconstruction of pond

to demonstrate how a properly constructed pond should look like with specifications

• Locally fabricated pond compactor

• Proper pond screening (inlet and outlet)

• Collapsible cage • Pond seine with bag • Equipment required for

live fish haulage for large number of fish. Its set-up and use.

• Commercial fish feed pellets

• Posters • Material for processing

and handling fish for smoking.

2 persons full time (1 driver)

• Constructed of smoking kiln to demonstrate options on-farm processing and value addition to farmed products

• Hired personnel to smoke fish at show-grounds

• Fuel to collect fish from non-demonstration farmers

• Payed for additional personnel to market and sell farmed fish product

3 persons full time to assist in marketing and boost manpower at stall and 1 part-time for fish processing

• Provided fish for smoking and marketing

• Demo-farmers (2) participated at stall (part-time) and answered other farmer’s questions.

• Payed for fish processor to smoke fish for additional days not covered by NAADS.

FRD, MAAIF allowed us use of their fish cleaning slab at the grounds that was also demonstrated as part of the facilities farmers could have on their farms to handle and clean table fish for fish. This was a truly collaborative effort.

PIR 2: Improved marketing of farmed fish At the beginning of the year, FISH staff was repeatedly told that fish farmers are having trouble locating buyers for their fish. Beginning in Septemebr 2005, a strong effort was made to help farmers locate buyers. After the first 10 tons or so was marketed with project assistance (mainly by phone conversations linking buyers with sellers, it quickly became apparent that farmers were grossly overestimating the amount of fish in their ponds and underestimating the work involved in getting the fish out. One buyer took 4 tons of ice in an insulated truck to Hoima (xx kms away) and ended up with only 80 kg of catfish instead of the expected 5 tons. Buyers began asking the project to verify the amount of fish in farmers’ ponds before contacting them. After interviewing many farmers, a very clear trend of one mistake on top of another emerged:

• Farmers purchased very small fish as fingerlings to stock their ponds. Stocking a production pond with fish less than 5 g will almost always result in large percent mortality.

• Fingerling transport methods were so bad that most of the fish stocked in the ponds died within a few days of transporting.

• Farmers did not know what a good feeding response is, so they were unaware that very few fish were actually still in their ponds.

• Farmers did not know how much fish can consume so either underfed their fish which led to slow growth or overfed fish which led to poor water quality and waste of money.

• When the fish were sampled, a few fish were caught the average weight estimated (usually over-estimated) and then multiplied by the number of fish thought to be in the pond. A farmer who stocked 10,000 fish a year and a half ago would see that the fish now weigh 1 kg and expect to have 10 tons. In reality, the farmer was more likely to have about 500 fish remaining so the total amount would be 500 kg. Some farmers would have only had about 5 fish survive the transport and what they saw in their ponds was really the first generation of offspring from the few survivors.

• Farmers did not have any harvesting equipment and had to drain their ponds to remove the fish. It may have been fortunate that they didn’t have to pick up 10 tons of fish from the mud in the pond. 500 kgs is enough work.

The problems cited above are fairly easy to remedy through proper training. The farmers are learning quickly; the extension agents seem to think they do not need the training but they are the ones who tell the farmers that 10 tons of fish are in the pond. These imaginary fish seem to find their way into national aquaculture production statistics. To facilitate sampling and harvest, the project made a “Commercial Fish Farming Seine”. It was different from the few existing seines in the country in that it was longer so could traverse most ponds entirely; it was easier to pull across a pond with only 2 people because it had a specially-made bottom rope consisting of a “mudline”, and it had a “bag” in the middle which facilitate harvest of large amounts of fish. After training a crew and laborers from several farms in the use of the seine, the project put the seine out on loan. Farmers could borrow the seine for a day or two at a time if they agreed to take one or two trained people to show their workers how to use and care for the seine. The farmers paid the workers. This seine proved to be very popular; several farmers commissioned their own

seine to be made. The project now has 2 seines to loan out, and bookings are almost every day of the week. Several trainings have been conducted on harvesting, handling and transporting fish. However, the poor transport techniques used by government stations especially have not been altogether eliminated. A “certified fingerling vendor” strategy has been adopted whereby FISH project will only recommend fingerlings sold by vendors who have good pond records and have beene trainined in appropriate transport techniques. However, overall production from aquaculture is still very small compared to the capacity of even one processing plant. Because production time from stocking of fingerlings to market size is 6 to 10 months, there was not much increased production from demonstration farms this year, because the first demonstration pond was not stocked until April 2006. There is only one pond per farmed that is being run as demonstration and only 5 farms that are demonstrating food fish production; the remainder are hatcheries. Markets have been identified for baitfish, for smoked catfish and for tilapia. However, the supply was so unsteady that the market could not be sustained for longer than a month or two. One small business that started smoking catfish and selling office to office in Kampala (Rays Farmed Fish) has had persistent problems with supply. Local prices for tilapia and catfish are up slightly from reported average of 1,000 to 1,500 USh per kg at the beginning of the year to 1,700 to 2,000 USh per kg. Processr were paying about 1500 USh per kg for tilapia of 700 g and above by October 06, whereas price was about 1100 USh/kg in Oct. 05. Currently, farms are so small (less than 10 acres water surface per farm), production is not enough to interest any processor. Farmers can get a much better price by selling retail at 2,000 to 2,500 USh per kg. They require a higher price to make up for low volumes. The project has made an effort to help farmers sample and harvest fish, has worked as a liaison between producers and buyers and has loaned out fish transport equipment. Plans to set up a live fish market are still on hold due to a continued lack of market-size fish to sustain even a one day per week market. Observations and constraints Marketing continues to have low priority but is not ignored. The Jinja Agricultural show helped publicize farm-raised fish. Small-scale wholesale (less than 500 kgs per sale per customer) and direct retail will be the main marketing outlets for the next year.

Administration Three steering committee meetings were held during the year: October 05, April 06 and August 06. One of the main issues discussed was the Strategic Activities Fund. In conjunction with the steering committee, a list of 4 priority areas was outlined: Feed making Selective breeding Provide or develop other services/ gear or equipment needed for the industry New species The program announcement for the Strategic Activities Fund was printed in the Monitor on 30 May 2006 and in the New Vision the following day. By end of August, more than 30 applications were received via e-mail. Two sent by regular post were also e-mailed. Letters inviting full proposals will be sent in November after the operations manual and manual of instructions are issued from Auburn. Linkages with other government services and USAID projects SCOPE: A meeting to help farmers articulate their position on the permits issue was held on 12 April 2006. Lydia Ochieng of SCOPE provided advice on what regulations could prove burdensome and the farmers added their own concerns to the list. Nelly Isyagi of FISH wrote the list of concerns and submitted them to the Aquaculture Unit. The project has heard that the concerns were forwarded to a representative of the Eurpean Union ,who has since responded. PRIME West: Based upon the agreed collaboration as described in the previous quarterly report, the farmer training and feeds evaluations have begun with PRIME West. Two oxygen meters for use in hatcheries were advanced to the project and will be replaced to FISH. The PRIME West coordinator has been helpful in maintaining communications. Gertrude Atukunda, who is conducting the enterprise budget study, has been collaborating with Ambrose Bugaari. MEMS: A data quality assessment visit was made on June 10. It was agreed that some targets needed to be revised (up) and others could use some fine-tuning. For example, the age-old question about what exactly constitutes technology adoption should be addressed. Project staff has decided that farmers who use technology provided by the project on their demonstration ponds will not be considered as adopters until they begin using the “new technology” on the rest of their farm. For example, convincing a farmer to renovate the demonstration pond cannot be counted as improved pond construction technology adoption. However, if the farmer decides to renovate the rest of their ponds or to construct new ponds using the improved methods, then that would constitute adoption. Whereas to date, some of the raw data that provide the basis for the reporting on targets could be handled as comments on a spreadsheet; as time goes on, there will be too much information for a mere spreadsheet comment. The MEMS team therefore assisted the project staff in creating additional record sheets that can be more easily adjusted and filed for future verification. The project’s training database was considered to be quite adequate and will only be changed to include origin of the trainee so that assistance to conflict zones can be tracked. Spreadsheets to track technology adoption and a fish farm investment data sheet have been started. Farmers will be the main source of information and this may

prove to be difficult or time-consuming. However, when farmers see the consolidated information and realize they played a part, this may encourage them. MAAIF: The Aquaculture Unit of MAAIF helped sponsor the consultative seminar on fish health management held in Kajjansi (see Table 2) and has provided permits for seine material. K. Veverica was named to the steering committee to oversee the consultants hired to propose an aquaculture development strategy for Uganda. Two actions were proposed by the consultants that could be very helpful to the development of the aquaculture industry: setting aside “Aquaculture Parks” and the reduction of permit requirements for “small farms” (less than 30 ha). However, the main recommendation to double the size of the aquaculture unit is not something the FISH project and the fish farmers invited to the stakeholders’ meeting find justified. Another recommendation that may work out well is the creation of a national aquaculture society. Short term technical assistance Dr D. Jackson, 10-25 October, 2005. STTA on fishers’ issues related to cage production; worked with Ms Veverica, Dr. Isyagi, Dr. Daniel Babikwa and other FISH staff to develop the survey for assessing fishers’ attitudes toward cage culture and fishers possible roles in production Dr. Allen Davis, January 2006, formulated diets for catfish hatchery operators and for production diets for a commercial feed mill; provided feed testing protocols, gave seminars in fish feed manufacture, feed management in fish farming and participated in the fish feeds forum. Advised on quality control issues at the feeds lab, Makerere University , Veterinary medicine laboratory. Dr R. Schmittou, Feb 2006 Advisor for cage production and project planning; assisted in cage design, production procedures and associated FISH training. Made recommendations on project priorities and suggest adjustments. William H. Daniels, FISH Campus Coordinator; (Accompanied by Drs. Jeff Terhune & David Rouse) April 6-17, 2006 Evaluated the progress of FISH and met with partners to discuss next year’s Plan of Work as well as provide additional technical support to farmers in aquaculture production. Dr. David Rouse traveled on non-project funds to evaluate the project progress and determine how best to address some of the administrative issues related to project implementation. While Dr. Jeff Terhune is a member of the FISH technical support team, he decided to visit Uganda earlier than planned to evaluate the status of fish health and diagnostic capabilities using non-project funds generated through training Mr. John Walakira (FIRRI-Kajjansi) during the previous summer. September 16-24, 2006: The two technical staff and Chief of Party made a one-week visit to southern China to visit LVDH (low volume high density) cage culture, land-based fish farms, a feed mill and local live fish markets. They were hosted by the United Soybean Board and American Soybean Association staff.

Table 1. Summary of Activities on Demonstration Farms

FARM NAME WORK DONE

Hatcheries

Umoja Farm Catfish fingerling production; solar and generator powered aeration. Wakiso District

Farmers’ production objective of the farm is to produce 1,200,000 catfish fingerlings of 10 to 12 inches per annum primarily as bait. At the start of the project year production was about 5,000 fingerlings per month. The following have been accomplished by the end of the year:

1. Renovation of all nursery ponds (11) in total to recommended specification (proper compaction, slopes and cage basins).

2. Aeration in all the tanks used in the hatchery for egg incubation, hatching and early rearing. Aeration supply lines to all nursery ponds. A 1-HP AC-powered and 2 12VDC solar operated blowers as standby installed.

3. Change in feeding from wet farm-made larval diets to formulated feed for all stages starting with Artemia (2d)- RMC hatchery feed (53% CP) – 36% CP Ugachick Fish Pellets. Brooders fed 32% CP Ugachick. Testing belt feeder for early stages raised in tanks.

4. Change in fish handling during grading based on recommendations – perceived impact reduced stress related outbreaks of disease and increased survival after grading.

5. Record keeping: ponds, feeding, grading, water quality, inputs and sales.

6. Water quality monitoring by farmer during production – oxygen, temperature, pH and ammonia.

Production: has increased from 25 fingerlings per kg female spawned to about 9,000. Usually, 5 kgs of broodstock are spawned which means surviving catfish fingerlings has increased from 125 fingerlings per cycle to 45,000 fingerlings per cycle. Training: 1- One demonstration on hatchery management and feeding fish at which participants from Prime West attended. 2 – Two training sessions on live feed production. 3 – Two graduates of Fisheries from MUK attached on a part-time basis for hands-on training on hatchery operations and management. Long standing arrangement. During July-Sept No training demo was conducted on the farm. However, farm staff including owner attended training at Musomerwa’s on handling and grading fish in hatcheries. During the course of the year a total of

Musomerwa's Hatchery. Catfish and tilapia fingerling production; no

Farmers’ targeted production 50,000 fingerlings of catfish per month. Tilapia production depends on farmers orders. Accomplishments during the past year:

1. Completion of the demonstration ponds. Three other

aeration. Iganga ponds on the farm are currently under reconstruction of ponds and the water source is being improved. Priority activity now is to complete reconstruction of at least 4 ponds to be completed with harvested basins.

2. Record keeping of feeding and pond records has improved. Records of inputs and sales.

3. Testing use of battery operated blowers in hatching troughs for use during hatching period to 3 days after hatching which has helped improve survival in hatchery shed.


5. Improved feeding with Ziegler larval diet (45% CP) – UgaChick 36% CP. Brooders fed 32% CP Ugachick.

6. Two small-battery powered air pumps installed for used in hatchery trough during egg incubation, hatching – yolk sac absorption stage.


Production of catfish fingerlings increased from 5,000 per month to 7,600 per month (latter figure for May and June). And a total of 30,000 tilapia fingerlings were sold over the last three months. Last quarter, total of … Training: 1 -One demo on pond construction (aspects: siting, site preparation, layout and pegging, taking levels, proper compaction, installation of inlets and outlets, proper screening of both inlet and outlet). 2- training session on feeding fish in ponds. Done during the pond construction training. 3 – farmer engaged in outreach to grow-out farmers in area. 4- One day demo on harvesting, handling and grading fish in hatcheries in the last quarter.

Mpigi Farm Mostly tilapia fingerling production; no aeration. Mpigi District

Farmers production objective 50,000 catfish and 100,000 tilapia fingerlings per month. Currently developing new site for tilapia hatchery. Accomplishment:

1. Stocked completed pond (400 m2new pond constructed during training session) stocked with tilapia brood stock selected from the fastest-growing males and females from cages at Entebbe. Three nursery ponds totaling 200m2 renovated to the recommended specifications. However, level of major drain did not allow for harvest basins to be installed. Focus for the year has been pond reconstruction.





Production 20,000 catfish fingerlings in August. Training: 1 - One demonstration conducted on the farm on pond construction that covered all aspects – (aspects: siting, site preparation, layout and pegging, taking levels, proper compaction, installation of inlets and outlets, proper screening of both inlet and outlet). 2 - FTI student attached on special project for thesis comparing costs of constructing new pond properly and reconstructing old ponds. Costs of new construction came to 2,000USh per m2 and reconstruction 4,500/= per m2. 3-Owner and son attended training at Musomerwa’s on handling and grading fish in hatcheries.

Sun Fish Farm Ltd. Catfish fingerling production; use of blower in hatchery and first cycle of pond growth. Wakiso District

Farmers targeted production 1,200,000 fingerlings as bait per annum. Accomplishments during the year:

1. Renovation of nursery ponds (20 each about 200m2) based on recommendations.

2. The focus this quarter has been working on developing health management plan. Fish (including wild fish in water channels) and water were screened for parasite load, bacteriology and chemistry (pH, temperature, oxygen, ammonia). Use will also be made of hatchery records.

3. Aeration in all the tanks used in the hatchery for egg incubation, hatching and early rearing with 5 hsp operated blowers.

4. Change in feeding from wet farm-made larval diets to formulated feed for all stages starting with Artemia (2d)- RMC hatchery feed (53% CP) – 36% CP Ugachick Fish Pellets. Brooders fed 32% CP Ugachick. Testing belt feeder for early stages raised in tanks.




Production over the last year: about 150,000 fingerlings. Training: 1 - One demo on live feed production was conducted on the farm. 2 – One MSc. student attached participating and learning about catfish hatchery operations and management. Also, ran experiment for MSc. Thesis comparing the

performance (economic, survival and growth) of 3 larval diets (Ziegler, Sun Fish and South African). 3 – Manager attended training seminar on feeding fish for UgaChick extension and sales personnel during the last quarter.

Borel’s Farm Catfish fingerling production;

Farmers production target 500,000 catfish fingerlings per month. New demo-farmer. Accomplishments:

1. Installation of 1 hp blower and air supply lines to tanks outside.

2. Inventory of all catfish stock on-farm and sorting fish on size as brood stock or stock for on-growing to brood stock.




Production 50,000 catfish fry in September. No production in July and August because of pond and hatchery renovations. Training: 1 – Manager attended training seminar at Musomerwa’s on handling and grading fish in hatcheries during this last quarter .

Grow Out Farms Samarieza Average fish weight was 545g in ponds. Farm participated in the

national agricultural show during which fish from the demo pond was smoked for sale and the owner answered other farmers questions. Feed conversion to this date was 1.7 Farmer started buying Ugachick feed for fish in the non-demo ponds and started reconstruction of another pond to be used as a reservoir during the dry season. Training: 1 - Two demonstrations were conducted on the farm on feeding fish and commercial pond management. 2 – One FTI student attached to the farm during April holiday during which time participated and learned feeding, pond reconstruction, harvesting and handling fish for transfer using commercial seine plus baskets, stocking and record keeping. Training: 2– exhibition of smoked farmed products at the national agricultural show in Jinja and advised farmers.

Namayenje The pond (400m2) was stocked with 1,200 tilapia at weight 1g on 26 May and increased to 11 g by 7 June; fed Ziegler feed Fish average weight >200g at end Sep. Training: Manager attended two sessions with interns. Farm visit with owner to Borel’s farm and of equipment FISH’s equipment.

Nansana Tilapia monosex fish growing in demo pond. Average fish wt 317.2 g from 140 g at end of June.

Uganda Fish Packers Production: Fingerling ponds harvested. Standing crop of 12 tons per hectare was achieved but this is not sustainable. The ponds were new and leaked a lot so there was in fact quite a bit of water exchange. Resulting fish were used to stock cages and two tilapia grow-out ponds. A comparison of floating feed and sinking pellets will be made on the two tilapia ponds. Two catfish growth demonstration/trials were terminated as the fish stopped growing due to poor water quality. A maximum standing crop of 20 tons per hectare was achieved. This will be verified at Samarieza farm. Training: 1- two demos on commercial pond management and feeding. 2- A training on cage making was held at this farm because cages are located just offshore.

Naluvule Much of the time the previous quarter was spent on finishing the reconstruction of the demo pond. Demo-pond stocked with 3,600 catfish fingerlings of average weight 4.7 grams. Current weight 12.7 g. FCR = 0.6

Blessed Investments Much of the time the previous quarter was spent on finishing the reconstruction of the demo pond. The demo-pond completed and filled with water. In addition, a cage has been set aside to start cage production in the reservoir. Training: Farm visit with owner to Borel’s farm and of equipment FISH’s equipment; Source of Nile Ltd.; Uganda Fish Packers Ltd; Musomerwa’s hatchery.

Ssisa Not much progress, although pond renovation work was >90%

completed by Feb. 06. Owner was out of town for an extended period and does not demonstrate much interest in working with the project.

Kabasanda Not much progress Nakifuma Not much progress. Unreliable water supply at site.

• Latter three farms may not be continued as demo-farms.

Table 2. training summary Oct 05 through Sept 06person

Male Female Total days

Oct 2005 Pond Construction Train farmers and service providers on proper construction of ponds. Ie. Standards and definitions, Layout, compaction, calculating slopes, preventage of leakages - core trenching, costings

Sissa Intergrated Fish Farm 16 2 18 3 N. Isyagi, K. Veverica

54

Oct 2005 Pond ConstructionPracticals for FTI students who at the time were having lectures on pond construction. Standards and Definitions, Layout, compaction, calculating slopes, preventage of leakages - core trenching, evaluation of ponds

Sissa Intergrated Fish Farm 40 10 50 2 N. Isyagi, K. Veverica

100

6-Dec-05 Livefeeds for clarias hatcheries Target Group - Farmers. Production of Cladocerans., production planning for hatcheries ARDC Kajjansi 15 3 18 1 N. Isyagi, O. Wadunde, R.

Asiimwe 18

7-Dec-05 Livefeeds for clarias hatcheries (short version)

Target Group - Farmers. Production of Cladocerans., production planning for hatcheries ARDC Kajjansi 6 1 7 1 N. Isyagi, O. Wadunde, R.

Asiimwe 7

Jan. 6, 06 Farm Planning & Mgt. for Demo Farmers

Target Group - Selected demonstration farmers, their farm managers and Students on Attachment at ARDC-Kajjansi. Farm planning and management for commercial aquaculture

Kajjansi Conference room 12 3 15 1 N. Isyagi15

Jan. 13, 06 Record Keeping and Basics of Aquaculture



Jan. 14, 06 Fish Feeds and feedingTarget Group - Selected demonstration farmers, their farm managers and Students on Attachment at ARDC-Kajjansi. Farm planning and management for commercial aquaculture

Kajjansi Conference room 4 4 1 Dr Allen Davis, K. Veverica, N. Isyagi 4

Jan. 14, 06 Water Quality basics and Commercial Pond Management for fish farmers


Kajjansi Conference room 15 5 20 1 N. Isyagi, K. Veverica20

Jan. 19, 06 Fish Feed Forum - consultative workshop

To create awareness on urgent demand and business opportunity for commercial fish feed in Uganda, prices producers can support, progress in the area, things that would need to be put in place to support commercial fish feed production.Target Group - Policy Makers, Animal Feed Processors, International Commercial Fish Feed Producers, Donors to the Agricultural Sector, Feed Input suppliers, Bankers

SCOPE Boardroom 30 5 35 1Dr. Davis, K. Ververica, N. Isyagi, Mr. Bbosa and Mr. Tugumisirize

35

Jan. 20, 06 Fish Feeds and feeding Target Group - Staff ARDC - Kajjansi, and students Kajjansi Conference room 17 5 22 1 Dr Davis 22

Jan. 26, 06Pond Management for Commercial fish farms & Seining, Pond Construction

Target Group - Demonstration Farmers and their managers. Demonstration on proper methods of harvestingand handling large quantities of fish from commercial grow-out ponds. Demonstrate Standards and specifications for demonstration ponds - hatchery and grow-out.

Kajjansi & Siisa Intergrated Fish Farm 21 3 24 1 Dr. Schmittou, K.

Veverica, N. Isyagi24

Feb. 01,06 Cage Culture Seminar/consultative workshop

Create awareness on production, socio-economic and environmental issues associated cage culture and the opportunity cage culture offers to the fishery sector in the country. Target Group - Policy Makers, Researchers, Relevant Government Agencies, Lectures Relevant Training Institutions and NGO's

Kajjansi Conference room 26 4 30 1 Dr. Schmittou, K. Veverica, R. Asiimwe

30

Feb. 09,06 Using a Regulator & Packing Fish for Transport

Demonstrate appropriate equipment, it set-up and use for transportation of live fish from farms. Target Group - Staff ARDC- Kajjansi, fish hatchery producers, and students

Kajjansi 6 2 8 1 K. Veverica8

Feb. 10,06 The Biology of O.niloticus & C. gariepinus

Information to farmers on the biology and requirements of the fishes they farm. This was a special request by demo-farmers who felt they needed to understand the animals they were growing. Target Group - Demonstration and other fish farmers

Kajjansi Conference room 9 4 13 1 D. Matsiko

13

Feb. 17,06 Economics & Hatchery RecordsKey specific features of aquaculture operations that affect profitability and viability, evaluation of farm performance and record keeping for hatcherys. Target Group - Demo-farmers, farmers and students


Days Resource PersonsNumber TrainedLocation of trainingDate DescriptionTraining title

personMale Female Total days


Mar. 14,06 Introductory Commercial Fish Hatchery Demonstration

Official opening of training demonstrations to farmers/stakeholders. Demonstration of technologies set up by project on the specific farm to improve productivity and returns to Stakeholders and agencies (government and donors) providing support to the sector.

Umoja Farm 18 3 21 1 Ms. Rugunda, N. Isyagi

21

Mar. 24,06 Pond Design & Construction demo. Plus Feeding & Pond Records

Hands on Demonstration on standard requirements for commercial pond design and construction; feeding commercial pellets and record keeping for enterprise budgeting. Target Group - Fish farmers

UFP Jinja 3 3 6 1 R. Asiimwe, K. Veverica, Sujith 6

Mar. 31,06 Pond Construction Demonstration Hands on Demonstration on standard requirements for commercial pond siting, design and construction. Target Group - Fish farmers and service providers Mpigi Fish Farm 26 1 27 2 Eng. Mash, P. Oksoferi

54

10-Apr-06 Fish Health & Aquaculture

Overview and awareness of significance fish disease diagnostics and management in commercial aquaculture. Target Group - Lecturers and Students from Vet Faculty and Department of Zoology - Fisheries and Aquaculture, Fishery Officers.

Faculty of Vet. Medicine 25 13 38 1 Dr. J. Terhune

38

13-Apr-06 Fish Health (Consultative Workshop)

Overview and awareness of significance fish disease diagnostics, surviellance and and control at a National level if commercial aquaculture is to be viable and sustainable (product assurance for market accessibility). Target Group - Policy makers, Researchers, lecturers from relevant tertiary institutions, relevant government agencies.

ARDC Kajjansi 20 4 24 1Dr. J. Terhune, Dr. N. Isyagi, Ms. F. Kiboneka, Mr. P. Akol

24

14-Apr-06 Fish Health Management for Fish Farmers

Hands on demonstration on identification of symptons, appropriate response to conditions and their managment, administration of treatment. Target Group - Demo-farmers and their managers, fish hatchery producers, fishery officers and students

ARDC Kajjansi 19 5 24 1 Dr. J. Terhune, Dr. N. Isyagi, Mr. J. Walakira

24

25-Apr-06 Harvesting, handling & Holding of fish, sexing tilapia

Hands on demonstration on harvesting, handling, holding and sexing large numbers of fish with minimum loss. Target Group - fish hatchery operators (both demo and other farmers), students and service providers

ARDC Kajjansi 9 2 11 1 K. Veverica, R. Asiimwe and S. Orukan 11







27-Apr-06 Clinical examination of fishHands on training on clinical examination of fish, sample collection and transportation, diagnosis of diseases. Target Group - technicians from animal disease diagnosis laboratories

ARDC Kajjansi 9 3 12 1 Dr. N. Isyagi, Mr. J. Walakira 12

2-May-06 Fish harvesting, handling, transport Hands on demonstration on harvesting, handling, holding and transporting fish live. Target Group - fish farmers and students ARDC Kajjansi 4 8 12 1 K. Veverica, Sam Orukan 12

3-May-06 Pond Construction & Record KeepingHands on Demonstration on standard requirements for commercial pond siting, design and construction. Fish farm production records and keeping records for enterprise budgeting. Target Group - Fish farmers and service providers

Musomerwa's Hatchery, Iganga 32 5 37 1 Dr. N. Isyagi and Eng.

Mash37

4-May-06 Pond Construction & Record KeepingHands on Demonstration on standard requirements for commercial pond siting, design and construction. Fish farm production records and keeping records for enterprise budgeting. Target Group - Fish farmers and service providers

Musomerwa's Hatchery, Iganga 24 4 28 1 Dr. N. Isyagi and Eng.

Mash28

11-May-06 Commercial Pond Mg't and Fish Feeding

Training and demonstration on production planning, stocking, pond management and pond production records, sampling, feeding and use of feed charts, calculate feed requirments for fish. Target Group - Fish farmers and fish farm manager, service providers and students

Uganda Fish Packers, Jinja 17 4 21 1 Dr. N. Isyagi and Sujith

21



12-May-06 Cage Culture Training production of fish in cages. Target Group - Interested potential cage fish farmers, service providers and students ARDC Kajjansi 8 5 13 1 R. Asiimwe, K. Veverica 13

18-May-06 Live Feed Production

Live feed production planning, set-up of live feed production facility and production of Cladocerans and as well as facilities for hatching and hatching of Artemia for catfish hatcheries. Target Group - Fish hatchery operators, service providers and students.

Sunfish, Kajansi 14 13 27 1 Dr. N. Isyagi, Rhona (manager, sff)

27

23-May-06 Pond Construction Installation of inlet and outlet pipes with antiseep collars; proper screening of inlet and outlet pipes. Target Group - Fish farmers and service providers

Musomerwa's Hatchery, Iganga 15 4 19 1 Eng. Mash, N. Isyagi 19

25-May-06 Commercial Pond Management


Samarieza, Mukono 15 5 20 1 Dr. N. Isyagi, Ms Zaramba

20

30-May-06 Fish Pond Construction Hands on Demonstration on standard requirements for commercial pond siting, design and construction. Target Group - Fish farmers and service providers Nansana Integrated Farm 22 5 27 1 Eng. Mash, N. Isyagi

27

31-May-06 Fish Pond Construction Hands on Demonstration on standard requirements for commercial pond siting, design and construction. Target Group - Fish farmers and service providers Nansana Integrated Farm 21 5 26 1 Eng. Mash, N. Isyagi

26

1-Jun-06 Fish Pond Construction

Hands on Demonstration on standard requirements for commercial pond siting, design and construction. Installation of inlet and outlet pipes with antiseep collars; proper screening of inlet and outlet pipes. Target Group - Fish farmers and service providers

Nansana Integrated Farm 16 16 1 Eng. Mash, N. Isyagi

16

1-Jun-06 Commercial Hatchery ManagementTraining on operations of commercial fish hatcheries, production planning and control, record keeping and evaluation of performance. Target Group - fish hatchery operators, students and service providers, & PRIME West farmers

Umoja Farm 18 7 25 1 N. Isyagi, Ms. Rugunda

25

2-Jun-06 Record Keeping, Fish Feeding, PondConstruction & Siting PRIME West farmers ARDC Kajjansi 7 1 8 1 K. Veverica, N. Isyagi 8

2-Jun-06 Cage net making Hands on training on cage making. Target Group - interested fish farmers andfishermen, service providers and staff of FIRRI, Jinja

Uganda Fish Packers, Jinja 7 2 9 1 R. Asiimwe 9

14-Jun-06 Grading, harvesting, handling, feeding,transport

Training and demonstration on production planning, stocking, pond management and pond production records, sampling, feeding and use of feed charts, calculate feed requirments for fish. Hands on demonstration on harvesting, handling, holding and sorting fish for transfer. Target Group - Fish farmers, service providers

Uganda Fish Packers, Jinja 3 1 4 1 R. Asiimwe, K. Veverica,

N. Isyagi

4

20-Jun-06 Harvesting, Stocking and Sexing fish Training and demonstration on harvesting, handling, holding and sexing of fish for transfer. Target Group - Students FTI Nansana Fish Farm 4 2 6 1 N. Isyagi 6

20-Jun-06 Pond Reconstruction Reconstruction of ponds to meets standards for commercial fish ponds. Specialrequest by WAFICOS farmers. Target group - Fish farmers Kitezi, Wakiso 9 1 10 1 Eng. Mash 10



22-Jun-06 Live Feeds

Live feed production planning, set-up of live feed production facility and production of Cladocerans and as well as facilities for hatching and hatching of Artemia for catfish hatcheries. Target Group - Fish hatchery operators, service providers and students.

Umoja Farm 9 1 10 1 O. Wadunde

10



29-Jun-06 Commercial Pond M'gment(grow out &feeding)


Samarieza, Mukono 21 14 35 1 N. Isyagi, Ms. Zaramba

35

26-Jul-06 Infrastructure and water supply anduse for commercial aquaculture farms.

Objective: expose engineers from NARO's Agricultural Engineering and Tecnology development Institute to areas within aquaculture where their services shall be required. Issues looked at were farm layout, pond construction, water harnessing and reticulation on farms including machinary used.

Sunfish, Kajansi and Borel's Mixed Farm, Entebbe

4 0 4 1 N. Isyagi

4

8-Aug-06 Feeding Fish and Use of Feed Charts

Seminar conducted for UgaChick Ltd extension and feed sales personnel on nutritional requirements for fish, feeding fish, use of feeding charts including a general overview of pond management and management factors that affect feeding and growth of fish in grow-out ponds.

ARDC Kajjansi 10 2 12 1 N. Isyagi, K. Veverica

12

31-Jul-06 Harvesting, handling & Grading Fish inHatcheries

Demonstrate to Demo-hatchery managers and other hatchery managers the proper techiniques for harvesting and handling larvae and fry during grading and sorting fish in hatcheries. Managers were also trained in proper use of fish graders, grading transfer of fish fish within the farm, using water to move fish, maintaining water quality during the process and the appropriate records to keep.

Musomerwa's Hatchery, Iganga 14 5 19 1 N. Isyagi

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21-Aug-06 Seminar on Aspects of AquacultureEngineering

Expose engineers from training institutions, the private and public sector especially those whose work links with agricultural sector to areas in aquaculture where their services would be required by the sector and what sought of services these are.

ARDC Kajjansi 19 3 22 1 K. Veverica, N. Isyagi, I. Mugisa

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26-Aug-06 Pond ConstructionDemonstration on pond construction for farmers. This training session was requested for by farmers and the deomonstration session overseen by participants from previous training sessions.

Lower-Kawuga, Mukono town council 13 9 22 4 D. Balemezi, Andrew, R.

Assimwe 88

28-Aug-06 Pond ConstructionDemonstration on pond construction for farmers. This training session was requested for by farmers and the deomonstration session overseen by participants from previous training sessions.

Bwesacco, Mukono 10 29 39 4 D. Balemezi, Andrew, R. Assimwe 156

Sept - Oct-06 Internship for future farm managers

Providing practical training to recent graduates from the Fisheries Training Institute, Entebbe, Makerere University Zoology Department and Busoga University. 3 groups of students were trained in 3 groups in: pond construction, pond management, feeding fish, harvesting, sexing and grading fish, transfer of fish, cage making and mounting seines with bags.

ARDC Kajjansi, Source of Nile Ltd - Jinja, Ekitangala Fish Farm - Nakasongola, Demo-Farms

11 10 22 28 K. Veverica, N. Isyagi, R. Assimwe, Kakuru

616TOTAL 759 259 1019 90 1909

Table 3. Activity timeline: √ =planned dates.; * = actual

ACTIVITY Means of

verification

4TH QTR FY05

Oct-Dec 05

Jan-Mar06

Apr-Jun06

Jul-Sep06 Responsible Individuals

1ST QTR

06

2ND QTR

06

3RD QTR

06

4TH QTR

06 P.I.R. 1.1: Demonstration ponds and cages

Establish criteria for model farmer selection

document on file √ √* Steering Committee

Select demonstration fish farms quarterly reports √ √* Isyagi/Rutaisire Hold introductory meeting and write MOU’s with demonstration farmers

documents on file √* Veverica

Financial records template for model farms and other farmers

template in farmers' possession

√ Atukunda/Kiiza/Jolly/Isyagi

Demonstration farmer's training session (3 days)

training records √* Veverica/Isyagi/Asiimwe

Repair and renovation of demonstration ponds

Engineer’s report √* √* √*

Begin production on demonstration farms quarterly reports √* * Isyagi/Asiimwe Training visits to demonstration farms quarterly reports √* √* * Isyagi Enterprise budgets for catfish as bait document

published √ Kiiza/Jolly/Atukunda/Isyagi

Enterprise budgets for tilapia production as seed

document published

√ Kiiza/Jolly/Atukunda/Isyagi

Enterprise budgets for tilapia and catfish production as food

document published

√ √ Kiiza/Jolly/Atukunda/Isyagi

ACTIVITY Means of

verification

4TH QTR FY05

Oct-Dec 05

Jan-Mar06

Apr-Jun06


Conduct farmers conference following first demonstrations

Attendance report and evaluations

√ Veverica, Isyagi, Asiimwe

Selection of first cage culture testing site and set up water quality data collection

descriptive data submitted by Makerere

√* Asiimwe/Rutaisire

Get permits for cage trial sites (NEMA, DWD)

permits on file √ * Asiimwe

Cage consultant from Zim. to conduct cage-making workshop

quarterly reports √* Veverica

Feed consignment from US arrives quarterly reports √* * Daniels/Davis Set and stock cages at 3 or more sites quarterly reports √* * Asiimwe/Schmittou Monitoring water and benthos quality at cage sites

data records √ √ √ √ √ Rutaisire/Asiimwe

Site visits to demonstrate cages Quarterly reports √* √* √* Enterprise budgets for cage culture document

published √ Kiiza/Jolly/Rutaisire/Asiimwe

Best Management Practices drafted for each segment of aquaculture

document published

√ Isyagi/Asiimwe/Boyd

PIR 1.2 : Quality feed and seed Make contacts with feed makers and feed input suppliers. Evaluate their capacities and willingness to work with the project.

quarterly reports and STTA reports

√* √* √* √* Veverica/Owori/Davis

Work with prospective feed manufacturer(s) to develop formulas and production

feed manufactured and proximate analysis done

√ √* Davis/Kabasa/Owori

ACTIVITY Means of

verification

4TH QTR FY05

Oct-Dec 05

Jan-Mar06

Apr-Jun06


Identify and analyze feed inputs; get information on prices and availability

Feed inputs table. Makerere data reports

√* √* √* √ √ Kabasa/Owori/Isyagi/Davis and private partners

Feed Makers Forum conducted to enhance communication between users, makers and funders

Publication of forum presentations and discussion

* Davis, Veverica, USAID, SCOPE

Begin establishing Tilapia brood lines for selective breeding program and locate private partners.

pond stocking records

√* Isyagi/FIRRI/SON

Make MOU for tilapia selective breeding between FIRRI, S.O.N. and F.I.S.H.

document on file √* Owori and Mbahinzereki for FIRRI P. Blow (SON), Isyagi,Veverica

(FISH) Locate outgrowers for fingerlings from selective breeding program and distribute fry and some feed to them.

Pond records of outgrowers

* * Veverica, Isyagi, Owori

PIR 1.3: Improved advisory services (note that many of the activities listed in 1.1 and 1.2 also address 1.3)

One-day workshops on specific technology: pond construction, fish transport; feeding techniques; harvesting techniques, record keeping, etc

Training records √* √* √* √* Veverica/Isyagi/Asiimwe/ STTAs

Three (or more)-day workshops on pond construction, pond management.

Training records √* √* * * Veverica/Isyagi/Asiimwe

Friday walk-in advisory sessions at Kajjansi and Jinja

Quarterly reports; visit record book

√ √* √* * * Veverica/Isyagi/Asiimwe

ACTIVITY Means of

verification

4TH QTR FY05

Oct-Dec 05

Jan-Mar06

Apr-Jun06


Survey availability of suppliers to fish culture industry and make lists available to current and potential fish farmers.

Supplier's list available and updated annually

√ √ √ √ √ FISH office staff with assistance from technical staff

PIR 2: Improved marketing of farmed fish

Develop market information list to send out to farmers

e-mail records √ Asiimwe/Isyagi

Live fish market trials and demonstrations

quarterly reports * √ √ Asiimwe/Isyagi/Owori

Administrative, project implemenatation

Procure, register and insure vehicles inventory lists √* √* * Veverica/Daniels and AU procurement office

Procurement of field supplies and equipment, mostly to be used for demonstrations.

Inventory lists √* √ √ * Veverica/Daniels and AU procurement office

Establish office at Kajjansi (part of FIRRI subcontract)

office visits, subcontracts with FIRRI

√* Veverica/Mbahinzereki/Isyagi/Owori

Establish office at Jinja, Kajjansi (part of FIRRI subcontract)

office visits, subcontracts with FIRRI

√* Veverica/Asiimwe/FIRRI

Hire local staff contracts on file √* AU/Veverica Designate teams to work on each objective and contribute to plan of work.

subcontracts with FIRRI, Makerere and Terms of Reference for STTA's

√* Veverica/Balirwa Rutaisire/Daniels

ACTIVITY Means of

verification

4TH QTR FY05

Oct-Dec 05

Jan-Mar06

Apr-Jun06


Assess state of extension publications for aquaculture (NAADS, Kajjansi station, NGO’s, other projects, Makerere Univ., FIRRI

quarterly reports √* √* √* √ √ Veverica/Isyagi/Asiimwe

Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) prepared

documents on file √* Veverica, Isyagi, USAID Environmental Advisor/CTO

Set up steering committee for the project. documents on file √* Veverica/Asiimwe/Isyagi Conduct first steering committee meeting.

meeting minutes on file

√* Veverica/Asiimwe/Isyagi

Second and third steering committee meetings, respectively

meeting minutes on file

√* √ *

Conduct thorough review of previous and on-going aquaculture-related studies and activities.

documents referenced in reports

√ √ √ √ √ FISH technical team and partners

Establish baselines and targets for all result indicators and complementary performance indicators (M&E team).

PMP on file and updated annually

√* * Molnar //MEM

Finalization of performance monitoring plan

document on file √ * Veverica/MEM/CTO

One page project description document available

√ Daniels/Veverica

YR"2" plan of work prepared (this one) document on file √ √* Daniels/Veverica YR1 Financial Report submitted document on file √ * AU Report (for YR1) submitted document on file √* * Daniels/Veverica Meet with NEMA to inform of project and develop cordial relations

quarterly reports and STTA reports

√ √* Veverica/Owori

Establish and distribute guidelines for special activities fund.

guidelines printed

√ √ AU; possibly local contract; Steering Committee

ACTIVITY Means of

verification

4TH QTR FY05

Oct-Dec 05

Jan-Mar06

Apr-Jun06


Set up committee to review proposals submitted for Special Activities Fund

Quarterly report √ Veverica,AU/Steering Committee

Launch Special Activities Fund Annual program statement

√* √ FISH technical staff, office staff, and committee

Review of Fisheries laws regarding aquaculture development; outline problem areas and make recommendations for improvement to enable aquaculture

review document printed

√ √ √*

SCOPE, with assistance from FISH

OCT-DEC05 JAN-MAR06 APR-JUN06 JUL-SEP06 CumulativeIndicator Target for 05-2006 1st 06 2nd 06 3rd 06 4th 06 total FY06 %achieved

100 9 42 15 66 66laborer; female 1 2 3laborer; male 4 33 5 1 43skilled:female 0 1 5 6skilled: male 4 6 1 9 20

5 0 0 3 3 6 120owner female 0 0 0 1 1owner male 0 0 3 2 5

20 0.42 1 NA 0.492 1.912 10Tilapia 0.16 0.2 0.146 0.506Catfish 0.26 0.8 0.346 1.406Other 0

2 0 NA NA 4 4 2000

10 0 NA 8.91 1 9.91 99pond 8.91 1 9.91cage 0

Indicator 1.1a: Number of tilapia and clarias production systems demonstrated 4 0 3 1 1 5 125

5 0 4 5 4 13 260catfish hatchery 2 1 0 3tilapia hatchery 0 0 2 2catfish growout 1 1 1 3tilapia/catfish growout 0 2 1 3cages 1 1 0 2

10 0 5 16 18 39 390pond construction 6 8 14 150formulated pelleted feed 1 4 6 11pond records 1 4 1 6water quality monitoring 1 1 2 4aeration 2 1 1 4holding,grading,handling facilties 0production plan 0disease management plan 0

0 0 0 0sinking pellets 7.19 22.8 25.91 55.9floating 0powder (larval) 0

Indicator SO7c: Number of new on- and off-farm jobs created as a result of FISH funded activities

Indicator 1b: Number of farms producing 5000 kg/ha/yrIndicator 1c: Increase in total water surface area used for commercial fish farming (ha)

Indicator 1.1.c: Number of producers using improved production technologies Note: adoption means that the technology is used on the majority of the farm; not just the demonstration pond

Indicator 1.1b: Number of farms demonstrating model systems.

Indicator 1a: Metric Tons of farmed fish produced annually

Indicator SO7d : Number of new commercial on- and off-farm enterprises created as result of FISH-supported activities.

Indicator 1.2.a: Annual production of extruded feed meeting quality standards- note intial target of 0 was meant for extruded (floating) feed.

Karen Veverica

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Table 4. Indicator spreadsheet.

OCT-DEC05 JAN-MAR06 APR-JUNE06 JUL-SEP06 CumulativeIndicator Target for 2006 1st 06 2nd 06 3rd 06 4th 06 total %achieved

4 1 2 2 1 6 150Tilapia 1 1 1 3Catfish 1 1 1 3

40,000 0 33,499 164,038 15,856 213393 533Tilapia 8,000 30,000 38,000 Catfish 6,000 25,499 134,038 15856 181,393other 0

50 28 23 48 81 180 3601day technical F 7 12 35 10 641 day technical M 22 77 125 47 2713day+; F 5 4 15 47 713 day+; M 23 19 33 34 109

150 34 14 33 121 202 135female 6 4 5 9male 28 10 28 112

25 NA NA NA NA 0 020 0

5 9.952 0.4 0 2.289 12.641 253Tilapia 1 1Catfish 8.952 0.4 2.289 11.641

Indicator 2.2a: Increase in number of live fish "outlets". 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0Indicator 2.2b : Number of live fish transport tanks in use by farmers 3 0 2 1 0 3 100

Indicator 2.a: Percent of marketing alternatives perceived as good or very good Indicator 2.1a Increase in amount of farmed fish used by commercial processors (tons)

Indicator 1.3b: Number of farmers receiving advice at FISH office visits at Kajjansi or Jinja

Indicator 1.3a: Number of aquaculture practitioners trained in improved production technologies. Note: total indicates only those who have received 3 or more days of training. See table 1 for full report.

Indicator 1.2.b: Number of hatcheries producing fingerlings meeting quality standardsIndicator 1.2.c: Number of fingerlings produced that meet quality standards