AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN RWANDA - Feasibility of small-scale rural fish farming TABLE OF CONTENTS

by U.W. Schmidt and M.M.J. Vincke

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.   INTRODUCTION

1.1   Context and purpose of report
1.2   The mission
1.3   Scope of report
1.4   Acknowledgements

2.   FINDINGS

2.1   Summary of findings
2.2   Recommendations

3.   BACKGROUND INFORMATION

3.1   Geography and climate
3.2   Population
3.3   Land tenure and use
3.4   Food supplies

4.   THE FISHERIES

4.1   Supply, demand and price of fish
4.2   Potential for expansion
4.3   Present state of aquaculture
4.4   Research, development, training

5.   TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS

5.1   Soil, climate and ecology
5.2   Systems of aquaculture
5.3   Choice of species
5.4   Fingerling production
5.5   Supplementary feeds
5.6   Fertilizing the ponds
5.7   Yields

6.   PROPOSALS FOR ACTION

6.1   The opportunity
6.2   Objectives
6.3   Outline and justification of proposed programme
6.4   Government action
6.5   International technical assistance

7.   FARM-LEVEL FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

7.1   General considerations
7.2   Factor analysis
7.3   Estimates of costs and earnings
7.4   Comparison of marshland cultivation with and without fish farming
7.5   Comparative returns from fish and other crops
7.6   Cash flow analyses

8.   MACRO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS

8.1   Costs and benefits to the economy
8.2   Infrastructure
8.3   Constraints to development
8.4   Inputs
8.5   National impact of the development effort

9.   SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS

9.1   Method of inquiry
9.2   Land and population
9.3   Socio-economic and socio-cultural aspects
9.4   Land use; leadership and decision-making
9.5   Motivation and mobility
9.6   Socio-economic impact of fish culture development
9.7   Summing-up

10.   REFERENCES

ANNEXES

1   Agricultural regions of Rwanda
2   Potential demand for fish according to different consumption levels and by prefecture
3   Peaty soils
4   Stocking rates in polyculture
5   Combined animal husbandry and fish culture
6   Fingerling production
7   Use of agricultural and industrial waste products for supplementary feeding
8   Feed formulae for fish in Rwanda
9   Fertilizers