COUNTRY | IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY | SEQ. NO. | RESEARCH PRIORITIES | TYPE OF PRIORITY | IMPLEMENTATION BY | ESTIMATED COST (in US$) | ASSISTANCE NEEDED | |
FINANCIAL | TECHNICAL | |||||||
ZAM | DOF in Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries; donors | 1. | Economic production systems | Short term | DOF, ALCOM, NORAD | Yes | Yes | |
2. | Improved production based on local environment and resources: - socio-economic situation - agricultural by-products, especially animal wastes | Short term | DOF, NORAD | Yes | Yes | |||
3. | Mitigating predation | Short term | DOF | Yes | No | |||
4. | Improved fish species | Medium term | DOF, JICA | Yes | Yes | |||
5. | Improved seed production and distribution methods | Short term | DOF, JICA, NORAD, ALCOM | Yes | Yes | |||
6. | Harvesting methods: gear, partial and total | Medium term | DOF, ALCOM, NORAD | Yes | Yes | |||
ZIM | National Park + Agritex + DRSS + University of Zimbabwe + Commercial fish farmers (1991) | 1. | Improved species for pond culture | Short term | National Parks | Yes | No | |
2. | Pond ecology in the various agroecological areas of Zimbabwe | Long term | National Parks, University of Zimbabwe | Yes | No | |||
3. | Farming systems research to find optimal integrated aquaculture systems for rural areas | Medium term | DRSS | Yes | No | |||
4. | Formulate and evaluate fish feeds which give good growth at economic cost | Short term | National Parks and private sector | Yes | No | |||
5. | Propagation of C. gariepinus | Short term | National Parks and private sector | Yes | No | |||
6. | Evaluation of potential impact of exotic species proposed for introduction, e.g. Chinese carps, O. niloticus | Medium term | National Parks, University of Zimbabwe | Yes | No | |||
7. | Pathology of fish diseases likely to appear as fish farming spreads | Medium term | University of Zimbabwe | Yes | Yes | |||
8. | Market research to assess the distribution of and demand for fish | Short term | Agritex | Yes | No |