| COUNTRIES | IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITIES | NO. | RESEARCH PRIORITY | TYPE OF PRIORITY | IMPLEMENTATION BY | ESTIMATED COST (in US$) | ASSISTANCE NEEDED | |
| FINANCIAL | TECHNICAL | |||||||
| IVC | Various meetings and personal contacts for this national review | 1. | Socio-economic studies to identify for each production system favourable and limiting factors, particularly in peri-urban areas and in remote rural areas | Short term | IDESSA and Centre for Socio-economic Research (CIRES) | (?) | Yes (3y) | No |
| 2. | Establishment of a regional documentation centre in Bouake where the existing library should be expanded and modernized. - Training of one documentalist - Infrastructure and equipment - Updating of documentation | Short term | IDESSA | (?) | ||||
| NIR | Informal discussions with researchers Author's proposals not officially endorsed | 1. | Strengthening of Fisheries Research Institutes: upgrade research facilities for pilot production of fish seeds and low-cost fish feeds | Medium term | NIOMR NIFFR | 200 000 | Yes | No |
| 2. | Improvement of culture systems - Bamboo-acadja in ponds (Cote d'Ivoire) | Short term | NIOMR NIFFR | 50 000 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 3. | New species identification/selection, in particular Macrobrachium vollenhovenii (whole life cycle in FW?) | Medium term | NIOMR NIFFR | 60 000 | Yes | No | ||
| 4. | Propagation and genetic improvement - Simple technologies for tilapias, catfishes, common carp, shrimp and FW prawn (in particular Macrobrachium vollenhovenii | Medium term | NIOMR NIFFR | 450 000 | Yes | No | ||
| 5. | Nutrition and feeds - Low cost high quality feeds from local ingredients - Live-organisms production for larvae/fry rearing | Short term | NIOMR NIFFR | 60 000 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 6. | Extensive culture-based fishery development - Use of GIS for SWB inventory at national level - Fish stock assessment in SWB (methodology) - Stocking/monitoring for management (methodology) | Short term | NIOMR NIFFR Universities | 50 000 | Yes | Yes | ||
| 7. | Socio-economics - As basis for technological development - Socio-economic benefits for rural/urban communities - Effective transfer of research results to farmers | Medium term | NIOMR NIFFR Universities | 80 000 | Yes | No | ||
| 8. | Alternative culture systems (not capital- intensive): - Cages, pens, enclosures - Flood plain residual depressions - Homestead culture | Medium term | NIOMR NIFFR | (?) | Yes | No | ||
| 9. | Formulation of a 10-year Research Programme as part of National Aquaculture Development Plan, see Development Priorities | Medium term | NIOMR NIFFR | 90 000 | No | No | ||
