Emerging Sustainable Aquaculture Innovations in Africa

This edited book presents the emerging sustainable innovations in all areas of aquaculture in Africa with a view to create an opportunity whereby scientific outputs and recommendations can be endorsed for improved aquaculture outputs towards poverty alleviation and food security on the continent.

Food insecurity and poverty are some of the challenges faced on the African continent. These challenges are further exacerbated by the growing human population and the impacts of climate change. Today, aquaculture has become one of the fastest food producing sectors in the world, with the potential to contribute significantly to food security and poverty alleviation in developing countries. In Africa, aquaculture is at an infant stage, however, many African countries have recognized the potential roles of aquaculture in food security, poverty alleviation and conservation of aquatic resources through their commitment to achieve the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals.

The book reviews and synthesize research work from these thematic areas across Africa and provide a unique perspective on the emerging aquaculture innovations and illustrate how aquaculture practices could be feasible and cost effective while promoting social and environmental sustainability. The book also draws from global discussions on sustainable aquaculture practices and provides recommendations on what is feasible for Africa. This book is a great tool for the university students, scholars, aquaculture farmers, investors, and policymakers to understand the scientific based sustainable aquaculture innovations from an African perspective.

This book is focused on SDG 2 and SDG 14.

Dr. Ndakalimwe Naftal Gabriel is a senior lecturer at the University of Namibia (UNAM), Department of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences holds a PhD in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences from UNAM. He studied at Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu, China (MSc -aquaculture) from 2013 - 2015 and at UNAM for his bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences. He has received several awards, including the Nanjing Municipal People’s Government international student scholarship, Distinguished Foreign Student Scholarship-2015, Chinese Government Scholarship, and one of the best students at Nanjing Agricultural University in 2014 and 2015. He has over 10 years of experience in aquaculture as a researcher and five years as a lecturer at UNAM. He has published 18 research articles, three book chapters, and one book and has reviewed several peer-reviewed articles from reputable journals and supervised several graduate students in the field of aquaculture and fisheries sciences.

Prof.Edosa Omoregie obtained his PhD degree in Zoology (Fisheries) from the University of Jos, Nigeria in 1995. He is a NSRIC (Nature Science Research and Innovation Centre, Canada) distinguished professor of fisheries and currently with the Namibia University of Science and Technology. His academic career started in 1990 with the Department of Zoology, University of Jos, Nigeria where is rose to the rank of professor of fisheries in 2004. Between 2011 and 2015, he was the Director of the Sam Nujoma Marine and Coastal Resources Research Centre, University of Namibia. He is actively involved in fisheries and aquatic science research on the African continent and has supervised over 50 postgraduate research students. He has served as review editor for several journals with focus on fisheries and aquatic sciences and has contributed to over 150 scholarly works, including more than 60 peer-reviewed research papers.

Mr. Kenneth Prudence Abasubong holds an MSc in AnimalNutrition and Feed Science in 2018 and is a final year PhD candidate at Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), China. His specialisation areas are aquaculture nutrition, molecular biology, feed science, animal and aquatic physiology, and nutrient metabolism. He has attended several international conferences and symposiums in aquaculture and fisheries sciences. He studied at the University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria (PGD Aquatic Environmental Management) from 2012 - 2013 and at the University of Calabar for his bachelor’s degree in Animal Sciences. He has published more than 20 articles and reviewed several high-impact international journals in aquaculture. He has received several awards, including the best international student in NAU in 2018. He has supervised several undergraduate and graduate students in fisheries and aquaculture. He has over 8 years of experience as a researcher in aquaculture.