The group has received a USD 4.8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the implementation of feed production in sub-Saharan Africa.
A collaborative project developed by Metro Turkey, Hatko Aquaculture and Skretting Turkey, resulted in premium seabass and seabream with maximized EPA and DHA omega-3 content.
Inseco uses black soldier flies to convert low-value organic byproducts into high-quality protein, currently supplying the local aquaculture.
The project aims to increase access to quality fish feed and fish seed and attracted Aller Aqua to invest in training on feed management and other best management practices.
The country is of particular importance to Bühler for its customers and Bühler plans to expand its business there, as well as to other African nations.
The group received regulatory approval for its partnership with Unga Group to form two joint ventures to produce fish feeds in Kenya and animal feeds and concentrates in Uganda.
The company started the construction of a greenfield compound feed factory in Ivory Coast with an initial capacity of 100,000 tons per year for fish, poultry and cattle.
Los Lagos Aquaculture Center of Excellence project will have a hatchery, grow-out and processing facilities and a feed mill that aims to produce 24,000 tons of fish feed per year.
The partnership involves a joint venture with Unga Farm Care in Kenya that will produce fish feeds intended for East African markets at Unga’s existing extruded fish feed plant in Nairobi.
The country is expanding the World Bank-funded aquaculture program to a total of 15 counties.
One of the largest feed producers in Egypt is now selling aquafeed with U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles and corn gluten meal, thanks to a product quality trial conducted with the U.S. Grains Council.
The Lagos state government plans to establish the Lagos Aquaculture Center of Excellence in Igbonla, Epe to boost the aquaculture industry in the state through the production of 2,000 tons of fish annually.
WISHH is supporting the growth of the aquaculture industries in Ghana, Senegal and Kenya through advice on farm management, fish health and feed production.
Morocco with the support of Norway, the Netherlands and the FAO launched a $2.5 million project to support the development of aquaculture in Morocco.
The Immanuel Sheefeni Fish Farm project, that will be located in Outapi, in the Omusati region, is expected to produce over 39,000 tons per year of shrimp and over 100,000 tons of tilapia.
The Animal Feed Manufacturers Association (AFMA) has entered into a joint venture with the University of Pretoria (UP) to launch Africa’s first research and training feed mill at the UP’s Miertjie le Roux Experimental Farm in South Africa.
Optiline meets tilapia farmers’ demand for higher growth rates at a lower feed conversion ratio. It will first be available to Skretting Africa’s customers and later in other tilapia production regions around the world.
South African company, Aqua Management Technologies (AMT), has developed custom feed formulation and technology for RAS systems that, if applied correctly, will make them economically viable.
Skretting brought together leaders in the Nigerian industry to set the course for a more productive development at the recently concluded Skretting AquaForum, the first event of its kind.
The company has expanded its production facilities twice to follow the demand in the market and has also decided to sponsor World Aquaculture Society’s African Chapter as founding gold sponsor.
