Main description:

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.

Contents:

1. Fish nutrition: an African aquaculture perspective.- 2. Feed restriction as a feed management strategy in tilapia and catfish culture: An African perspective.- 3. Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal as a sustainable protein source for fish feed production in Kenya.- 4. Waste to feed: an emerging technology to improve aquaculture in Africa.- 5. Prebiotics as functional ingredients in aquafeed: Trends and prospects in African aquaculture.- 6. The potential benefits of Aloe vera products in aquafeed: current knowledge and prospects.- 7. Use of plant extracts to control reproduction in tilapia production systems: An emerging eco-friendly innovation.- 8. Pawpaw (Carica papaya) extracts as potential growth promoters and sex reversal agents in aquaculture.- 9. Microbial-based systems and single-cell ingredients: exploring their role in sustainable aquaculture production.- 10. Ferulic acid as feed additives in aquaculture: A review on growth, immune response, and antioxidant status of finfish.- 11. The importance and utilisation of oil palm as a fish oil replacement in aquaculture.- 12. A dynamic study of Jatropha curcas on growth and haematological indices in finfish.-13. Applications of aquatic plants in the remediation of aquaculture wastewater: An opportunity for African aquaculture.- 14. African Aquaculture: Enhancement of water quality for sustainable freshwater finfish culture.- 15. Nutrient budget of cage fish culture in a lacustrine environment: Towards model development for the sustainable development of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) culture.- 16. Aquaponics as a sustainable food production system with promising development perspectives in Morocco.- 17. Enhancing Food Production employing Integrated Aquaculture in Namibia. Fish Integration with Poultry.- 18. Fishing for answers: should Afrotropical farmers use cages or ponds for grow-out of Nile tilapia?- 19. Aquaculture development perspectives in Sierra Leone. The challenges of critical inputs and political will.- 20. The Namibian mariculture: productivity, challenges, and opportunities.- 21. Climate SMART Best Practices in Aquaculture and Fisheries with Specific Emphasis on Sierra Leone.- 22. The potential of small-scale freshwater aquaculture for household nutritional security and malnutrition alleviation in Namibia.- 23. The Southern mullet (Chelon richardsonii) as a potential candidate species for aquaculture in the Southern African region.- 24. Some significant parasites in aquaculture and their potential impact on the development of aquaculture in Africa.- 25. Interactions between pre-harvest, post-harvest handling and welfare of fish for sustainability in the Aquaculture Sector.- 26. Alternative fish anaesthetics: Perspective on their application in African aquaculture and fisheries research.