Sierra Leone aquaculture assessment with special emphasis on Tonkolili and Bombali districts

S. Sankoh, S.J. Teoh, M.J. Phillips and S.N. Siriwardena

in Monographs from The WorldFish Center

Abstract: This assessment set out to investigate why fish farming has spread in Tonkolili District yet been poorly adopted in neighboring Bombali District. The purpose was to analyze what was working in Tonkolili but not in Bombali and then extrapolate this beyond Tonkolili. The current study aims to consolidate the most recent FAO study and map out pond distribution in Tonkolili, the most popular aquaculture development district in Sierra Leone, while also trying to make sense of this distribution. It also tries to update existing GIS models for aquaculture site suitability, particularly Tonkolili, with a view to identifying the opportunities and challenges of developing aquaculture in the country.

Keywords: Small-scale aquaculture; Small-scale farmers; Household surveys; GIS; Fish ponds; West Africa; Sierra Leone (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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