Tilapia aquaculture Uganda

 

Project title: ‘Source of the Nile Ltd’ – Semi-Intensive Tilapia Aquaculture in Earth Ponds

Partners/investors : Greenfields Uganda Ltd. and Lake Harvest Aquaculture Ltd. (Zimbabwe)

http://www.lakeharvest.com/

http://www.greenfieldsuganda.com/

Project budget: 850.000 euros

Subsidy: 510.000 euros

Start Project: september 2005

Current Status March 2009: The project runs succesfully and new investors will come in to expand the fish farm to double or triple its size.

See also the link on the website of the EVD:

http://www.evd.nl/business/zoeken/ShowBouwsteen.asp?bstnum=146519&location=/business/programmes/ProgrammaInt_psm.asp?land=psm

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Source of The Nile (S.O.N) Fish Farm Ltd. 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S.O.N started digging its first ponds october 2006. S.O.N staff decided to dig manually.

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December 2006:

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 Tilapia nests                                                                           Start Tilapia breeding programme

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July 2007:

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January 2008:

 

Hapas in use

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Office, rear, kitchen view

Office

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ponds and shadehouse

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