GRÓ-FTP at IIFET 2024
Ten former fellows presented major research projects at the IIFET 2024 held last week in Penang, Malaysia.
This was the 6th time GRÓ-FTP sponsors its fellows to participate in the biennial conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade (IIFET).
It is an example of the various resources available to specialists from developing countries, after graduation form the FTP’s Six-month training programme.
This 21st edition of the IIFET conference was organised by WorldFish and the Department of Fisheries in Malaysia, with over 300 IIFET members taking part.
To focus attention on the major issues currently bearing on fisheries economics, the chosen theme for the conference was Aquatic Food Systems in the Blue Economy.
Keynote speeches were given on issues such as the economics of food and nutrition security, gender economics in fisheries and aquaculture, resilience in the blue economy and distributional justice and governance.
Apart from participating in seminars and workshops, this was a great opportunity for the FTP fellows to network amongst leading specialists in their field and, of course, to reinforce ties with one another.
The following presentations were given by FTP-fellows:
- Chamari Tathsaramala Dissanayake Dadigamuwage (Sri Lanka): 1) Unlocking the Potential: Economic viability of Sandfish (Holothuria scabra) Aquaculture in Northern Sri Lanka, 2) An innovative approach to adding value to poorly processed and low-value sea cucumber species.
- Chrisphine Sangara Nyamweya (Kenya): The Future of African Inland Fisheries.
- Friday Jack Njaya (Malawi): Analysis of Power in Fisheries Co-management: Revisiting Experiences from Mbenji Island, Lake Malawi.
- Herbert Nakiyende (Uganda): Socio-economic and Ecological Dimensions of Small Pelagic Light-Fishery on African Great Lakes Victoria and Albert.
- Kawooya Godfrey Kubiriza (Uganda): Enhancing value addition and marketing of farmed fish for increased profitability and employment diversification in East Africa: A case study of Uganda’s Aquaculture Value Chain.
- Mutiat Motolani Salaudeen (Nigeria): Waste to wealth: Nutritional composition and acceptability of catfish milt products.
- Olanrewaju Femi Olagunju (Nigeria): Assessing Technical Efficiency and Determinants of African Catfish Production in Nigeria: Input quality and COVID-19 perspectives.
- Samuel Bassa (Uganda): Trends in Yield and Exploitation patterns of the commercial fisheries in Kyoga basin lakes and future prospects.
- Thong Ba Nguyen (Vietnam): Promoting Multi Company Collective Bargaining Agreement (MCCBA) for better jobs in the Mekong Delta seafood sector.
- Veronica Mpomwenda (Uganda): Development of the Nile Perch Fishery in Lake Victoria during the past two decades: A comparative perspective between the three riparian countries Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
