adminACCRA – High density poly-ethylene cages, the new technology, is poised to increase production of tilapia fish and meet growing demand for the food in Ghana and abroad. Safeway Group has introduced the technology.
According to the managing director of the Safeway Group, Jim Forster, the improved HPDE cages were added to the existing poly-vinyl chloride production cages to create more room to hold the over three million fingerlings that are produced monthly at the new state-of-the art hatchery at the Abui site of the project.
The operations director of the Safeway Group, Della Geraldo said the project was a public-private-partnership between the Safeway Group and the South Dayi District Assembly.
“Our project is on course. We have always endeavoured to boost investor confidence by involving them directly in our operations,” he said.
He pointed out that every month, investors and other stakeholders were usually invited to the project sites at Abui and Gjakiti in the Volta Region to do their own assessment of our activities.
Geraldo said the group had plans to collaborate with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development to set up a training centre at Abui to offer refresher courses to fish farmers and also run a three-month course for people who wish to start their own farms.
He announced that the Safeway Group would soon begin shrimp farming at Sege and Ada in the Greater Accra Region and Denu in the Volta Region where top quality shrimps would be produced for export.
Foster, meanwhile, dispelled fears about the profitability of tilapia farming, and assured investors that the Safeway Group and its partner, the South Dayi District Assembly had put in place effective measures to effectively run and expand the operation of the tilapia project. – CAJ News.
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