The ITACA project (“Improved management and technological innovation in African tilapia farms and hatcheries”; AURG/2/139/2012) is an action implemented by the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF, Egypt, coordinator), the Institut Sénégalaise de Recherche Agricole – Centre de Recherches Oceanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (ISRA-CRODT, Senegal, partner) and the Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA, Spain, partner).
The action was awarded a grant by the African Union under the African Union Research Grants Programme 2012, which is financed by the Financing Agreement between the European Commission and the ACP Group of States (Agreement No REG/FED/2009/021/-575) under the ACP Research for Sustainable Development Program RPR/011/09, of the 10th EDF Intra-ACP Envelop.
The ITACA project has an overall duration of 36 months (from December 2012 to December 2015) and aims to enhance the sustainability of African tilapia farms and hatcheries through improved management and technological innovation. The project is conducted in selected tilapia farms and hatcheries from Senegal and Egypt and focuses on three main areas of intervention: a) increasing the economic, social and environmental sustainability of tilapia farms through the adoption of improved management practices; b) increasing the productivity and the economic feasibility of tilapia hatcheries through technological innovation and transfer; and c) developing the research capacities of the members of the Consortium through the conduction of technical visits and the sharing of research experiences.
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