:30 Joseph Molnar, Nelly Isyagi, John Walakira, Gertrude Atakunda

Thursday 3:30 Sunrise Room
Joseph Molnar, Nelly Isyagi, John Walakira, Gertrude Atakunda, Karen
Veverica, Levi Kasisira, William Tollner, James Bukenya, Claude Boyd,
Theodora Huyha, Khalid Sallie
Auburn University, Makerere University, , Uganda National Fisheries
Resources Research Institute, Alabama A&M, University of Georgia
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Hydrology, Water Harvesting, and Watershed
Management for Food Security, Income, and
Health: Small Impoundments for Aquaculture
and Other Community Uses
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Provide project overview
Summarize activities to date
Identify expected outcomes
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Effects of Watershed-Water Quality-Aquaculture
Interactions on Quantity and Quality of Water from
Small Catchments in South Africa and Uganda
Surface Catchment Development and Sustainability
Evaluation for Multipurpose Water Supply for
Meeting Aquaculture and Other Water Needs
Evaluation and Improvement of Production
Technology: Case Studies of Small-Holder Cage
Culture in Watershed Reservoirs and as an
Alternative Livelihood for Fishers
Market Assessment and Profitability Analysis of
Aquaculture Enterprises in Uganda
Training and Outreach in Uganda and Surrounding
Nations
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Stimulate commercial aquaculture in Uganda
through model fish farms
Promote proven, feed-based production practices
for tilapia (O. niloticus) and catfish (C. gariepinus).
Establish domestic supply of floating feed
Catfish production manual
Input suppliers guide
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US PI: Claude E. Boyd, Auburn University
Host Country PI: Khalid Salie, Stellenbosch University, South Africa;
Levi Kasisira, Makerere University
Objectives:
Evaluate watersheds and measure water quality in ponds to
determine possible effects of pollution from watersheds and cage
culture operations on multiple water use (Ho: cage culture and
pollution from catchments do not degrade water quality in ponds)
Establish runoff potential of watersheds and prepare water budgets
for ponds to assess the volume of water available for consumptive use
and effects of ponds on downstream flow. (Ho: Ponds do not reduce
downstream flow)
Estimate the amount of transitional and wetland habitat resulting
from small ponds and make a general description of the flora and
fauna of these habitats (Ho: Ponds do not result in loss of habitat for
wildlife)
Assist Ugandan investigators use South African data to verify models.
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US PIs: E.W. Tollner, Herbert Ssegane University of Georgia; Claude
Boyd, Joseph J. Molnar, Auburn University; James Bukenya, Alabama
A&M University
Host Country PIs: Levi Kasisira, Makerere University
Host Country Collaborators: Peter Mulumba, Monica Karuhanga
Beraho, Makerere University; Nelly Isyagi, Gulu University
Objectives:
Develop GIS suitability maps based on soils, topography and climate.
Evaluate currently successful operations in terms of wetland impacts.
Demonstrate a pond model for use in locating and constructing ponds
to protect wetlands and enhance biodiversity.
Extrapolate model findings to other sites having similar physical
suitability based on runoff capture, water quality, as well as economic
and social potential.
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Lead PI: Joseph J. Molnar, Auburn University, USA
Other Investigators: Karen Veverica, Auburn University, USA
HC-PI: Gertrude Atakunda, Uganda National Fisheries Resources
Research Institute (NaFIRRI)
Other HC Investigators: John Walakira (NaFIRRI); Monica Karuhanga
Beraho, Theodora Hyuha, Makerere University; Nelly Isyagi, Gulu
University, Gulu
Objectives:
Evaluate cage culture performance among small-holder farmers in
Uganda through on-farm trials.
Document case studies of demonstrator farmers using cage culture
technologies and best management practices on watershed
reservoirs in four Uganda locations.
Conduct site visits, fish farmers symposia, a trade show, and training
programs for fishers, farmers, donors, NGOs and government
authorities to disseminate information about fish farming in Eastern
Africa.
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US-PI: James O. Bukenya, Alabama A&M University
HC-PI: Theodora Hyuha, Makerere University, Uganda.
Other HC Investigators: Nelly Isyagi, Gulu University
Objectives:
Conduct economic evaluations of selected aquaculture
enterprises to enable producers, extension personnel, and
other decision makers to more accurately assess the potential
of commercial aquaculture enterprises in Uganda.
Assess financial mechanisms used in fish production,
marketing and processing in terms of marketing-related
financial flows and transactions.
Identify investment requirements, credit needs, and financial
channels for aquacultural development, and how these could
be augmented to provide better services to the sector.
US-PI: Joseph J. Molnar, Auburn University
HC-PI: Nelly Isyagi, Gulu University and Aquaculture
Management Consultants Ltd
 Other HC Investigators: Monica Karuhanga,
Makerere University
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1. Conduct Annual Farmer to Farmer training events
involving producers from Kenya and Tanzania.
2. Organize Annual Fish Farmer Symposiums to
disseminate project research results, provide
reliable technical information, and share producer
perspectives on fish farming industry trends and
conditions.
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