Aquaculture: Management, Challenges and Developments

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Involvement of Women in Research

There are more men than women in the aquaculture research division in
Nyanza region, Kenya. However, of the women who are employed, only 2%
have held senior managerial posts (Figure 10).

Figure 10. Involvement of women in aquaculture research by the year 2012.

Table 2. Problems experienced by respondents along the AVC in Nyanza

region, Kenya

Chain Challenges % of respondents

Male Female

Hatchery Access to capital 17 83

Quality/cost of feed 52 48

Water quality 62 38

Cost of labour 46 54

Labour skills 12 88

Land ownership 10 90

Availability of electricity 50 50

Production Feed cost/quality 48 52

Seed quality 42 58

Water quality 62 38

Predators 48 52

Theft 48 52

Fish health 43 57

Marketing Consumer perceptions about

farmed fish

49 51

Price fluctuations 12 88

Road networks 49 51

Lack of value addition 47 53

Lack of export 50 50

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30

40

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70

80

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Males Females Female senior

Proportion (%) by gender