West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme
Call for Proposals for Brood-stock production and Fingerlings Multiplication
Organizational Overview
The West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP) was initiated by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with technical and financial support from the World Bank, to implement the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) pillar IV in West Africa.
The objective of WAAPP is to increase agricultural productivity. The WAAPP-Nigeria has four components namely; (1) Enabling conditions for sub-regional cooperation in technology generation, dissemination and adoption; (2) National Centre of Specialization in Aquaculture; (3) Funding of demand-driven technology generation and adoption; and (4) Project coordination, management, monitoring and evaluation. The Project is aimed at enhancing the agricultural productivity and competitiveness through the four components.
One of the sub-components of component 3 of WAAPP is ‘Facilitating Access to Improved Genetic Materials’. One of the approved channels for access to improved genetic materials is to collaborate with Private Hatchery Operators on Broodstock production and fingerlings multiplication.
Regular supply of quality fish seeds of the required species and at the required quantities is one of the paramount factors for increasing aquaculture production. Fingerlings production requires the use of good quality Broodstock that will possess good economic traits. Broodstock management and fish fingerlings production need to be improved, among other factors for the realization of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda.
Proposals Invited
WAAPP-Nigeria invites proposals from duly qualified private hatchery operators:
i) To develop and release Broodstock of Catfish, Tilapia and Carp that will possess economic traits such as improved growth rate, higher survival, fecundity, disease resistance and increased dressing percentage.
ii) To mass produce fast growing fingerlings of Catfish, Tilapia and Carp for large-scale adoption to increase productivity.
The proposals, one on Broodstock production and the other on fingerlings multiplication should contain the followings:
i) Name / detailed background of the Organization
ii) Location
iii) Existing facilities
iv) Present production capacity
v) Fish species
vi) Cost (N): According to each item of support required
vii) Target according to species
Procedure for application
Interested parties are requested to send proposals to the following email address: waappnpc@ymail.com on or before 21st of May 2013.
