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Biotech-feed giant partnership to explore bacteriophage potential

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Fish health and welfare in aquaculture could soon get assistance from the most abundant organism on the planet if a new alliance between aquafeed giant Skretting and Poland-based Proteon Pharmaceuticals nets its intended result. Proteon COO Matthew Tebeau told the Advocate that a strategic partnership with Skretting, announced today, would showcase the enormous potential impact of bacteriophages, or just phages (naturally […]

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Project rationale in detail

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The dwindling capture fisheries has stimulated fish farming in order to address the fish demand and supply gap that are experienced worldwide, Ghana and Uganda inclusive. Although, annual per capita consumption of fish in Uganda and Ghana was estimated to be higher than the African average of 10.1 kg; it is lower than that of […]

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Location And Duration of the project

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Location The study locations will be in Ghana and in Uganda in Western and Eastern Africa, respectively. The field activities will be done in four regions of Uganda (North, East, Central, and South-Western), while in Ghana, study farms shall be selected from the Northern (Savannah) zone (i.e. Upper East, Upper West, and the Northern regions) […]