Training Services

Short-term training courses are offered to individuals or identified target groups, either on request or as a component of a research project.
The Institute, through the Technical Research Divisions and individual research and technical staff, offered training to individuals, groups, NGO’s and students of the Universities and Polytechnics as follows:

• Three farmer groups under the ‘SureFish’ Project at Aglor and Fiaxor in the Volta Region and ‘Sustainable Aquaculture’ at Dodi Asantekrom as well as a farmer each from Kumasi and ‘Growth’, an NGO in Ada, were trained in various aspects of fish farming including fish handling, fingerling transport, feed preparation, fish feeding and harvesting techniques, among others,

• Three Ph.D. students from Nigeria, France and Germany were given practical training in various aspects of Fisheries and Aquaculture,

• Students from Accra Polytechnic were trained in basic analytical techniques particularly separation techniques and gas chromatography whilst some undergraduate and postgraduate students from the Universities were assisted and supervised in their project work at the Institute,

• A number of research scientists also undertook part-time teaching and acted as external assessors in various universities in the country.