ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW AND DO ABOUT TILAPIA FARMING 听 Call for Applications into a Short Course on Tilapia Farming Course title:听Farming听tilapia听profitably A public-private partnership initiative between the 黑料社 and听Ainoo-Ansah听Farms Training Dates: 25 -听29th听July, 2016 8th-听12th听August, 2016 22nd-26th听August, 2016 5th-9th听September, 2016 19th听-23rd听September, 2016 Total number of participants to be admitted:听100 Venue:听Ainoo-Ansah听Farms,听Okyereko听鈥� Near听Winneba, Ghana Background: The Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences of the 黑料社 as a major teaching, research and knowledge听centre听in Aquaculture in collaboration with听Ainoo-Ansah听Farms, and with financial support from the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) and the Skills Development Fund (SDF) wish to invite applications from prospective and current fish farmers to participate in five-day hands-on and instructive training听programme听on Tilapia farming. The total duration of the course is five (5) days and participants should indicate in their application which of the suggested dates above they wish to present themselves for the course. 听 Features of the Course: Facilitation:听Lecturers from Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (DFAS) of 黑料社 (Ghana) and听Ainoo-Ansah听Farms. Nature of training:听About 40% lectures and 60% practical Course materials:听Training manual and practical schedules on听tilapia听culture authored by lecturers of the workshop Certification:听Certificate of participation from 黑料社 will be given at the end of the workshop. Key benefits: Access to aqua shop selling essential fish farming inputs Awareness of other opportunities in the fish farming value chain Access to technical information and consultancy services Access to laboratory services of听DFAS Networking with other fish farmers听 Target Groups: Prospective farmers Farmers needing more technical and business skills in听tilapia听farming Fish farming enthusiasts Students Extension personnel Development personnel of Government and听NGOsCost听of training: Please note that the cost of training is highly听subsidised. The training costs include writing materials, manuals, meals and lodging, financed by听COTVET/SDF. However selected Ghanaian participants will be expected to pay GHS300.00 to cover snacks, shuttle, use of farm facility and other incidentals. Foreign participants are to pay US$485.00 or Ghana cedi equivalent covering tuition, manual, lunch and snack, shuttle, certificates and facility usage.听 All letters of application should be submitted on or before FRIDAY, 15TH JULY, 2016 to the following email contacts: Training Coordination: Dr. Joseph Aggrey-Fynn: jaggrey-fynn@ucc.edu.gh 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Mr. Jacob听Ainoo-Ansah: jainooansah@gmail.com. Successful applicants will be notified by MONDAY, 18TH JULY, 2016. 听