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Uganda eyes overseas investors for 40,000t tilapia, catfish farming project

In partnership with the EU, the East African country has plans in place to construct two 20,000t fish farms, one land-based and the other on the waters of Lake Victoria

By Dan Gibson | Sept. 20, 2019 09:08 BST
Stella Mbabazi, Ugandan fisheries inspector. Credit: Dan Gibson/Undercurrent News
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PENANG, Malaysia -- The East African country of Uganda is on the lookout for major international investors to assist with the management of two new fish farm projects being developed by its fisheries department, Undercurrent News has learned.  [...]

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