Who we work with

Makerere University

our partner

Who We Are

The project is based in the Department of Zoology, Entomology and Fisheries Sciences, Natural Sciences (CONAS), Makerere University (Mak), Uganda’s largest and oldest institution of higher learning. Mak was established as a technical school in 1922, and today, it is composed of nine colleges and one school offering programmes for about 36,000 undergraduates and 4,000 postgraduates. These colleges include CONAS, College of Health Sciences (CHS), College of Engineering Art & Design (CEDAT), College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (CAES), College Of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), College of Humanities & Social Sciences (CHUSS), College of Computing and Information Sciences (COCIS), College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources & Bio-security (COVAB), College of Education and External Studies (CEES) and Makerere University Business School (MUBS). Mak aspires to generate new knowledge in the various fields such as Technology, Medicine, Agriculture, Business and other Sciences, to apply this knowledge to improve livelihoods of individuals and communities locally and beyond.

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Makerere University

What We Do

Makerere University is part of the Consortium implementing the INOECOFOOD Project under several work packages: scoping aquaculture practices in Uganda (WP2), optimizing eco-farmed catfish and tilapia production (WP3), upcycling waste nutrients for novel products (WP6), validating nutritional and safety standards (WP7), creating a database and training youth, women, and community farmers (WP7), disseminating project information (WP8), and participating in ethics review processes (WP9).

Specific Objectives

Explore our initiatives

Discover how we're advancing sustainability and innovation in aquaculture through these focused objectives.

Renewable Solutions

To conduct scoping of aquaculture practices in local lakes and rivers (living labs) and to establish four sustainable and innovative agribusiness rural ECOHUBS using renewable solar/wind energy for the production, processing and marketing of aquaculture value chains (fish and selected Spirulina species) and insect species in diverse African countries (WP2), to address AU and EU green deal and trade.

Eco-Fish Tech Optimization

To optimize the production of eco-farmed fish (catfish and tilapia), sustainable feeds and post-harvest technologies using sensors, AI and IoT technology in aquaculture ECOHUBS and living labs sites (WP3).

Making Waves

Our Project Team

Ms. Catherine Nanyonga

For administrative & task management roles

Ms. Ampa Eve Akongo

For project accounts & administrative roles

Dr. Robinson Odong

Support PI in coordination, monitoring water quality, managing mini processing plant, waste management

Dr. Margaret Masette

Dr. Margaret Masette

Dr. Godfrey Kubiriza

Overall Coordinator/PI, Experimental design, and feeding experiment expert

Dr. Akoll Peter

Training, Communication, dissemination & exploitation

Dr. Agnes Masawi

Product development, marketing  & value addition