DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 16 -- DESPITE sardines being considered to have high nutritional value, only 20 per cent of the produce is used for human consumption in the country.
According to a study under the Innovations and Markets for Lake Victoria Fisheries (IMLAF) project, 80 per cent of the Lake Victoria silver cyprinid locally known as dagaa fish is used to feed livestock.
Conducted by Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in cooperation with the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) and University of Copenhagen; the results were delivered recently to the IMLAF project stakeholders in Mwanza.
"Almost 80 per cent of sardine is used for animal feed, thus causing the produce to fetch low price ... We want to...