
Senior Research Scientist
Telephone
+233-202742139
Email
frananioo@yahoo.com
Degrees
PhD. – Fisheries Science, 2015, University of Ghana, Legon.
MPhil. – Fisheries Science, 2008. University of Ghana, Legon.
BSc. –Â Zoology, 2001, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Dr. Francis Assogba. Anani
Francis A. Anani (PhD) is a Senior Research Scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute (CSIR-WRI), stationed at the Aquaculture Research and Development Centre (ARDEC) at Akosombo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He also lectures in Fish Nutrition and Feeds at the MPhil level at the CSIR College of Science and Technology. Dr. Anani obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Zoology in 2001, Master’s degree in Fisheries Science in 2008, Post Graduate Diploma in Statistics in 2008, and PhD in Fisheries Science in 2015, all at the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Dr Anani has an enormous experience in aquaculture nutrition and feeds, with various expertise including animal nutrition and physiology, feed formulation and development, feed ingredient and feed evaluation, aquaculture and culture system evaluation as well as fish stock management. With his expertise, Dr Anani’s research focuses on: using locally available ingredients and their by-products to develop nutritionally-balanced and cost-effective fish feeds, for aquaculture species, application of various phytogenic additives to enhance the efficiency of both farm-made and commercial fish feeds, use of novel ingredients in fish feed formulation, production and their evaluation.
Dr Anani is a reviewer for a number of local and international peer-reviewed journals, and a member of the Editorial Committee of the CSIR-WRI. He has supervised many undergraduate and post-graduate students for their industrial attachments at the CSIR-WRI-ARDEC at Akosombo. He has also been involved in training of many local and international aquaculture practitioners. He has involved in the execution of numerous projects including evaluation of locally produced commercial fish feeds, PlanetFinance Cage Fish Farming for Selected Communities within the Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region of Ghana, Western Region Coastal Foundation (WRCF), the Modernization of Agriculture in Ghana (MAG), the SafeFish Project, Fish Farming for School Feeding Programme, Field Trials and the Development of Alternative Tilapia Feed for the Ghana’s Aquaculture Industry and a member of the Technical Working Group (TWG) for the Development of National Aquatic Animal Health Strategy (NAAHS) for Ghana.
Dr Anani has participated in a number of national and international conferences and workshops during which he delivered papers. He has over forty (40) publications made up of refereed journal articles, technical papers and training manuals. He is a natural leader, who pursues his professional responsibilities which include research, teaching and mentoring of junior colleagues with assiduousness and passion.
Refereed Journal Papers
- Anani, F. A., Atsakpo, P. D. K., Donkor, K. K., Felix A. Ayarika, F. A.,Mercy Johnson- Ashun, M., and Evans T. Dankwa, F. T. (2024). Profitability of using five different commercial tilapia starter feeds on theGhanaian market in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings production. Aquaculture Studies. 24(2), AQUAST1343. http://doi.org/10.4194/AQUAST1343
- Anani, F. A., Agbeko, E., Atsakpo, P. D. K., Johnson-Ashun, M., Osei, L. K., Donkor, K.K., Ayarika, A. F., Danquah, E. and Kretsi, E. (2021). Profitability of using commercial tilapia feed to produce three different sizes of Nile tilapia (Oreochromisniloticus L.). Â fingerlings in Ghana. Asian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research, 15(3): 10-17. DOI:10.9734/AJFAR/2021/v15i330328.
- Anani, F. A., Tornyeviadzi, E. N., Atsakpo, P. D. K., Agyapong, C. K. and Donkor, K. K.(2020). Effect of keeping 17α-methyl testosterone hormonal feeds at different ambient temperatures on mono-sex male tilapia fingerlings production. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research, 5 (2): 64-69.
- Anani, F. A., Tornyeviadzi, E. N. and Akpakli, B. K. (2020). Profitability of using different crude protein contents of the most commonly used commercial tilapia  feed in Ghana for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings production. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 8(3): 484-488.
- Anani, F. A. and Agbo, N. W. (2019). Growth performance and cost-effectiveness of farm made and commercial tilapia starter diets in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) fingerling production in Ghana. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 19 (12): 1001-1007. http://doi.org/10.4194/1303.2712-v19_12_02.
- Anani, F. A. and Agbeko, E. (2018). Health condition and proximate composition of Nile tilapia (Oreochromisniloticus L.) fed with tilapia grower diets of commercial, farm-made and their 1:1 mixture. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research, 3 (1): 9-15.
- Anani, F. A., Agbeko, E. and Akpakli, B. K. (2017). Evaluation of tilapia grower diets of farm-made, commercial and their 1:1 mixture for small-scale hapa production of Nile tilapia (Oreochromisniloticus L.) in Ghana, Journal of Fisheries and Life Sciences, 2(2): 50-59.
- Anani, F. A., Nunoo, F. K. E., Steiner-Asiedu, M., Agbo, N. W. and Nortey, T. N. N. (2017). Production and use of farm-made fish feeds by small-scale pond fish farmers in Ghana, Journal of Energy and Natural Resource Management, 4(1): 17. https://doi.org/10.26796/jenrm.v4i1.66.
- Anani, F. A. and Nortey, T. N. N. (2017). Apparent Nutrient Digestibility of Farm-made and Commercial Tilapia Diets in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.). Asian Research Journal of Agriculture, 3(3): 1-9. http://doi.org/10.9734/ARJA/2017/31937.
- Anani, F. A., Nunoo, F. K. E. Steiner-Asiedu, M., Nortey, T. N. N and Agbo, N. W.(2017). Evaluation of Farm-made and Commercial Tilapia Diets for Small-scale Hapa Production of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) in Ghana. Journal of Applied Life Sciences International, 10(3): 1-12. http://doi.org/10.9734/JALSI/2017/31939.
- Anani, F. A. and Nunoo, F. K. E. (2016.). The Length-weight relationship and condition factor of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus fed farm-made and commercial tilapia diets. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 4(5): 647-650.
- Anani, F. A. and Ofori-Danson, P. K. and Abban, E K. (2010). Pen culture of the black chinned tilapia, Sarotherodon melanotheron in the Aglor Lagoon in Ghana. Journal of the Ghana Science Association, 12(2): 21-30.