OUR FELLOWS
Veronica Omenwa’s job involves developing technologies that will increase farmers’ yields from integrated aquaculture through the use of biocontrol agents. Her work at the African Regional Aquaculture Centre has enabled her to liaise with senior lecturers at Nigeria’s University of Port Harcourt, as she focuses on conducting research into potential probiotics such as lactobacillus and acidophilus, among others.
It is my hope that the women farmers will be able to develop new skills and sources of income, thereby empowering themselves, she says.
Field of Research
Pollution reduction in an integrated aquaculture environment using probiotics with emphasis on clarias, tilapia, and giant African land snail breeding to enhance healthier fish and snails with improved immunity to disease.