aquaculture annual production however contributes only 5.5% to Africa’s and 0.1% to global production respectively. To this effect, several research interventions have been advanced to with a purpose of generating technologies to trigger increase in aquaculture production. This review explores research technologies, innovations and management practices as interventions purposed to achieve sustainable aquaculture production in Uganda.
A comprehensive literature search was conducted on published literature, grey literature, and online information sources using search terms such as “aquaculture” “nutrition”, “Uganda”, “research”, “studies”, “aquafeed”, “fish diseases”, “production systems”, “fish genetics”, “aquaculture policy”, “aquaculture information”, “social economics”, “new species”, “genetics”, “feed formulation”, “ingredients”, “fish hatchery” and “feed management practices”, with focus placed on information published in English.
The search generated 140 research articles, 99% of which were published between 2001 and 2025. Of these, 21% addressed aquaculture nutrition; 11% talked to aquaculture genetics, fish propagation and hatchery management; 14% focused on aquatic animal health; 14% featured aquaculture production systems and management; 16% addressed high value aquaculture candidate species; 21% assessed aquaculture social economic aspects; 1% addressed aquaculture policy; and 1% looked at aquaculture information management. The articles present with variances in scientific quality and increased in frequency as the 2000s advanced, which directly related to the increase in aquaculture production reported after the year 2000. While significant breakthroughs were reported, the review revealed deficiencies in research tools used in collection, assessment and analysis of data compared to what is observed elsewhere in advanced aquaculture research settings. This could explain why Uganda’s aquaculture production is still lagging behind.
There is creates opportunity for advanced research undertakings in the different aquaculture research areas, towards generation of advanced technologies for sustainable aquaculture production.