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Aquaculture at TBI-Turkwel

Posted by Acacia Leakey on October 26, 2012. Category: Development, General

The first of the tilapia bread at TBI-Turkwel. A fish farm at TBI-turkwel been designed as a pilot project to understand the feasibility of aquaculture in the Turkana Basin. ...

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Alternative energy at TBI-Turkwel

Posted by Acacia Leakey on October 16, 2012. Category: Development, General

Doum Palm tree. At TBI-Turkwel we've begun to convert locally sourced biomass into energy to run our facility. ...

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