Sustainable Aquatic Food

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Project date: August 2024 – February 2025 

Location: Lilongwe, Kasungu, Dowa and Dedza districts

Investment: 278, 473, 764 MK

Number of Participants (or farmers): 350 fish farmers and 5 fingerlings producers (34% women fish farmers)

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Project Description:

There are two phases to this project. First, 350 fish farmers and pond owners from the Lilongwe, Kasungu, Dowa and Dedza district were identified and chosen to participate in the following 3-day technical training activities:

• Fish farming technical operations
• Fish production monitoring

The fish farmers receive additional coaching to support their application of their learning.

The second phase is the selection of 5 fingerlings producers to participate in a 4-day hatchery operations training. The farmers are then equipped with hatchery resources including hapa nets, sampling net, scoop nets, weighing scales, and graders. Moreover, they are provided with high-quality brooders from a nationally recognized hatchery to stock their ponds. Data is continuously collected to monitor how improved technology and applied learning increase fish production.

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Project Team:

Project Officers: Chisomo Kumwenda (MSc in aquaculture) and Bertha Michuru (BSc in aquaculture)

Executive Director: Zione Makawa Chawalika (MSc in aquaculture)

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Project partners:

GIZ

Malawi Department of Fisheries