Our new project, Aquaculture and Advocacy for Green Fish Farming in Central Uganda, seeks to strengthen the organization and advocacy of small-scale fishpond farmers to engage in policy dialogue with local authorities, while building their capacities in sustainable aquaculture activities using green technology.
This will lead to increased income for at least 100 rural fish farming families, while contributing to a positive ecological balance between the fish farms and the surrounding environment.
This will be done by building the capacities of fish farmers to effectively organize themselves to engage in dialogue with key duty bearers and other stakeholders for collective advocacy on their rights and interests. In addition, the project will use the supported aquaculture groups as the focal point for building the capacities of individual fish farmers to better manage their fishponds by training farmers in new, green, and improved aquaculture techniques. The project is a partnership between Access2innovation, CAPCA (Caritas Uganda), CISU, and the Danish fish feed producer Aller Aqua.
On 17. and 18. February, the project had its first training on aquaculture techniques and fish farm economics with more than 25 participants from NGOs, local government, and aquaculture researchers. The knowledge from this workshop will be used to train fish farmers in improved aquaculture management techniques during the following 15 months of project implementation.
