The black soldier fly as alternative locally produced fish feed can be a game changer for tilapia aquaculture in Zimbabwe, where FISH4ACP aims to work towards a productive, expanding and sustainable tilapia sector, contributing to poverty reduction, as well as improving food security and stimulating economic growth across the landlocked nation. 

Animated video about the contribution of aquatic value chains to food systems transformation. FISH4ACP is a fish and aquaculture value chain development programme aiming to boost food and nutrition security, economic prosperity and job creation by ensuring the economic, social and environmental sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.

Developing oyster harvesting is a priority for FISH4ACP in The Gambia, where it aims to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the mangrove oyster value chain to improve food security and incomes for rural communities, increase exports, create jobs and stimulate investment.

FISH4ACP supports Nigeria’s efforts to boost the catfish sector because of its potential to create jobs and business opportunities, in particular for women and youth. FISH4ACP aims to improve access to key export markets, enhance productivity and increase competitiveness.

FISH4ACP aims to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the mangrove oyster value chain in The Gambia to improve food security and incomes for rural communities, increase exports, create jobs and stimulate investment.  FISH4ACP will ensure that economic improvements go hand in hand with environmental sustainability and social inclusiveness.

FISH4ACP aims to enhance the productivity and sustainability of the small pelagics value chain in the Zambian waters of Lake Tanganyika to contribute to poverty reduction, improve food safety and security and to safeguard aquatic life in Lake Tanganyika, the world’s longest freshwater lake.

From the Dominican Republic to Guyana and from Sao Tome and Principe to the Marshall Islands, this video explores opportunities and challenges of fisheries and aquaculture in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Animated video about FISH4ACP’s efforts to make fisheries and aquaculture value chains more sustainable. FISH4ACP is an initiative of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) implemented by FAO with funding from the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

FISH4ACP sets out to advance coastal pelagic fisheries on the African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe by developing the sector sustainably, enabling communities to make their livelihoods better with improved production and access to organised commercial markets.

FISH4ACP aims to work towards a productive, expanding and sustainable tilapia aquaculture industry in Zimbabwe, contributing to poverty reduction, as well as improving food security and stimulating economic growth across the landlocked nation.