Fish for a prosperous future: Malawi's aquaculture sector

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Malawi is highly dependent on fish as a source of protein, fatty acids, and micronutrients. Fish stocks in most Malawian water bodies, however, have decreased significantly over the past four decades. With the country’s population projected to exceed 29 million by 2030, the demand for fish and fish products is expected to continue to increase.
Aquaculture has the potential to fill this supply and demand gap. The suitability of an estimated 10-25% of Malawi’s land area for warm-water aquaculture in earth ponds, and the suitability of Lake Malawi, with a surface area of 29,000 km², for cage aquaculture underpin this. Through the development of a sustainable aquaculture sector in Malawi, production could be supported to meet the increase in demand for fish, mitigate food insecurity, sustain the livelihoods of actors along the value chain and protect Malawi’s aquatic biodiversity.
The project Aquaculture Value Chain for Higher Income and Food Security in Malawi (AVCP), which is part of the global programme Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, supports the objectives outlined by the Government of Malawi. Together with the Department of Fisheries as well as other national and international partners, the project develops the technical and organisational (business) capacities of micro, small and medium enterprises, fish farmer groups and smallholder fish farmers across Malawi. Through the promotion of aquaculture as an environmentally friendly, inclusive and nutrition sensitive value chain, AVCP aims to provide the food insecure population of Malawi with more fish products and a higher income from sustainable aquaculture in pond farming.

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