A small-scale commercial aquaculture developed project in Malawi has received £337,000 from the Scottish Government’s International Development Fund.
Aquaculture Enterprise Malawi (AEM) is one of 15 projects announced by the First Minister Alex Salmond to receive support through the Malawi 2013 funding round.
The three-year project brings together the Scotland Malawi Business Group with researchers from the University of Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture and the Microloan Foundation.
Together, they will work with private sector partners and existing fish farmers to develop the technical aspects of fish production, market chain communication and networking, focusing on fish farmers located in close proximity to Blantyre, Malawi’s business capital.
George Finlayson of the Scotland Malawi Business Group, a former British High Commissioner to Malawi, said: “This funding has the potential to make a significant contribution to improving nutrition and food security in and around major urban areas of Malawi.”
AEM aims to create and foster a supportive business environment through which a network of smaller scale fish farmers can operate as commercial stand-alone businesses, increasing the supply of farmed fish to markets and other outlets in and around urban areas in Malawi.
