Cooperatives in fish farming produce successful results

Across Rwanda women outnumber their male counterparts in the fish farming industry, and these women have formed over 155 cooperatives, according to Dr Wilson Rutaganira Coordinator of Integrated Installation and Interior Lakes Management Support Project (PAIGELAC) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources. He went on to say that "These groups have been successfully raising tilapia for harvest".

Fish-farming in Rwanda

"The total number of members involved in the project is 57,652 and 37,100 of that number are women, while 27,031 are men. The biggest number of men is practicing fishing at the lakes. The women are more involved in fish farming," Rutaganira elaborated. "It is through these cooperatives that resources are directly delivered by the coordinating office, thus making the work of the fish farming project easier," he added, Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.