By Beauty Ziba
Cooperation Development Foundation of Canada (CDF) is set to implement a five-year Integrated Aquaculture Agriculture Systems project in Nkhotakota district, as one way of combatting food Insecurity in Malawi.
In an interview after a District Executive Committee meeting held at the Nkhotakota District Council Chamber on Tuesday, CDF Forest Extension Specialist, Batson Mazungwi, said the project is integrating different components such as fishponds, livestock agriculture, crops and trees whereby if people adopt it, they will be able to harvest more food and generate more income as well as better nutrition.
“We want to train fish farmers through our partners so that they should be able to produce more high-quality dependable products and supply to the market throughout the country and beyond,” said Mazungwi.
Principal Fisheries Officer, Wyson Ngwira, commended the coming of the project to Nkhotakota, saying it is directly addressing some of the issues they are facing in the district.
‘We have many fish farmers in Nkhotakota with over 400 individual fishponds on a subsistence basis and the coming in of CDF Canada bringing in components on upscaling and marketing will help boost fish business for farmers across the district,’ said Ngwira.
Principal Agriculture Officer, Prince Shaibu, is looking forward to work with the organisation in Nkhotakota to ensure the goals of combating food insecurity are achieved.