The Fish Site reported that Zimbabwe agreed a 10-year roadmap for tilapia farming under FISH4ACP, a value-chain initiative of the FAO, the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the European Union and Germany's development ministry. Farmed Nile tilapia stands at about 5,600 tonnes a year, and the roadmap targets 14,000 tonnes by 2032. Annual benefits to small-scale farmers would rise from US$5.6 million to US$22 million, and women, youth and marginalised groups would hold 40% of small-scale fish-farming jobs.
In August 2025 the FAO described the next step: building "a more productive and sustainable tilapia value chain while increasing incomes and employment among small-scale fish farmers, particularly women, youth and people with disabilities", with more than 15 trainers selected and a toolkit validated in Mutare.
Why tanks
Tank-based farming uses little land and little water and does not depend on rainfall, which makes it suitable for households in dry districts and for places where floods, cyclones and drought destroy crops.
What Takura Trust is doing
Our Sustainable Livelihoods through Tank-Based Fish Farming projects in Zimbabwe and Mozambique use the sustainable fish-farming solutions of Aquaculture Education and Engineering Services (www.aquaee.org.zw). A Fingerling Nursery and Feed Hub in Zimbabwe and Solar Cold Chain and Fish Market Linkages in Mozambique strengthen the two ends of the chain. Partners are invited to sponsor a business: tanks, aeration, first fingerlings and feed for one household or group.
