Sets up tank-based tilapia farming for households, youth and women's groups in Matabeleland North, Masvingo and the Midlands, with training, tanks, aeration and water-quality tools, fingerlings and feed on credit, and a link to buyers. The sustainable fish-farming solutions come from Aquaculture Education and Engineering Services (www.aquaee.org.zw). Partners are invited to sponsor a business. Tanks use little land and little water and keep producing in dry years.
Rural households in Zimbabwe rely on rain-fed crops that fail in dry years, while demand for fish outstrips supply and few families have the skills, capital or inputs to start fish farming.
Zimbabwe produces about 5,600 tonnes of farmed tilapia a year and has a 10-year roadmap to reach 14,000 tonnes by 2032, growing benefits to small-scale farmers from US$5.6 million to US$22 million and giving women, youth and marginalised groups 40% of jobs.
Eight farmer clusters producing and selling fish from tanks, with trained farmers, records, and a first repayment cycle for inputs.
120 households, with priority for women- and youth-led groups, in fish-farming clusters of 10–15 farmers.
600 people targeted
This project is delivered with the partners below. Donors, partners, investors and clients are invited to take part.
Fish-farming partner. Aquaculture Education and Engineering Services (AquaEE) provides the sustainable tank-based fish-farming solutions used in Takura Trust projects; partners are invited to sponsor a fish-farming business.
Fish-farming partner: Aquaculture Education and Engineering Services (www.aquaee.org.zw) provides the sustainable fish-farming solutions used here.
Partners are invited to sponsor a business: a set of tanks, aeration and water-quality tools, first fingerlings and feed for one household, youth group or women's group.
The detailed results framework, deliverables verification matrix, work plan and budget are published in a full project document. It is provided on request as a branded PDF.
Budgets, targets and dates are planned figures for 2027 and will be updated as each project is confirmed and funded.
Sets up tank-based tilapia farming for households, youth and women's groups in Matabeleland North, Masvingo and the Midlands, with training, tanks, aeration and water-quality tools, fingerlings and feed on credit, and a link to buyers. The sustainable fish-farming solutions come from Aquaculture Education and Engineering Services (www.aquaee.org.zw). Partners are invited to sponsor a business. Tanks use little land and little water and keep producing in dry years.
It takes place in Matabeleland North · Masvingo · Midlands, Zimbabwe, from 1 Jan 2027 to 26 Oct 2027.
The planned budget is US$230,000 (US dollars). Every budget line is published on this page.
The full project document, with the results framework, deliverables verification matrix, work plan and budget, is available on request. Use the request form on this page and a download link is sent to your email.
Aquaculture Education and Engineering Services. Each partner has a specific role described on this page.
You can donate, volunteer or become a partner. Use the buttons on this page or write to info@takura.org.zw.