Transforming aquaculture in DRC: TAAT empowers fish farmers with key technologies and training

To enhance fish production and processing in the province of South Kivu, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has partnered with WorldFish to provide fish farmers and the national aquaculture service with comprehensive training in aquaculture technologies and practices in the DRC as part of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) aquaculture program. This was achieved through a series of training courses held from 4 to 17 September in the province of South Kivu.

The TAAT program, with its ambitious goals, aims to double the productivity of crops, livestock, and fish by 2025 by expanding access to productivity-enhancing technologies to more than 40 million smallholder farmers across Africa. It also seeks to generate an additional 120 million metric tons (T) of food while lifting 130 million people out of poverty.

The TAAT program was prioritized around priority crop, livestock, and aquaculture value chains. It rolled out a “twin approach,” which involves facilitating the delivery of productivity-enhancing technologies to farmers at scale while also seeking to create an enabling environment of policies and regulations for technology adoption and functioning of input and output markets. This approach is significant as it not only provides farmers with the necessary tools but also ensures that they can effectively use these tools in a conducive environment.

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