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Support to Aquaculture - TCP/SWA/3602

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In April 2016, following a request from the Government of Eswatini (then Swaziland), FAO organized a mission to provide the Government with guidance on the development of aquaculture. The mission included multi-stakeholder consultation and field visits. It concluded that it would be useful to formulate an aquaculture development strategy and action plans, and to provide practical advice and a training programme on aquaculture business and production, as well as on aspects of aquaculture planning, to improve the management and productivity of aquaculture. The current project was therefore aimed at promoting effectively governed aquaculture development that is socially inclusive, equitable and environmentally responsible, and that provides opportunities for sustainable and profitable aquafarming as well as the economic activities that grow around it, with particular focus on women. It would provide technical assistance in formulating a national strategy and plan for aquaculture development (assisting inter alia in an aquaculture development model) and initiating key actions to strengthen management and development capacity for the aquaculture sector.

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