‘The future of aquaculture is circular’. This was the opening statement of the training our colleagues Olivia and Lisa gave in Tanzania last week. Together with Karin van de Braak they trained staff of four FETA (Tanzania’s leading aquacultural training institute) campuses on how to integrate project-based teaching into the FETA curriculum at the Kigoma campus, situated at the beautiful Lake Tanganyika. This was the last training of a series of four interactive trainings on practical skill development of the staff members to build the capacity of FETA. Apart from discussing the best practices in aquaculture (like hatchery management, pond and cage farming and value chain management), there was extra focus on planetary boundaries and regenerative aquaculture.
This inspired the participants in thinking beyond the conventional ways of aquaculture in Tanzania towards regenerative aquaculture. As deliverable, they created project cases for the FETA students, to move forward towards a more future-proof aquacultural system.
Thank you so much for the great week!

Thanks to the participants, thanks to the trainers, thank you FETA Kigoma for hosting us and special thanks to Nuffic.

Field visit to Semaki Fish farms

Field visit to Semaki Fish farms – to the cage farm

Field visit to Semaki Fish farms – the group

Field visit to Semaki Fish farms – on lake Tanganyika

Field visit to Semaki Fish farms – fish pond

Field visit to Semaki Fish farms – fish net

Field visit to Semaki Fish farms – fingerlings

Cage farm on lake Tanganyika