Two Ivorian beneficiaries of the FISH4ACP program are participating in the event.
The forum, scheduled for September 12-13, 2024, will showcase best practices from the FISH4ACP program, an initiative implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Attendees will include a diverse range of stakeholders in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.
Beatrice Manizan Manzan, a floating cage fish farmer from Ayame, Côte d’Ivoire, and Thiero Mohamed, heir to a pond fish farm in Daloa, will represent Côte d’Ivoire at the forum. Both are beneficiaries of the FISH4ACP program.
Manizan, in her sixties, previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry but decided to pursue her passion for fish farming in 2021. In Tanzania, she will share her experience with floating cage aquaculture.
Mohamed, a graduate in commercial management, was initially destined for a career in sales. However, his involvement in his father’s fish farm sparked a love for aquaculture. He has since taken on the financial management of the farm and aims to make it a profitable venture.
Through FISH4ACP, both Manizan and Mohamed are part of a program supporting ten tilapia-producing farms in Côte d’Ivoire. The program aims to promote tilapia farming as a source of income, employment, and food security.
The Ivorian government, represented by the Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources, Sidi Toure, strongly supports aquaculture as a sector with great potential for job creation, particularly for young people.
By adopting good farming practices, tilapia farmers can increase their incomes and contribute to the professionalization of the sector. The FISH4ACP program, funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, is supporting the development of the tilapia value chain in Côte d’Ivoire through a ten-year strategy.
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