Inclusive Value Chains, Nutrition and Smallholder Impact
By connecting quality seed, farmer training, nutrition, local procurement, and the livelihoods of women, youth, and smallholders, TCoE supports aquaculture models that work for farmers, schools, and communities.
Aquaculture growth must reach beyond large farms. Zambia and the wider region need models that help smallholders, schools, youth, women, community groups and local markets participate in the growing fish economy.
TCoE builds inclusive value chains by connecting seed access, training, extension support, school nutrition, local procurement, production planning and market linkages.
What we support
Six inclusion pathways
Smallholder development
Training, technical packages and production guidance for farmers entering or improving aquaculture.
Women and youth participation
Pathways into hatchery work, pond management, processing, feed distribution, extension, aggregation and marketing.
School-based aquaculture
Models connecting school ponds, local fish production, nutrition education and school-feeding programmes.
Community and farmer groups
Structured approaches for cooperatives, community ponds, smallholder clusters and development programmes.
Local procurement and markets
Connecting farmers to schools, institutions, traders, aggregators and formal buyers.
Packages for partners
Programme design, training materials, monitoring tools and field support for inclusive interventions.
Why it matters
Work with TCoE to design inclusive aquaculture programmes that create nutrition, livelihood and community-level impact.