Senegal/Kaffrine: some 50 women trained in fish farming

The Agence nationale de l'aquaculture (ANA) has trained around 50 women members of economic interest groups (EIGs) in the central Kaffrine region in fish farming.

The training was provided as part of the "Naatal Sine-Saloum" (Developing the Sine-Saloum) project, aimed at women and young people in the Fatick, Kaffrine and Kaolack (central) regions. for women and young people in the Fatick, Kaffrine and Kaolack (central) regions, explained Moussa Diédhiou, head of ANA's regional office in Fatick.

The aim of the training is to teach participants freshwater fish breeding techniques, including tilapia and catfish, fish farming infrastructure management methods, fish feed manufacturing techniques and good aquaculture practices," he added. Diédhiou.

The "Naatal Sine-Saloum" project receives financial support from the Belgian Agency for International Cooperation.

Beneficiaries have pledged to help improve household living conditions through fish farming.

They have promised to help increase local fish production and support the fight against food insecurity.

Source: aps.sn/