ACMS has been an implementing partner with the Gatsby Africa organization for over five years and have developed an intensive mentors hip program to commercialize the mid-tier sector of the East African tilapia farming sector.
We currently have variations of involvement in 26 farms with a combined expected harvest output of over 6 500 MT for 2023. Economic FCR is our key performance metric and we have been able to measure an improvement from 1.9 to 1.5 across all harvested cages between 2020 and 2023.
Key to this is the training and capacity focus across various disciplines on each farm. W e are proud to report on a total of over 150 key staff being trained through various programs. The focus areas are management controls and systems (MACP), environmental management and fish stock management.
This paper will provide a synopsis of some of our learnings, successes, and challenges that we have experienced to date, as well as offering a forward look on how it c ould develop into the future.