Feed – Aquaculture Roundtable Malawi
More farmed fish for everyone
Objectives
The overall objective of the Feed EWG is to promote collaboration and increased use of standardised and certified high-quality feed in order to produce quality and marketable fish.
Specific objectives
- Promote increased production of quality fish feed
- Promote adherence to standards during production of fish feed
- Develop and maintain a data base of feed producers for effective partnership among stakeholders
- Facilitate discussions/meetings of feed producer, if that is desired by livestock/fish feed players
- Support access of international feeds within Malawi
Action Areas
- Identify research needs in fish feed production
- Identify gaps and challenges available in fish feed production
- Maintain an inventory of current fish feed producers
- Disseminate knowledge and technology in use of fish feeds
- Create awareness among fish farmers on use of certified high-quality feed
- Promote integrity and standards in production and sell of fish feed
- Facilitate linkages between certified fish feed producers and fish farmers
- Introduce and/or boost the use of internationally high-quality feeds (from Zambia)
The working group will specifically also work on the following subjects:
- Production of high quality feed accessible to all small-scale farmers
- Assess the available feed mills
- Improve feed storage practices
- Elaborate strategies to attract investors or retailer of fish feeds
- Undertake studies to showcase potential markets for fish feeds
- Work on feed quality control mechanism
- Avail capacity building measures to develop technical skills for feed production
- Actively discuss with international firms’ ways of availing high quality international fish feeds in Malawi.
- What about the sub working group? The one that will be monitoring the standards. The same applies for the fingering working group
