Ghana: The Fisheries Commission lauds the government’s Aquaculture for Food and Jobs initiative

Mr. Hanson Kodzo Dzamefe Jnr, the Bono Regional Director of the Fisheries Commission has lauded the government’s flagship Aquaculture for Food and Jobs (AFJ) programme which has improved the region’s annual fish production. He said the Tilapia Seed (Tiseed) module of the programme had also had a significant impact on fish production as well, thereby creating numerous job opportunities for the youth in the region. “The programme has created an avenue to train the youth on aquaculture, and provided them with requisite skills in fish production”, Mr. Dzamefe told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview in Sunyani on Tuesday. He said since the implementation of the AFJ 2020, the programme had constructed 14 fish ponds and supplied beneficiaries including; the Wenchi Eagle Youth Association and Dormaa Senior High School with 18,800 tilapia and catfish fingerlings. The beneficiaries were also provided with feed to enhance their fishing activities, he said and appealed ...