The Zimbabwean government has launched the Presidential Community Fisheries Scheme, which has created 8,000 village fishponds stocked with over 4.4 million tilapia fingerlings. This initiative is aimed at boosting food and nutrition security following a drought that led to a significant decline in kapenta production. The fishponds are powered by solar-driven boreholes and are located across various business units. The government's goal is to establish two fishponds in each of the 35,000 village business units, totaling 70,000 fishponds. A US$500,000 investment from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations is expected to increase fish production to 40,000 tonnes by 2025. However, the scheme also addresses the problem of unsustainable fishing practices and overfishing in Lake Kariba, which is shared with Zambia, as a major cause of declining fish tonnage.