Rwanda: Government to invest €15 million to boost fish farming

The government will this month start implementing a €15 million five-year project to boost fish farming production. Solange Uwituze, Deputy Director General in charge of Animal Resources Research and Technology Transfer at Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), said that the project was funded by Belgium. She told The New Times that an inception meeting for preparing a team to start the project will be held later this month and that it will help in improving and increasing fish feeds and boost fish farming. "Feeds made from soybeans and maize for tilapia are still expensive. We want to work with investors to increase fish feed production," she said. Currently she said only two factories producing fish feeds that are suitable for tilapia in the country are available. One is in Huye district and the other is in the special economic zone. "We also want to use black soldier flies to produce fish feed rich in proteins. This technology was producing fish for ...