$3 Million: To be Subsidized by FAO and Global Environment Fund to Angola to Expend on Aquaculture Projects in the Northern Region of Angola

By Abdul Rahman Bangura-

NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- This disclosure was made on Thursday, October 17^th, 2024 in the province of Uíge, by the Director General of the Institute of Artisanal Fisheries and Community Aquaculture (IPA) – Miguel Cabral, on courtesy call by FAO and FGA technicians to aquaculture projects in Negage municipality.

He remarked that, the amount will be utilized to train agriculturists, as well as to acquire resources to elevate tilapia production in the Angola’s two provinces.

“The project will last five years and will begin to be implemented from 2025,” he revealed.

During their visit in the province of Uíge, the FAO delegation visited the aquaculture projects of the Mussage and Coiceias farms, in the municipality of Negage, meant for the production of fish.

With 24 fish production and reproduction tanks, the Mussange farm has the capacity to produce 31 million fry and 149 tons of tilapia yearly.

Coceias, which sits on an area of 148 hectares, has nine populated tanks, 20 and 15 meters wide and long, respectively. The 359 aquaculture projects in the province of Uíge, which have a universe of 3,820 tanks, produced in 2023, at least 84,970 tons of fish, encircling the 80,152 of the previous year.

New Africa Daily News Abdul Rahman Bangura Reports, Africa Correspondent