This presentation gives a summary of the, 'Piloting inclusive business and entrepreneurial models for smallholder fish farmers and poor value chain actors in Zambia and Malawi' project. It covers the following issues 1) the goal of the project 2) Project implementation modalities including collaborations with the government, private sector and farmers, 3) solutions and technologies being implemented by the project 4) innovation platform.

1. Piloting inclusive business and
entrepreneurial models for smallholder fish
farmers and poor value chain actors in
Zambia and Malawi
Presenter: Netsayi Noris Mudege (Senior Scientist)
Stakeholders meeting, Zambia (Zoom)
15 October 2020

2. Project Goal
To establish inclusive business and
entrepreneurial models that provide
sustained access for smallholder fish
farmers in Zambia and Malawi with
productivity and profitability
enhancing fish seed, feed and
knowledge and increased access to
fish for enhanced nutrition of
consumers.

3. Key aquaculture development problems the
project aims to address
• Lack of availability and access to better quality seed.
• Lack of access to commercial feed
• Lack of access to microfinance loans and other financial services
• Lack of access to extension services and training opportunities on better
management practices
• Social and gender related barriers

4. Project implementation modalities
• Inclusive Business and Entrepreneurial Models
• Local entrepreneurial individuals (women, men and young people, farmer
cooperatives)
• IBEMs will be provided with training, mentorship by the project. They will
inturn train and supply inputs to a cluster of farmers (a cluster of 42
farmers per IBEM)

5. Project implementation modalities
• The project will supply IBEMS with comprehensive farmer registers for
targetted training and input supply
• IBEMs will be initially supported to engage other farmers in farmer field schools
and through demonstration ponds, for marketing and selling their inputs.
• Project will work closely with the Department of Fisheries, and Private Sector
partners

6. Proposed solutions and Technologies promoted by
IBEMS
Quality fish seed/ fingerlings
Commercial feeds and pro-poor feed
distribution channels
Better Management Practices
Business skills training & mentorship

7. Advantages of the model
• Access to training and up to date information
• Access to seed and feed close to farmers
• Strengthening the linkages between private sector and IBEMS (through an
innovation platform)
• Pro-poor feed and seed distribution channels

8. Where we work
• Zambia districts:
• Nothern Province (Mbala, Kasama, Luwingu, Mporokoso),
• Luapula Province( Chipili, Mansa, Kawambwa, Samfya)
• Malawi Districts: -
• Southern Region (Zomba, Phalombe, Mulanje, Thyolo, Blantyre,
Neno/Mwanza)

9. Output 1: Inclusive business and entrepreneurial models (IBEMs)
established and functional for piloting to service local smallholder
farmers
• # of IBEMS operators 70 –
(50% women)
• # of farmers to be reached by
IBEMS – 3000 for both Zambia
and Malawi
• Recommendations on scaling

10. Output 2: Innovation platforms with private and
public actors established and functional
• Greater linkages between private and public actors with local aquapreneurs and
smallholder farmers
• Facilitate the coming together of selected local aqua-preneurs and fish farmers
each year for knowledge sharing and learning purposes
• Sustainability + exit strategy

11. Output 3: Innovative training materials on best management
practices, business skills development, entrepreneurship
• Training materials
developed for Zambia and
Malawi
• Currently being translated
to local languages and
finalized before testing with
farmers.
• Exploring use of digital
media

12. Output 4: Assessments evaluating efficacy of the IBEMs,
innovation platforms, and training materials and approaches
• Linked to MEL – Monitoring
framework and tools designed
• # of IBEMS operators 70 – (50% of
them women)
• # of farmers to be reached by
IBEMS – 3000 for both Zambia
and Malawi
• # of individuals to benefit from
increased consumption of fish -
27000

13. Funders and Implementation Period
The project is funded by the GIZ
Implementation Period: May
2019 to May 2022