WorldFish
Millions of viewers, including 300,000 from coastal fishing communities across East Africa and audiences worldwide on YouTube, have tuned in to three special episodes of Shamba Shape Up produced in partnership with WorldFish through the Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) project, showcasing new approaches to seaweed farming, fisheries management and sustainable aquaculture.
The three episodes aired and are now available online.
- Episode 1: Women’s groups on Kenya’s south coast pioneering climate smart seaweed farming, from ocean shambas in Shimoni to value added products in Gazi, and testing integrated multi trophic aquaculture. [Watch here]
- Episode 2: Coastal communities using GPS trackers, local data collection and solar powered cold chains to boost safety at sea, fight overfishing, cut fuel costs and keep catches fresh. [Watch here]
- Episode 3: Smallholder innovators transforming coastal livelihoods through shrimp fish crab sea cucumber polyculture, community run crab farming and women processors improving fish preservation with solar powered and traditional methods. [Watch here]
The episodes, broadcast in English and Swahili, showcase practical, low cost solutions that could help smallholders improve aquaculture management, raise incomes and build climate smart coastal economies.
“Through Shamba Shape Up, we’re putting climate-smart, proven practices directly into fishers’ homes, in their own language, in a format they know and trust,” said Levine Mbelase, AABS project manager in Kenya.
The partnership is part of Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS), a seven-year project, from 2023 to 2030, implemented by WorldFish with a host of partners to sustainably transform aquatic food systems in Asia and Africa. Funded by UK International Development under the Blue Planet Fund, AABS aims to leverage South–South collaboration to deliver a triple win for nature, people and climate.
For more information on Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) click HERE
For more information on Shamba Shape Up click HERE
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