An initiative to repopulate depleted waters is teaching villagers sustainable agriculture, providing jobs and improving diets
or years, Eric Ndagijimana’s father, Barthazard, poached fish from Gishanda Lake in eastern Rwanda to feed his family. The subsistence farmer struggled to make ends meet and used to catch fish illegally from the lakes of nearbyuntil a government crackdown on poaching in 2010 pushed him and others to Gishanda.
Now Ndagijimana is on a mission to reverse the damage. He manages Gishanda Fish Farm, which is based on the banks of the lake to cultivate tilapia and restock the waters. My father was a fisher who poached for money. I wanted to carry on his legacy in a way that is legal and professional“My father was a fisher who poached for money, which paid for my school fees. I wanted to carry on his legacy but in a way that is legal, professional and would benefit the community as a whole,” says Ndagijimana, as he sprinkles granules of fish food into one of 16 tanks in the farm’s main building.
Powered by solar energy and using a recycled water system, Gishanda Fish Farm aims to produce 30 tonnes of tilapia a year.
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