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Fish for Livelihoods Newsletter Fish for Livelihoods Newsletter Issue 7, April - June 2021 Fish for Livelihoods: IR 2: Increased access to food-safe fish and fish products in the markets. Access The United States Agency for International of Small-scale Aquaculture (SSA) farmers to Development (USAID) funds the Fish for domestic markets increased and a consistent Livelihoods Activity which aims to increase supply of food-safe fish and fish products fish production, labor productivity, food was ensured. availability, and fish consumption especially for women and children from vulnerable IR 3: Improved nutrition, food safety, and households. It provides opportunities for WASH. Improved diet diversity and entrepreneurial activities in small-scale consumption of safe fish products and aquaculture (SSA) systems and promotes increased access to WASH packages social behavioral change messages that especially for women of reproductive age and direct home production and market children under five. purchases towards nutritious-conscious household decisions. Fish for Livelihoods is being implemented in five inland states and regions in Central and Northern Myanmar: Mandalay, Magway, Sagaing, Shan, and Kachin for a period of five years (October 2019 – September 2024). The project primarily targets small-scale aquaculture households (with small ponds <1 acre) and associated value chain actors. The project targets at least 10,000 individuals, mainly pond farmers and fish value chain market actors over 5 years of the project. Figure 1. A group of female participants attending a Nutrition event with cooking demonstration at Haelone village, Inlay Lake. Project Anticipated Results: Inclusive and sustainable aquaculture growth to improve nutrition and food security especially for reproductive-age women and children under five in central and northern Myanmar. IR 1: Production. Small-scale aquaculture production increased through improved and land and water use and increased access to information, high-quality inputs, and credit. In partnership with WorldFish Myanmar Office Tel:+950 1647 521 Email:[email protected] A. Capacity Development was meant to replicate hatchery customers. This activity distributed SSA pamphlets to Initiatives for the Small- hatcheries and their owners will further share with their customers. In addition to the SSA scale Aquaculture (SSA) key message sharing session, the field team farmers: trained hatchery owners on how to check water quality (pH, ammonia, and oxygen) 140 with the test kits provisioned by the Activity, 121 120 “Fish for Livelihoods”. 100 The hatchery owners will share SSA 80 knowledge and distribute pamphlets among 59 60 their customers. With this, the Activity will reach more indirect beneficiaries through 40 29 hatcheries – a key milestone set in the current year, and even beyond this capacity 20 10 9 6 2 2 2 3 building initiative and provision of test kits, 0 SSA Feed Mill Fish Feed Nursery Hatchery hatchery owners know how to measure water quality. The test kits are valuable for future Male Female water quality management that will result in Figure 2. Numbers of SSA farmers (male and better-quality water and an increase in female) received training during the quarter. production. During the quarter, the “Fish for Livelihoods” 2. Face-to-Face Small-Scale Aquaculture Activity has delivered a range of training (SSA) Training to the farmers at sessions to SSA farmers. In aggregate, 243 His Hseng township, Southern Shan: (Male=167, female=66) SSA farmers The SSA and nutrition modulated training received training under capacity building (modules 1 and 21) was conducted initiatives across Activity’s intervention areas. in Hsi Hseng township, Southern Shan state The training session were conducted on SSA on April 27, 2021 as shown in figure-3. A (pre-stocking and post-stocking total of 24 (Male=18, Female=6) new project management), hatchery and nursery participants and 05 (Male=1, Female=4) management, and fish feed and feed mills indirect beneficiaries had attended the installed with the support of the Activity as training session. The participants gained seen in the figure-2. The maximum knowledge on SSA, Nutrition, WASH, and participants, 180 (74%) were trained in SSA dike cropping system and clear guidance to whereas only 5 (2%) participants received practice better management practices facilitation on hatchery management. The (BMPs) in the field. With this increase in details of all training sessions can be seen in knowledge, farmers will practice better fish forthcoming paras. farming compared to the previous years where the farmers have been practicing their 1. Face-to-Face SSA Training to the traditional knowledge with outdated methods Hatchery farmers in Nyaung Shwe and lesser or no use of modern technology. township, Southern Shan: The WorldFish field team conducted in-person training sessions of key messages on SSA to two (02) hatcheries on April 20 and 23, 2021 in Nyaung Shwe township. A total of five (05) participants (Male=2 and Female=3) have attended the training. The training delivered 1 The Activity delivers training sessions on three management, BMPs, and post-stocking management modules; Pre-stocking management, post-stocking (harvesting, linkages with the value chain actors) In partnership with WorldFish Myanmar Office Tel:+950 1647 521 Email:[email protected] Figure 3. SSA Farmers listening to a facilitator at a Figure 4. A trainer delivering session to SSA farmers community hall in His Hseng township, Southern on pre-stocking management in Nam Sang township. Shan. 4. Feed Mill training to the Farmers in Salin 3. Small scale aquaculture (SSA) training and Ngape Townships, Magway and Wetlet sessions to the farmers in Nam Sang Township, Sagaing Region: On 8 June 2021, township (in person): To enhance the the field team tested the feed mill that was capacity of the farmer in SSA businesses, installed with the support of the Activity and, SSA, and nutrition, module 1 training was delivered a feed mill training session at Tamar delivered to five (05) villages; Naung Bo, Chaung village, in Salin on 9 June 2021. 14 Naung Hsant, Ward-4, Mine Seik, and farmers (Male=12, Female=2) attended the Ahmat-5 in Nam Sang township. These training session. On June 11, another session sessions were delivered on May 14,17,20,21, was delivered at Chaung Phyu village in Ngape. and 24, 2021 respectively. A total of 156 Eleven (Male=10, female=1) farmers attended (Male=103, Female=53) SSA farmers the training session. In aggregate, 25 (Male=22, attended and completed the training Female=3) farmers were provided with training sessions. Despite instability and a support on feed mill use. deteriorating political situation in Myanmar, the face-to-face training sessions were On June 23-24, 2021, a WorldFish field team delivered successfully. The Activity provided member conducted feed miller training in Kone SSA training to newly identified farmers, and Gyi Village, Wetlet township, Sagaing. 14 with that, they received clear guidance on participants (Male=7, Female=7) from the how to administer better management village attended the training session. On the practices (BMPs), knowledge on human first day of the training, the facilitator and nutrition, and pond dike cropping systems. participants installed a feed milling machine and The enhanced knowledge and techniques carried out a test run. On the second day, the attained via training sessions, when practiced trainer trained and demonstrated how to choose well, will positively impact farmers and result quality raw materials, which are available in the in increased production from fish ponds. The local market (rice bran, dried fish powder, latter will result in diverse and balanced diets peanut cake, cassava, salt, etc.), and how to by including more fish and vegetables in daily mix raw materials to get the required protein diets. A glimpse of the session can be viewed percentage, i.e., 25%. A practical in figure-4 below. demonstration on how to mix raw materials for pelleted fish feed can be seen in figure-5. Despite the challenging situation in the country, the face-to-face training sessions were delivered successfully, with the farmers participating interactively. The Activity provided feed mill training to all participants for the first time in the Magway region. The farmers received clear guidance on how to In partnership with WorldFish Myanmar Office Tel:+950 1647 521 Email:[email protected] identify and choose the feed, the important partners (IPs), the Myanmar Fisheries role of feed for the fish growth rate, size of Federation (MFF) in Kachin state. the feed, raw materials for the feed, percentage of protein in raw materials, protein % calculation in the feed, management of the feed mill, storage of the feed, Feed Conversation Ratio (FCR), and testing the feed quality. The feed millers also learned technical aspects of feed and its composition. Figure 6. A facilitator briefing on how to make sinking pellet fish feed by using locally available raw materials in Kachin. The key objectives of the training are to promote local fish feed production in the area and the accessibility of quality fish feed to the farmers. The training session was attended Figure 5. Farmers practicing during training session by a total of 11 participants; six (6) farmers on how to mix raw materials and ingredients to make from Myitkyina, Bhamaw, and Waimaw quality sinking pellet fish feed in Wetlet township. (Male=5, Female=1), and five (5) Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF) staff (Male=4, When the fish feed is produced within the female=1). The training was organized in the local community and is easily accessible to MFF office Myitkyina township, Kachin state farmers, fish farming in the intervention areas as can be seen in figure-6. will become sustainable in the long run. This will reduce the dependency on commercial In the training sessions, the participants were fish feed. This machine installed can only trained on how to make sinking pellet feed by produce a sinking pellet.
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