81261115 — Capacity Building for Cambodia's Aquaculture Sector

The objective of the BMZ Special Initiative ‘One World — No Hunger’ is to reduce extreme poverty and hunger. As part of the Initiative, the global programme on sustainable fisheries and aquaculture aims to increase the availability of fish products for the food-insecure population in partner countries and to boost employment and incomes in the area of sustainable artisan fishing and aquaculture. Despite ongoing economic growth and success in poverty reduction, Cambodia continues to face major challenges. The majority of the rural population still lives below or barely above the poverty line and is threatened by crop failures and loss of income as well as by dwindling natural resources, particularly fish. Pond culture and rice field fishing have the potential to boost fish production and related incomes from inland fishing. Production from aquaculture has grown steadily over the past decade, but its potential is still far from fully exploited. The Cambodian Government recognises this and has therefore committed to strengthening aquaculture as one of three pillars underpinning strategic planning by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).