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Lattice Aquaculture

Empowering East Africa's Aquaculture for Better Nutrition and Livelihoods

Implementing Partner for USAID's Kenya Investment Mechanism - KIM

Lattice partners with USAID to provide technical assistance for the...

Best Fish Farmer Competition - Empowering Aquaculture through Youth Engagement

Region: Kenya
Sector: Aquaculture
Duration: 2022-2023
Partners: Embassy of the Kingdom of the...

RVO Roundtable Sessions- Future Proofing the Kenyan Feed Sector - Fostering a Sustainable Feed Sector in East Africa

Region: Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda
Sector: Aquaculture
Duration: 2023-2026
Partners: Larive International, Lattice, Embassy...

IDH Project: Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Aquaculture

Region: Kenya
Sector: Aquaculture
Duration: 2022-2026
Partners: IDH, Local financial institutions

Overview: The IDH...

What is aquaculture

Our Aquaculture practice spurs growth in the aquaculture sector in East Africa for better prosperity through improved nutrition and livelihoods. We believe that the Aquaculture Sector can contribute significantly to the production of much-needed high-quality protein to feed our growing population and, in so doing, create meaningful and dignified jobs for people, particularly women and youth.

Program Design:

Creating aquaculture programs with clear goals, we ensure that these programs are sustainable and impactful. Our design process includes stakeholder engagement, needs assessment, and strategic planning. Programs we have designed have improved aquaculture yields by 30% and increased profitability for fish farmers.

Market Entry and Targeting:

Navigating the complexities of entering new markets is a specialized skill. Our expertise in market entry and targeting helps clients identify the best opportunities and develop strategies to capture market share. Our clients have successfully entered new markets with a 25% market share within the first year.

Market Entry and Targeting:

Establishing the commercial viability of aquaculture enterprises is critical for securing investment and achieving growth. Our feasibility studies and business assessments provide a comprehensive analysis of market potential, financial performance, and operational feasibility. These assessments have been pivotal in securing over $100 million in funding for aquaculture projects.

Lattice Aqua believes in the possibility of the Aquaculture Sector in Eastern Africa to drive the production of much needed high-quality protein to feed our growing population. In so doing the sector will create meaningful and dignified jobs for people, particularly women and youth.

Lattice Aqua works with likeminded partners to realize the potential of this sector, by providing the services below:

  1. Program design and management
  2. Market studies and technical research
  3. Feasibility studies and business for commercial players along the aquaculture value chain, e.g., large, and mid-scale farms, feed producers, logistics providers and education

The Lattice Aquaculture Family includes Lattice Aquaculture Trust (which enables us to work with players in the non-for-profit space) and the Aquaculture Academy.

The Opportunity For Aquaculture In East Africa

Provide sustainable protein and economic growth for East Africa’s fast growing population

Background

East Africa is facing a growing demand for animal protein, due to population growth, rising incomes, urbanization and changing food habits. This results in rapidly growing demand for sustainably produced, safe, nutritious and protein rich food.

Opportunity

The farming of fish provides a unique opportunity to address this growing demand. Fish is healthy, low-fat, contains key amino acids and valuable nutritional properties, whilst preventing disease. Traditionally, fish makes up a significant share of East Africa’s diet.

Fish are the most resource-efficient protein available (aside from insects):

  1. Has the lowest carbon footprint.
  2. Uses the least fresh water per kg produced.
  3. 1 kg of fish can be cultured with 1.3 kg of feed (compared to a 1-to-8 ratio for beef).

In recent years, spurred by investments by the private sector, public institutions and NGOS in the value chain, the aquaculture industry in East Africa has been developing rapidly.

Ten years ago, fish farming in cages on Lake Victoria was non-existent. Now, in Kenya, over 4,000 cages are registered on Lake Victoria. In the three main counties for cage farming (Homa Bay, Siaya, Kisumu) alone, a total of 2,961 fish farmers are registered.

However, critically, the available number of skilled people is drastically lagging, constraining the entire sector.

Our Partners

Aquaculture Academy’s Online Courses

  • To increase the reach and accessibility of the Aquaculture Academy, a curriculum with over 100 e-learning videos is available, including courses and exams.
  • Farmers can learn about the detailed procedures of fish farming and access this knowledge at their own farm.
  • Courses include business skills, water quality, feeding practices, animal health management, farm management.
  • Young students easily adopt online learning materials.
  • Efficient method to visualize internal procedures.
  • Improve young farmers’ skills to match the labour market requirements.