Workshop Report: : The A-RAS feasibility project – dissemination workshop targeting small scale farmers

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Around 50,000 smallholder fish farmers in Kenya are using basic fishponds. These basic fishponds have low and unpredictable productivity while causing a strain on the water system in terms of water use and pollution. The feasibility project contributed to implement a new technology referred to as Affordable Recirculation Aquaculture Systems (A-RAS). This project has constructed the A-RAS in a total of five farms in Nyeri, following a circular economy approach, to assess the effectiveness of the components that are locally available, for their quality, availability, sustainability, and affordability. This involves the use of solar energy (SDG13), and the intention to reduce fish farming water use with almost 90%, while increasing fish production up to 40 times compared with existing pond systems with the same size. The project is financed by Partnership for Water (RVO), and co-financed by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature (LVVN) through a project called KB35: Food and nutrition security in the global south (KB-35-102-01). Please find more information in Appendix 1.