ALCOM field Document No. 36

REPORT ON THE SEMINAR ON AQUACULTURE EXTENSION IN ZAMBIA TABLE OF CONTENTS

2–6 October 1995
Pan African Institute for Development
Kabwe, Zambia

by

Henk van der Mheen
Aquaculturist
FAO/ALCOM

Funding Agencies:

SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
BELGIAN ADMINISTRATION FOR DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION

Executing Agency:

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Harare, Zimbabwe, October 1995

PREFACE

This document reports on the Seminar on Aquaculture Extension in Zambia, which was held in the Pan African Institute for Development in Kabwe, Zambia, from 2 to 6 October 1995. This seminar aimed to review the extension approaches used in the various provinces of Zambia, and prepared guidelines for improving the efficiency of the aquaculture extension service in the country.

ALCOM, the aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme, is a regional aquaculture and fisheries programme of the FAO (Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations). Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, it covers the member countries of SADC: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

ALCOM's aim is to assist member countries improve the living standards of rural populations through the practice of aquaculture and small reservoir fisheries. Towards this end, pilot activities are conducted in selected member-countries to demonstrate new techniques, technologies of methodologies. Successes achieved, ideas derived, and lessons learned are disseminated for use in the region. ALCOM began its work in 1986 and is funded by Sweden and Belgium, with contributions to pilot projects form member countries.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1   INTRODUCTION

2   OPENING

3   OVERVIEW OF AQUACULTURE IN ZAMBIA

4   AQUACULTURE EXTENSION IN SIX PROVINCES OF ZAMBIA

4.1   Northern Province
4.2   Copperbelt Province
4.3   Northwestern Province

4.3.1   DoF
4.3.2   Africare

4.4   Central Province
4.5   Luapula province
4.6   Eastern Province

5   ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EXTENSION APPROACH USED IN EASTERN PROVINCE

6   THE AGRICULTURE EXTENSION SERVICE IN ZAMBIA

7   ORGANISATION AND PLANNING OF EXTENSION

8   CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

APPENDIX 1:   LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

APPENDIX 2:   PROGRAMME

APPENDIX 3:   RESULTS OF THE WORKING GROUPS ON EXTENSION MESSAGE, METHODS AND PLANNING.