AquaMnara: Building Resilience for Aquaculture Farmers

AquaMnara is a venture supported by FSD Africa and BFA Global that provides Kenyan aquaculture farmers with technical guidance, certified inputs, and an e-voucher credit system to build climate resilience. The initiative addresses a $12 billion annual financing gap and resource underutilisation in Kenya, while specifically supporting women through the Women in Aquaculture programme.

• The aquaculture sector in Kenya faces significant underutilisation and financial barriers, with 43,494 farmers managing 66,337 ponds, nearly half of which are inactive. A $12 billion annual financing gap further restricts farmers' access to critical resources.
• AquaMnara, founded under the Triggering Exponential Climate Action (TECA) programme with support from FSD Africa and BFA Global, provides services to improve climate resilience and sustainability. These services include linkages to certified suppliers for feeds, fingerlings, and water quality testing kits, an e-voucher system for credit-based input acquisition, and training in sustainable practices.
• AquaMnara's interventions have enabled individual farmers to increase productivity and income. For example, Samwel Nyabinda and Sharon Awuor expanded from one pond to three, with each pond yielding over 150,000 shillings per cycle, allowing them to invest in a solar pump and a motorbike.
• The Women in Aquaculture programme by AquaMnara has provided 20 women with aquaculture cages and is piloting further initiatives for training and inputs to address cultural and gender biases in the sector.

APA

FSD Africa (2025). AquaMnara: Building Resilience for Aquaculture Farmers. https://fsdafrica.org/impact-stories/aquamnara-building-resilience-for-aquaculture-farmers/

Chicago

FSD Africa. AquaMnara: Building Resilience for Aquaculture Farmers. 2025. https://fsdafrica.org/impact-stories/aquamnara-building-resilience-for-aquaculture-farmers/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{fsdafrica2025aquamnara, author = {{FSD Africa}}, title = {{AquaMnara: Building Resilience for Aquaculture Farmers}}, institution = {FSD Africa}, year = {2025}, month = may, url = {https://fsdafrica.org/impact-stories/aquamnara-building-resilience-for-aquaculture-farmers/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }