How CASA and Viphya Chambo are working together
Project title: Facilitate investment into the sector by emerging SMEs via piloting fish aggregation and offtake arrangements as an investable model
CASA assisted Viphya Chambo attain investment readiness by engaging a technical advisor to prepare necessary comprehensive documents. A second technical advisor boosted Viphya’s production capacity by assisting the firm in fingerling production and also table-sized fish. Viphya contracted 72 fish farmers who aggregated 1,320 kg of fish. This was off taken by Viphya Chambo at £1.66 per kg
CASA supported Viphya Chambo to produce an investment profile for the AGRF DealRoom in 2022
CASA work complete: December 2021
Total cost of technical assistance package: £91,176 (£65,588 provided by CASA)
117,236
sex-reversed fingerlings produced
622 farmers
mobilized
1,320 kg
fish procured from smallholders
Business investment opportunity
Viphya Chambo wants to set up an indoor fingerling hatcher, purchase a larger refrigerated van and become a small-scale floating fish feed producer
6.4 tonnes /hectare
potential yield increase
2.5 million
fingerling capacity in indoor hatchery
34 tonnes
unmet demand in the local markets
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