Lawrence Paganga

Lawrence Paganga is a freelance journalist based in Harare, Zimbabwe. He is interested in covering agriculture and human interest stories in the southern African region. He has contributed to various local and regional newspapers and magazines.

Zimbabwe embarks on ambitious rural aquaculture programme

Land-based production systems Consumer Tilapia / Cichlids

11 August 2023

The Zimbabwe government has embarked on an ambitious aquaculture programme that it says will address food insecurity, unemployment and income generation – but critics have labelled it a “vanity project.”