Rural Aquaculture Promotion

Ben is entering his sixth week of Rural Aquaculture Promotion training, or RAP for short. RAP is a well received program that villagers are excited to learn about, because one pond helps provide the majority of protein for a family, creates a supplemental income to their annual maize harvest, and helps diversify their often limited diets, among other things. A RAP standard pond is 10 by 15 meters in size, with a depth of 1.3 meters, and are dug by hand with a shovel or hoe.