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Aquaculture farmers hit hard by high cost of fish feed

A large group of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) swimming about. [Getty Images]

The high cost of fish feed coupled with the lack of certified fingerlings have been identified as the major challenges facing aquaculture farming in the East and Central Africa region.

In Kenya, farmers are producing 30 metric tonnes (MT) of fish per year which is below the expected capacity.

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