How to reap handsome returns by keeping tilapia in your backyard

Bonventure Onyango (in a vest) and his friends harvest tilapia from a pond located Ngong in Kajiado County.[Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

Modern fish farming is gaining popularity as a way of increasing income and supplementing the already dwindling supply from Lake Victoria due to pollution, overfishing and weed infestation.

One of the most popular fish species is tilapia. 

A backyard fishpond for tilapia will increase a family’s income because fish is quality food, which is suitable for processing into dried, smoked or salted. Tilapia grows fast and reaches marketable weight of at least 200 grammes in less than six months.