Construction of solar tent fish dryer in Senga-Bay fishing ground along lake Malawi

About this Project

Understanding challenges women face in  preserving fish,  Eco-inclusive Green Money Enterprise (GREME) will construct Solar tent fish dryer in Senga-Bay fishing ground T/A Maganga in Salima District. The fish processors mostly use traditional methods of preserving their fish such as smoking,  sun drying that cause extremely high post harvest fish losses and low quality fish which result in reduction in economic gains.  This project will help in reducing high post-harvest fish losses, and have high quality fish products which can be supplied and sold in formal lucrative market to boost their economic gains. About 70% women will be  directly targeted with this project.

The Solar tent fish dryer construction project at the Mkama fishing ground in Salima implemented by the Eco-Inclusive Money Enterprise in conjunction with the community has been completed with the  required UV Polythene plastics covered. To complete and close the project,   the group is remaining with a training   of its 30 women fish processors on usage of solar tent fish dryers before handing over the project to the community. Once Completed, the project reduce post harvest fish losses as well as maximizing quantity of high quality fish sold in supermarkets leading to  gains for women fish processors in the area

Led by Harrison Nkhoma, Eco-Inclusive Green Money Enterprise (GREME) successfully completed the installation of a modern solar fish dryer in Salima. The project utilized $8,499.52 from Mudzi Connect to construct the dryer as a way of preserving and processing fish, improving upon traditional open-air drying methods, which are time-consuming and vulnerable to spoilage due to weather fluctuations. Within one month of operation, 35 women fish processors have been using the dryer, resulting in a 10% reduction in post-harvest losses from 40% to 30%. Additionally, there has been a 50% increase in the supply of quality fis