Are provisioning ecosystem services from rural aquaculture contributing to reduce hunger in Africa?

This study shows that rural households are strongly dependent on agriculture/aquaculture as their main source of food and income. In general, families making a living from fish farming as their main activity have improved their access to food and basic services. There has been a significant increase in fish consumption in households since they have been engaged in rural fish farming, and there has also been an increase in the frequency of fish consumption per week. This progress in food and nutrition security needs to be consolidated through fish-farming development policies. However, rural aquaculture is still a sector in the early stages of development and has to overcome limiting factors such as a lack of specialised technical knowledge, logistical infrastructure and difficulties in access to credit and markets.