DODOMA (Halbeeg News) – Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed deal with Tanzania’s fisheries and Education and Training Agency (FETA) to carry out the task.
Head of Aquaculture Department at Fisheries Education and Training Agency in Bagamoyo, Emmanuel Nkukura said the training will include marketing techniques of fish and fish products.
They will also be taught management of fisheries organizations, capacity building on extension and training services in fisheries sector.
“We have so far trained a total of 78 youths from Somalia, we have received another batch of 20 youth who are currently undergoing the intensive training on the sector”, said Nkurura.
He stated that the experts are expected to improve Somalia’s fisheries sector.
He said the intensive training is conducted for five weeks from June 24th 2019.
FETA is a public institution under the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development and it is a pioneer institution delivering various courses in different carries with a objective to provide competent range in delivering outputs in the fields of Marine engineering, fish processing, Aquaculture, Nautical science and boat building.
“Since inception, we have been achieving continuous and substantial growth, our resources both human and financial in technical knowhow have grown in parallel with what is needed in the real world market.” he noted.
He said the agency has been attracting an increasing number of students from within and outside the country.
“We have decided to participate in this fair so that we can show Tanzanians and other foreign exhibitors on what we offer in fisheries education and aquaculture training”, he noted.
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