APDRA Pisciculture Paysanne

APDRA is a french non-profit association/NGO founded in 1996 and recognized for public utility. It supports promotion of fish farming in developing countries and raises awareness in developed countries for the opportunity this activity represents for the rural development.

APDRA works for strengthening food security, increasing and diversifying the incomes of family farms though the development of fish farming integrated to the local agricultural, environmental and socio-economic dynamics, the supports of the professional organizations in the rural areas. The association operate on four important areas: fish farming techniques, value chain structuration, training and research and development.

APDRA is currently conducting projects in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Guinea, Madagascar, Liberia and Cambodia.