Volta House of Chiefs targets Tilapia processing project with Chinese firms through partnership

Expected Economic and Social Benefits The project is expected to deliver several benefits to the Region and country at large: to create employment in fish farming, processing, transportation, packaging, storage, and related services, skills development and hands-on training, tech transfer and on-the-job training, export growth of processed tilapia to Europe and other international markets, local supply of processed fish for domestic consumption.

He said the initiative seeks to transform the Volta Region’s aquatic resources into economic value through modern fish processing, employment creation, technology transfer, and expanded domestic and international markets., a major Chinese aquaculture company, focuses on investment in commercial fish farming in the Volta Region with the Guangzhou Zhongjialian International Holdings Company, project executor and investment management entity would be responsible for the business connections, overall coordination and investment operations.