AGRICULTURAL NEWS - Mashudu Tamba (not his real name) is an elderly fish farmer from Thohoyandou who has a small pond farm in Venda, Limpopo.
He owns a piece of land on which he grows vegetables and raises chickens, as well as a house and a fish farm.
His son helps him on the farm.
Tamba is one of many smallholders who were encouraged by government to try their hand at aquaculture.
He dug the nine ponds, the largest of which is about 250m2 and one metre deep, with the help of family and neighbours on vacant swampy land near a seasonal watercourse.
He fills the ponds from a small spring on his land.
Tamba stocked his ponds with tilapia obtained from nearby streams, and also received a number of fish from local government agencies.
He has since given fish to some of his neighbours who also have ponds.
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