ICAFIS to increase a shrimp farm sustainability and performances, implementing the IDH FIT fund program in Vietnam.

The Farmers In Transition Fund aims to accelerate shrimp farmers transition to farming practices that deliver responsibly produced shrimp. The goal of the Fund is to co-invest in Field Level Projects which aim to: (i) Support shrimp farmers in Vietnam to implement more responsible practices – environmental, social and profitable (ii) Show measurable and meaningful positive social and environmental improvements in performance; (iii) Help seafood buyers to increase the availability of more responsibly produced farmed shrimp; (iv) Facilitate sharing of lessons learned and best practices in responsible aquaculture; (v) Address relevant bottlenecks in sustainability such as training and organizing producers, strengthening the capacity of producer organizations, traceability and access to finance; (vi) Develop more effective and scalable approaches for farmer and producer support which have a healthy business case. This will provide an exit from donor funding; (vii) Engage government and other stakeholders to improve the enabling environment for a responsible production.