"Aquaculture is potentially the main driver of sustained fish supply in Malawi that can support the increasing protein needs of the population as it compensates for the dwindling fish catches under capture fisheries. Currently, fish contributes about 72% of animal protein in people’s diets and the fish industry employs more than 600,000 people in Malawi. Despite an increase in the number of fish farmers, access to quality fingerling remains a major challenge for most Malawi’s small-scale fish farmers and there is no structured market for fingerling production. Therefore, the current proposed project is designed to create a socio-ecological production area where the local communities are actively involved in the sustainable production of fingering with a goal of reducing incidences of malnutrition. The project will focus on three main areas; i) assessing the sustainability of already existing small-scale fingerling producers., ii) developing a sustainable community-based fingerling production system., iii) developing marketing systems for fingerling. The proposed project will be implemented in Dowa, Kasungu and Mchinji districts. The proposed project has been designed to support the Sustainable Development Goal number 2, which seeks to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture and goal number 5 which seeks to promote gender equality; the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) II; National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy (2016) and the TRANSFORM programme, which seek to contribute to sustainable agricultural transformation that will result in significant growth of agricultural sector in Malawi, 50 % women inclusion, including youth, people with disabilities and people living with HIV/AIDS in a bid to leave no one behind."