Aquaculture Zimbabwe (AQZ) is a local registered Private Voluntary Organization (PVO No.33/12) working towards the development of the fisheries and aquaculture subsector for improved livelihoods in the country. The organization was registered as a Trust in 2008 and as a Private Voluntary Organization in 2012. AQZ maintains its head office in Harare, a sub office in Masvingo and field offices in all its districts of operation. It has implemented programs in Mwenezi, Chiredzi, Kwekwe, Shurugwi, Bindura, Zvishavane, Makoni, Mutasa, Mt Darwin, Mutare, Chirumanzu, Bikita, Gokwe South, Chivi, Zvimba, Chegutu, Beitbridge, Insiza, Umzingwane and Kariba districts. AQZ has a team of experienced personnel in various disciplines which include crop and livestock production, aquaculture, capture fisheries, business development services and marketing, rural finance, nutrition, water sanitation and health, gender and natural resource management. Over the last ten years, AQZ has grown phenomenally on the backdrop of an exclusive focus on a value chain with immense growth potential – the fish value chain. The annual budget for the organization has been on an upward trajectory and in 2018, AQZ implemented projects worth over US$1,942,906.91 combined. AQZ has implemented projects for various donors which include the European Commission (EC), World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) and Department For International Development (DFID). The organization has experience in pioneering low cost rural fish farming enterprises to vulnerable communities, particularly, in agro ecological regions III, IV and V which typically experience erratic rain fall patterns with prolonged dry seasons in between. AQZ uses an inter-sectoral approach to implement nutrition sensitive and climate smart projects. Aquaculture Zimbabwe has a strong technical partner base from which specific programs can tap into depending on the needs arising on the ground. These strategic partners include The Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Zimbabwe (Fish Pathology), The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, The Department of Livestock Production and Development (now the Crop and Livestock Department) and the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS).