The Norec-supported Kenya - Norway Aquaculture Exchange has entered its next phase, with participants from Val Skoler and AquaFind AS arriving in Kenya to begin a three-month professional work exchange at Jumbo Fish Farm.

Simen Riffault Andresen, Oddbjørn Johnsen and Martin Moe will spend the coming months embedded in daily operations, learning directly within Kenya’s aquaculture context as part of the reciprocal exchange.

After a week of preparatory training at The Lukenya Getaway, the exchange now moves from preparation to practice. At Lukenya discussions went deep into how food systems actually grow, what happens when demand changes faster than values and how mission-driven organisations are forced to make hard choices as they scale. Case scenarios explored growth, trade-offs and the tension between impact and sustainability, questions that sit at the heart of aquaculture development.

Equally important were the human dimensions. Long discussions about context. About responsibility. About what it means to step into someone else’s reality and work with it, not around it. By the end of the week, it was clear that a meaningful exchange requires awareness, adaptability and respect for the systems and communities you enter.

This next phase is about understanding tropical aquaculture from the inside; the pace, the constraints and the decisions that shape production every day. Learning will happen in real time, alongside farmers and technicians. This is where exchange becomes tangible through shared work, questions asked and decisions made in real time.

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