The proposed project will take place over a roughly 3.5 year period and comprises two components on: 1. Upgrading the fisheries/aquaculture curriculum (long- and short-term courses), training tools, online training platforms, and internship programs of TEVET institutions in Zambia, namely NRDC but with links to other TEVET institutions to scale the upgraded training “package” over the course of the project; and 2. Enhancing the technical education, vocational, and entrepreneurship skills of rural women, men, and youth smallholder commercial fish farmers and increasing their linkages to input/output markets and entrepreneurship opportunities via private sector extension support and services delivery. Project Goal: the development goal of the project is to increase the number of: (1) human resources working for the private sector; and (2) smallholder commercial fish farmers with enhanced aquaculture knowledge and up-to-date practical skills to help sustainably grow the sector and make it more inclusive. Project Objective: The project objective is to develop the aquaculture knowledge and practical skills of students and smallholder commercial fish farmers (especially women and female youth) participating in technical education, vocational, and entrepreneurship training to enable them to find gainful employment in the private sector.