The project benefits will be increased freshwater aquaculture production and incomes, improved food security and nutrition, and better gender equity in Sagaing Region and Shan State. In total we anticipate 3,000 producer householders to benefit from this project, 1,500 as direct beneficiaries and 1,500 as indirect beneficiaries with additional indirect benefits including employment for family members and landless households. Learning activities and partnerships will include restoring and upgrading at least four DoF and supporting private sector hatcheries, and also upgrading two backyard hatcheries and 100 nurseries for the production of quality fish fry and fingerlings. The project will also focus on developing and increasing the supply of quality brood stocks through GIFT tilapia and rohu genetic improvement programs. The project will assess human nutrition benefits attributable to small-scale aquaculture development and in collaboration with MYSAP program management unit (PMU) will facilitate an assessment of the impact of aquaculture products on household nutrition in fish deficit areas of the wider MYSAP project. The expected result is increased availability and access to fresh water aquaculture products that are produced sustainably by small-scale producers, and which provide nutritious, affordable sources of food and incomes for the poor, women and children in the Shan State and Sagaing Region.