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As fish caught from natural lakes and streams have traditionally been an important part of the diet in Malawi, increasing population and declining catches reduced annual per capita fish consumption from 14 kilograms in the 1970s to about 4 kilograms in 2005. Aquaculture has since been seen as an exit option to relieve pressure from dwindling capture fisheries and increase fish consumption. WorldFish Center has made remarkable contribution to improving household income and food security through the promotion of Integrated Agriculture Aquaculture (IAA) in Southern Africa and Malawi in particular. There are now over 6000 farm families that have adopted different IAA technologies up from about 300 in the 1980s. The IAA farm families have achieved a range of benefits including increased farm productivity, increased household incomes, improved adaptation and resilience to erratic climatic conditions; improved food and nutritional security through increased production and consumption of fresh fish and food crops grown around the fish ponds.