Publication Date:
2021-05-19
Description:
The study is part of a research project, funded by the ODA, which aims to assess socioeconomic
dimensions of aquaculture development in Africa. The main field work component of
the research was based in Luapula Province, Zambia. The present study reconsiders the
findings from Luapula in the light of a comparison with fish farming in the Lake Basin Area,
Kenya.
Literature on aquaculture development in Kenya stresses weaknesses in managerial
capacity, in planning, and in the functioning of extension. Many of these problems are similar to
those identified in Zambia. In addition, aquaculture development has been constrained by the
divergent agendas and priorities of donors and host governments.
The project "Development of Small-Scale Fish Farming in the Lake Basin Area, Kenya",
has been beset by a series of false starts, poor donor-host relations, and misuse of funds. No
attempt was made to assess or identify the needs of the supposed beneficiaries. Several
evaluations have drawn attention to these problems over the ten years that the project has been
operating.
The current phase of the project, September 1992-December 1994, has involved
reorganisation and significant changes in direction. This is the focus of the study.
Description:
Published
Keywords:
Freshwater aquaculture
;
Fish culture
;
Aquaculture development
;
Socioeconomic aspects
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
Report
,
Not Known
Format:
41pp.
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