Technical report: meeting small-scale fish farmers' needs. Factoring socio economic aspects into the third phase of the project, small-scale fish farming in the Lake Basin

FAO LIBRARY FICHE AN: 370019

FI:TCP/KEN/4551
Technical Report

Report prepared for the Government of Kenya
by
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
based on the work of
K. Leendertse
Consultant

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1996

Table of contents

TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME

SUPPORT TO SMALL-SCALE RURAL AQUACULTURE IN WESTERN KENYA

KENYA

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Executive summary and recommendations

Context

Constraints

Meeting the BSF approach - fish for food security

BSF policies

BSF strategy in Western Kenya

Fish for food security

BSF and the project

Re-orientation of the project's approach

Focussing on the socio-economic context of small scale fish farming

Factors of importance

Fish farmers' participation