About the PESCA Project
The Overall Objective and specific Objectives
The overall objective of this action is to increase the output, access and availability, and improve utilization of industrially and on-farm produced quality fish feed in Uganda.
- Establish roles and interactions amongst various actors within the value chains
- Ascertain availability, abundance and quality of alternative locally available feed ingredients and develop formulae for cost effective production of fish feeds;
- Evaluate current fish feed utilization, fish feeding regimes and practices, and recommend ways to reduce feed wastage and improve feeding efficiencies;
- Assess the research and development needs for better fish feed formulation, manufacture, storage, transportation, utilization, gender and environment responsiveness;
- Investigate the technical, economic and policy constraints related to the production of quality aquafeeds;
- Identify the major issues for optimization of fish feeds and feed additives;
- Increase the involvement of women and youth in the production, distribution, utilization of fish feeds through mobilisation, sensation, exposure and training;
- Enhance stakeholders knowledge of BMPs in fish feed production and management, and environment management.
- Increase availability and accessibility of action results and outputs.
- Review and devise appropriate fish feeds distribution channels including proactive linkages amongst feed producers and fish farmers;
- Develop alternative systems for sourcing, quality control and supply of fish feed ingredients to the fish feed production industry
- Develop information packages for investment in fish feed production and marketing industry;
- Identify the support services that are needed to build the capacity of SMEs aquafeed producers to enable them to improve the technical efficiency of their production processes;
Co-applicants – NARO (NARO-KARDC); Aquafarm Consults Ltd; Nalubowa-Lusembo & Company Estates Ltd; Chemiphar (U) Ltd; and Owan Mwan Aquaculture Limited (OMAL).
Selected associates existing fish feed factories; existing fish feed ingredients producers and suppliers; Asian Institute of Technology for Aquaculture (AIT); Senya Fish Farm; MUSO4 Ltd; Aquafarm; Lira Integrated Fish Farm; Nassenyi Fish Farm; Kikota Fish Farm and Bamukwasi Fish Farm. Gudula Leisure farm to offer specialised and experienced experts to offer short-term technical assistance
Months of project Implementation The project will implemented in twenty four months starting January 2020 to Decemeber 2021
Districts of Uganda The project will be implemented the selected 35 districts of Uganda
Target groups and beneficiaries
Small holder farmers
These practise aquaculture on a small scale and most cases on a subsistence level having 1 to 3 fish ponds each of <500 m2 or 1 or 2 cages each 10 m3
Feed Ingredient suppliers
Feed ingredient suppliers sell fish feed ingredients to the local feed producers and fish farmers for making the fish feeds.
Local feed producers
Local fish feed producers own fish feed producing plants/industries and are producing and selling fish feeds for local and regional markets
Fish feed inspectors
Resource managers, feed inspectors and extension staff are majorly public servants responsible for guiding aquaculture sub-sector development and commercialisation
Feed trade policy makers
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and cooperatives (MTIC) staff are responsible for guiding of local industrialisation; cooperatives such as POs management and regulation; and trade development in the country.
Aquaculture Development and Financial Resource Mobilisers
Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) are responsible for mobilisation of resources and allocation of funds to different sectors in the country.
The academia;
Research and Academia are responsible for generation, adoption, testing and improvement of aquaculture technologies to ensure fast growth and development of the sub-sector.
Funders
The European Union (EU) is the funder of a number of development projects in Uganda and is funding the EU PESCA project – Uganda under the 11th European Development Fund. EU is being targeted for supporting and funding the study
PESCA Project in Pictures
These are pictures taken during the implementation of the Project
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- Workshop
- Field Data
- Project Progress
Experts of ECRAM
This PESCA project is beiing implemented by a team of experts who inlude competent team from NARO (NaFIRRI – NARO-KARDC), AQuafarm Limited, Ssenya Fish farms, Chemiphar and OMAL
Mr. Owani Simon Olok
Executive Director, OMAL
Mwanja Wilson (PhD)
Managing Partner, ECRAMMwanja Matthew (PhD)
Senior Research Scientist, NAROMs Pauline Nakyewa
Ssenya Fish FarmsContact Us
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