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An Ecosystem Approach to Mariculture - TCP/KEN/3502

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Kenya’s fisheries subsector plays an important role in the national economy, supporting about 80 000 people directly and 800 000 people indirectly. Aquaculture contributes approximately nine percent of total national fish production, with an annual production of about 20 tonnes. The Government is committed to the growth of sustainable maricultureto feed its population and develop fisheries products suitable for international markets. However, maricultureis faced by several challenges in its efforts to feed the population and contribute to export markets in a sustainable way. The need to develop a good maricultureplan with ecosystem considerations was therefore paramount. The Government of Kenya requested assistance from FAO to boost its efforts to transform and upscale the subsector. FAO responded to this request with the current project, assisting coastal region farmers to achieve food and nutrition security by improving the ecosystem services of coastal Kenya. The synergies between this project and project FMM/GLO/112/MUL “Ecosystem Service and Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Security”, part of the wider Blue Growth Initiative (BGI), resulted in an increased knowledge of the environmental and socio-economic value of the ecosystem, mangrove restoration, small-scale mariculturedemonstrations the conservation of biodiversity and conflict management among resource users and the mainstreaming of the Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture (EAA) in national policies.

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