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A Strategy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the Volta Basin riparian countries’ post-harvest chains and regional trade

Year of publication 2016

Pages 54 p.

Author Yvette Diei-Ouadi

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-109334-4

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular

Series number C1121 (En)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Fisheries and aquaculture are essential for food and nutrition security, employment, income generation and improved livelihoods. The Volta Basin provides a significant number of fisheries and fisheriesrelated jobs. However, operations face significant challenges including multifaceted issues, with inefficiencies at the upstream and downstream levels. In order to understand how to improve this situation sustainably, the NEPAD-FAO Fish Programme (NFFP) conducted pilot studies on postharvest fisher ies losses in the riparian countries of the Volta Basin. The main objective was to gauge the performance of the post-harvest chain by assessing the causes, nature, contextual patterns and extent of these losses within this shared waterbody. The NFFP thus developed the capacity of fisheries officers and fishers in carrying out loss assessments and in designing sustainable loss-reduction cost-effective interventions. This comprised building a sound understanding of fish losses and their intricate dimensions, including a knowledge-sharing gender analysis process, and generating lessons and elements for an informed strategy for sustainable reduction of post-harvest losses and greater regional trade in fishery products. This strategy was developed following the regional workshop “Improvement of post-harvest chains and regional trade in countries bordering the Volta Basin”, which took place from 18 to 20 February 2014 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, organized by the NEPAD Planning and Coordina ting Agency (NPCA) and FAO, through the NFFP with the support of the Directorate of Fisheries of Burkina Faso. This consultative meeting of stakeholders identified drivers and determinants of post-harvest fish losses and trade barriers in the Volta region.

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