KMFRI Director General, Dr. Paul Orina, graced a stakeholder engagement meeting under the new project, A Just and Sustainable Transformation of Fish Farming in Lake Victoria, Kenya (AJUST), bringing together key players in the aquaculture sector to explore pathways towards sustainable cage fish farming in Lake Victoria.
Discussions explored the challenges and opportunities within cage aquaculture, potential areas for collaboration and practical approaches to building a sustainable and thriving fish farming sector.
The engagements also included consortium discussions and field visits to Anyanga and Oele beaches, providing an opportunity for partners to interact with local stakeholders and appreciate the realities of fish farming on the ground.
Funded by the Danida Fellowship Centre and led by KMFRI Kisumu, the project seeks to promote a just, inclusive and sustainable transformation of fish farming in Lake Victoria.
The stakeholder meeting was also attended by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Maseno University and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Eldoret, Prof. Simiyu. It brought together representatives from the State Department for the Blue Economy and Fisheries, Kenya Fisheries Service, county fisheries directorates from Siaya, Kisumu and Homa Bay, cage farmers, feed distributors, hatcheries and the National BMU network
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Discussions explored the challenges and opportunities within cage aquaculture, potential areas for collaboration and practical approaches to building a sustainable and thriving fish farming sector.
The engagements also included consortium discussions and field visits to Anyanga and Oele beaches, providing an opportunity for partners to interact with local stakeholders and appreciate the realities of fish farming on the ground.
Funded by the Danida Fellowship Centre and led by KMFRI Kisumu, the project seeks to promote a just, inclusive and sustainable transformation of fish farming in Lake Victoria.
The stakeholder meeting was also attended by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Maseno University and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Eldoret, Prof. Simiyu. It brought together representatives from the State Department for the Blue Economy and Fisheries, Kenya Fisheries Service, county fisheries directorates from Siaya, Kisumu and Homa Bay, cage farmers, feed distributors, hatcheries and the National BMU network
#KMFRI #AJUSTProject #SustainableAquaculture #BlueEconomy #LakeVictoria#arbeciii
