Solar Technology Innovation
• The LVSF project is supporting solar technology to replace kerosene lamps on fishing of small fish on Lake Victoria to improve energy efficiency, protection of environment and climate change mitigation. The project will support selected fishers from selected landing sites to acquire solar lamps
Support Women & Youth Groups
• The LVSF project is supporting selected women and youths groups to access solar drier technology for improved quality of small fish. The selected women and youths groups will receive solar dries, training to develop skills for innovative processed fish products, packaging and digital market information services, linkages to markets and required inputs.
eFisher Mobile App
• The LVSF project is introducing an eFisher, a mobile technology App to operationalize low cost electronic data collection, real time transmission, market intelligence, weather data, financial performance and analysis systems for fishers and boat owners.
Project Duration
February 2022 to March 2025
Project Mission
To reduce food losses, improve incomes and nutrition from small fish systems.
Project Goal
Contribute to improved, inclusive, nutritious and sustainable livelihoods of communities dependent on small fish in Lake Victoria.
Overview of the Project
Experience in Promoting Sustainable Technologies and Marketing Strategies
Lake Victoria Small Fish Project targets to Increase Incomes and Reduce Food Losses in Small Fish Systems (LVSF) project. The LVSF project is funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and is implemented in Lake Victoria Riparian States of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, coordinated by the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) at regional level.
“Join Us! Contribute to improved, inclusive, nutritious and sustainable livelihoods of communities”
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“Join us in reducing food losses, improving incomes & nutrition from Small Fish Systems.”
Lake Victoria Small Fish Project: Promoting Sustainable Technologies and Marketing Strategies
Our Programmes
We are dedicated to improve inclusive, nutritious and sustainable livelihoods of communities.
The grant targets a total of 6,000 direct beneficiaries, including fishers and post-harvest actors, ensuring a focus on poverty, vulnerability, gender and youth. At the fishing level the main intervention will be to promote access to sustainable fishing technologies, in particular it will enable at least 3,000 fishers currently using kerosene powered lights for their fishing activities to adopt more sustainable practices based on solar energy.
Sustainable Fishing Technologies
At the fishing level the main intervention will be to promote access to sustainable fishing technologies,
Value Addition & Marketing Strategies
At the post-harvest level, the project will target 3,000 mostly women fish processors and traders with improved value addition and marketing strategies to access higher value markets.
Fish Preservation Technologies
The project will target women fish processors & traders with improved technologies on fish preservation.
Improved Solar Technologies & Trainings
Women fish processors and traders will access improved solar fish drying technologies, training to develop skills for innovative processed fish products and digital market information services,
Portfolio
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