Socio-economic investigations of Lake Kivu fisheries
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The IFIP project started in January 1989 with the main objective of promoting a more effective and rational exploitation of the fisheries resources of major water bodies of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. The project is executed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for a duration of four years. There are eleven countries and three intergovernmental organisations participating in the project: Bu rundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe, The Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL), The Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States (PTA) and the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC). The immediate objectives of the project are: (i) to strengthen regional collaboration for the rational development and management of inland fisheries, particularly with respect to shared water bodies ; (ii) to provide advisory services and assist Governments in sectoral and project planning; (iii) to strengthen technical capabilities through training; and (iv) to establish a regional information base. The document presents the results of socio-economic investigations of the Lake Kivu fisheries with emphasis on the organizational structure of the fisheries, investments, fishermen's status, their attitudes and problems, etc. These investigations were conducted jointly by the IFIP Project and the Fisheries Development Project, based in Gisenyi, Rwanda. The objectives of this study were to up-date and assess the socio-economic structure of fisheries on Lake Kivu, to gain an insight into the performance of all different fishing economic units on the lake, and to benchmark data for the future assessment of this fishery's evolution.