NEPAD FISH: Integrating fisheries and aquaculture in agricultural development the Southern African Region

1. NEPAD FISH: Integrating fisheries and aquaculture in agricultural development the Southern African Region Achieving sustainable growth through the CAADP Dr Sloans Chimatiro NEPAD Fisheries Adviser FANRPAN Stakeholders Planning Workshop, Johannesburg 2-4May 2007

2. Importance of fish to Africa A) Inland fisheries Africa-wide: 2.4 million tons; $ 2.1 billion annually B) Marine fisheries: Volume and value of production: Africa-wide: 4.7 million tons; over $ 7 billion annually C) Aquaculture : Africa-wide: 0.6 million tons; over $ 800 million annually Egypt contributes over 80% of this production

3. Challenges and need for action A) Challenges • exploitation of natural fish stocks is reaching limits • aquaculture production has not yet fulfilled its potential. B) Action needed • improve the management of natural fish stocks, • develop aquaculture production, and • enhance fish trade in domestic, regional and global markets

4. NEPAD FISH: Collaboration to achieve this potential • Africa-wide research and development program within CAADP • Partners: AU/NEPAD, FARA, WorldFish Center • Purpose: to increase investments in African fisheries and aquaculture in support of the CAADP objectives • Framework:AU/NEPAD Action Plan for the Development of African Fisheries and Aquaculture • Timetable: launched in 2006 in follow-up to the Abuja Fish for All Summit • Implementation: through specific technical programs in collaboration with main stakeholder groups

5. Fisheries and aquaculture – contributing to CAADP goals

6. Fisheries and aquaculture – contributing to CAADP goals

7. NEPAD FISH: Priorities in 2007 • Developing specific programs at REC and national levels, as part of CAADP Compacts • Resource mobilisation for Africa-wide programs in (i) research, (ii) capacity building and (iii) policy development, in order to achieve 3 priorities: • Accelerate sustainable aquaculture growth • Increase the value of small-scale fisheries • Increase benefits from markets and trade

8. Priority 1: Sustainable aquaculture growth • Targets by 2015: • increase regional production by 10-20% annually, more in key countries; • Small-scale producers increase farm incomes by at least 100%; • an additional 300,000 tons through SME commercial production; • stimulate private sector investment of $150m annually; • value addition and service sectors adding at least 50% to employment and 100% to first sale value

9. Priority 1: Sustainable aquaculture growth • Policy strategies: • Review policy, regulatory and legal frameworks with a view to support private sector opportunities, in particular for small and medium-scale enterprises • Assess competitive advantage of different African environments and product ranges • Identify policy needs and institutional linkages with environmental, water and related sectors at national level • Establish a regional network of aquaculture policy practitioners to accelerate the development of aquaculture strategies and their integration into wider economic strategies at national level • Assess and document the nutrition benefits of common fish consumption among vulnerable populations, including women, children and people affected by HIV and AIDS

10. Priority 2: Increasing the value of small-scale (inland) fisheries • Targets by 2015: • increase product value by at least 100% in key inland fisheries; • reduce post-harvest losses by 50%; • management plans agreed for the region’s main transboundary inland fisheries; • proven models for enhancing fish production in small water bodies by at least 25% Transboundary fisheries: Lake Malawi. Pix by S. Chimatiro

11. Priority 2. Increasing the value of small-scale (inland) fisheries • Policy strategies: • Build capacity of key stakeholders at all levels to engage effectively in improved governance arrangements for fisheries • Build capacity of planners and managers at national and local levels to integrate fisheries priorities into integrated water resource planning and management • Support regional and basin-wide fisheries bodies to formulate compatible legislative frameworksto manage shared fisheries resources • Identify and communicate policies that indicate the real contribution of fisheries to regional, national and local food security • Sustainable approaches to reduce HIV/AIDS risks for mobile fishers and fish traders including r women engaged in fish processing and trade

12. Priority 3: Strengthen intra-regional trade in fish and fish products • Target: • product value in intra-regional trade routes increased by at least 50%; • at least 75% of participating women-headed enterprises increase their income; • Increased investments in product safety and application of regional standards in all main supply chains; • Policy and regulatory instruments reviewed in the region’s main market chains.

13. Priority 3: Strengthen intra-regional trade in fish and fish products • Policy strategies: • Develop policy frameworks which support and protect the comparative economic and social advantages of small-scale inland and coastal fisheries • Strengthen collective negotiation power through a harmonization of African positions in global trade negotiation fora such as WTO, EPAs on issues pertaining to SPS, TBT • Develop a more enabling and stimulating institutional environment to strengthen regional fish trade and ensure a fair redistribution of these trade benefits • Design policy frameworks that support investment by Africans in the processing and trade of Africa’s fish products • Reform policies and regulations to encourage formalization of informal regional trade • Assess the longer-term trends and current structure of domestic supply and demand, including urban demand, product range and price elasticity • Review policy, regulatory and legal frameworks with a view to further strengthen opportunities for women in small and medium-scale enterprises

14. Conclusion Overall objective: To increase the development value of fisheries and aquaculture • Policy reform to guide development investments using fish as vehicle for development objectives • New approach: ‘Production +’ : comprehensive economic value chain, including environmental, human health, social development value Malawi women fish farmers. Pix by S. Chimatiro