The Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Aquaculture (PESCA) project in Uganda is a co-funded project by the European Union under the 11th Development Fund (EDF) and the government of Uganda. This project aims at making a contribution towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets of the;

Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food and nutrition security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture;
Promotes progress towards Goal 1 – End Poverty in all its forms everywhere;
Goal 8 – Take inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all, 13- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
The project’s financing agreement was concluded on 13th January 2017 is a seven-year (7) project ending on 12th January 2024

The general objective of the project is to contribute to a competitive, job-intensive, environmentally-sustainable, and climate-resilient agriculture sector in Uganda.

Specific objective: to support the development of a competitive, job-intensive, and climate-resilient aquaculture value chain in a comprehensive manner

Purpose: to improve food and nutrition security, increase income and improve livelihoods, promote an environmentally sustainable, inclusive, and climate-resilient socio-economic development, focusing on a market-oriented aquaculture value chain targeting the national and regional markets, and focus on smallholder and smallholders’ associations.

The project has three result areas through which it is set out to achieve the set objectives:

Result 1: Developed policy and regulatory framework (including terms promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, mitigating climate change/environmental impacts, and contributing to climate adaption) and effectively enforced.

Result 2: Enhanced Production and productivity of aquaculture fish and fish products, prioritizing locally produced environmentally sustainable practices and focusing on smallholder and rural livelihoods, and forming giving gender-responsive producer groups.

Result 3: Post-harvest losses are reduced and marketing opportunities for aquaculture fish and fish products are created

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