ACP - EC COTONOU AGREEMENTCotonou Agreement • May 28th, 2012
Contract Type FiledMay 28th, 2012NAME OF THE PROGRAMME Continental Aquaculture (East and Southern Africa) Duration: 3 years Start: end 2005 End (forecast): 2008 Beneficiaries :East and Southern Africa (about 5 countries)About 10 companies from East and Southern Africa At least 1 professional associationNetwork of national and regional tilapia and claria fish farming experts Context:The continental countries of Africa have taken some delays in the development of fresh water fish farming.One of the reasons is the economic insecurity following the post-independence period which was not favourable for long term investments required by fish farming projects.Today appears a strong motivation from the operators and the administration to promote and start fish farming for the following reasons :• General over exploitation of the natural resources;• Over exploitation of the species most appreciated by the consumers ;• Difficulties to implement good management measures of the resources ;• Demographic explosion and urbanisatio