ASMEP Fisheries

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

MESPT

The overall objective of the Micro-Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) is to promote economic growth, employment creation and poverty alleviation through support to enterprises. MESPT works with intermediaries that provide financial or business development services to improve the performance of enterprises. The aim is to strengthen financial intermediaries in order to establish a strong, stable, market-based micro-finance sector in Kenya.

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ASMEP Fisheries

Fish Market Information and Traceability Systems

Aim: There are two aims of this intervention:

a) To establish a national electronic fish market information system in Kenya to promote fish trade and improve fisheries incomes by providing fish market information accessed through mobile phones, and

b) To establish an electronic traceability system in the Nile perch value chain and enhanced transparency in pricing systems and compliance to certification requirements.

MESPT Team Visits Lake Turkana

Lake Turkana is the largest desert lake in the world with an area of 7,560 km2. It is the northern-most of Kenya's Rift Valley lakes surrounded by Turkana District in the west and Marsabit District in the east. The lake is fed by the Omo River in Ethiopia and has no outlet resulting in high fluctuations in water level determined by the river and rainfall in Ethiopia. In the mid-1970s, a valuable fishery developed as rising water levels created ideal breeding and feeding conditions for Nile tilapia in Ferguson Gulf.