Caged fish value chain improvements creating better outcomes for farmers in Lake Victoria, Kenya
Rosemary Akinyi Wanasunia, an Agribusiness short course participant in 2017, is a County Program Coordinator at the Agricultural Sector Development Support Program in Kenya.
The team conducted a rapid value chain analysis by interviewing 25 chain actors in Kisumu and Siaya County on the shore of Lake Victoria. The interviews involved ten consumers in a focus group discussion and two through shopper observation; two input suppliers; four producers; three wholesalers; one transporter and four retailers.
Rosemary’s project had three objectives:
- Improving the market orientation of caged fish value chains by conducting consumer research and establishing the drivers of value creation
- Investigate the relationships between chain actors, and their ability to gather, share and utilise information.
- Make evidence-based recommendations to improve the competitiveness of chain actors by improving value creation and efficiency.
“The course gave us a lot of insight into the challenges that are affecting the agricultural value chains. When I came back to Kenya I was able to capacity build my colleagues whom I am working with to drive this process," said Rosemary.
"I am so grateful to the Australian Government, DFAT, The University of Queensland and Australia Awards – Africa for this opportunity they gave us. The relationships we have created inside Africa and outside Africa, we are still benefitting from them. I think it is something that we are going to benefit from up until the time we will be able to say we have developed a very stable fish value chain that the Australian Government and the Professors that taught us are proud about.”
Download Rosemary's work about the Kenyan Caged Fish Value Chain.
Duration: January 2019
Funding source: Australia Awards: Short Term Award