ANNEX 6
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME/GOVERNMENT OF KENYA

PART I - LEGAL CONTEXT

This Project Document shall be the instrument (therein referred to as Plan of Operation) envisaged in Article 1, paragraph 2 of the Agreement between the Government of Kenya and the United Nations Development Programme, concerning assistance under the Special Fund Sector of the United Nations Development Programme, signed by the parties on 1 October 1964.

PART II - THE PROJECT

A. Development objectives

The project is aimed at developing rural small-scale fish farming in the Lake Victoria Basin (Western and Nyanza Provinces) in order to increase the fish production in this region, providing animal protein for human consumption, and an additional income to small farmers.

B. Immediate objectives

1. To rehabilitate about 2 000 of the existing rural ponds on a selective basis and to provide to their owners the necessary technical support to increase their average annual fish production from the present 300 kg/ha to 2 000 – 2 500 kg/ha by the end of the project.

2. To train initially and to periodically recycle afterwards the necessary rural extension personnel (20 extension workers and 4 field coordinators) in simple fish farming management practices, adapted to the local conditions and in particular to the prevalent cooler water temperatures.

3. To provide training in rural fish farming extension to two senior Government staff (Executive Officers), through in-service training and external training at the African Regional Aquaculture Centre (ARAC), to become later responsible for fish farming extension at the provincial level.

4. To create the embryo of a fish farming extension service which will demonstrate the feasibility of rural fish farming extension and from which it will be possible to expand in the future, as the necessity arises, not only in western Kenya but also at the national level.

5. To develop new rural ponds, at first as demonstration and community ponds and later as individual ponds, giving due consideration to social and technical factors.

C. Special considerations

Throughout its duration the project will give special consideration to the involvement of the poorest section of the rural population in the development. The project will also aim, as far as possible, at the involvement of rural women, either as extension workers or as farmers.

Special consideration will also be given to the direct involvement of rural communities such as churches and schools. Through the latter in particular, efforts will be made to raise the interest of primary school children and teachers in rural fish farming, and if funds permit, to further develop school ponds as demonstration tools. As in other African countries (for example Ivory Coast and Central Africa), additional funds should be sought from other donors through the submission of valid mini projects.

D. Background and justification

On the basis of its catch statistics, the Kenya Department of Fisheries has become recently concerned over the failure of fish production to increase as fast as local demand, particularly in the densely populated areas of western Kenya, in the Lake Victoria Basin.

In 1980, the Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA) was established to become responsible for the overall planning, coordination and implementation of programmes for accelerated rural development and improved food production, both in the Western Province and in the Nyanza Province.

In early 1981, during the preparation of the draft Country Programme for 1982–1986 UNDP assistance, the Government and UNDP planned to provide major assistance to LBDA in establishing a comprehensive fisheries development programme and in implementing particular aspects of it.

But a few months later, during the UNDP/FAO Agricultural and Rural Development Review and Programming Mission, it was noted that several elements envisaged for UNDP assistance had now become available to the Government under the World Bank “Kenya Fisheries Project”. It was therefore recommended that a UNDP Preparatory Assistance be organized to define more precisely the inputs required for UNDP to avoid duplication of other external aid.

The UNDP Preparatory Assistance took place in April - May 1982 under the form of a short two-man mission. It estimated the current exploitation situation of the Lake Basin fisheries, including the fish farming sector. It determined the extent of underutilized resources and of other assistance programmes for the fisheries as a whole. Detailed results conclusions and recommendations were presented in the mission report and transmitted to FAO, UNDP and the Government of Kenya.

The mission concluded that, although the World Bank assisted project will provide major support for the capture fishery and fish farming developments in the future, there is an immediate need for a more rapid and more intense assistance for the development of rural small-scale fish farming in the Lake Basin.

The Lake Basin development area is made of the Western and Nyanza Provinces where the greatest population densities are found in Kenya, 40% of its total population living there on 8.4% of its total area. Land availability for agricultural development is minimum, reaching such low average values as 0.25 ha per inhabitant in the Kisii District. Small rural holdings with a low annual income and little assets are prevalent. Although the average fish consumption (6.5 kg/cap./yr) is higher in the Lake Basin than in other regions of Kenya due to the proximity of the Lake Victoria fishery, areas more than 30 km away from the lake shore are generally not supplied with lake fish at all and malnutrition prevails, particularly in children.

For the last 30 years attempts have been made to develop fish farming in the Lake Basin to alleviate such protein deficiency, but all have failed mainly due to the lack of an effective extension service. It is estimated that today about 3 000 ponds are still existing, but their average fish production is very low, mostly due to management deficiencies. Rehabilitation of most of these ponds is thought to be possible through an adequate extension effort, which should include well-trained personnel and their full mobility. It is planned to train this personnel during a preparatory phase (January – September 1983), to be financed separately by another donor.

Areas of first priorities for small-scale fish culture development have been defined in the mission report, taking into account both geographical and ecological factors, as follows: northern Busia District, northern Siaya District, southern Bungoma District and western Kakamega District (Western Province), and southeastern South Nyanza District (Nyanza Province).

E. Project outputs

1. The project will complete the training of the Government staff required for providing technical support to the development of rural small-scale farming in the Western and Nyanza Provinces. This Fish Farming Extension Service will comprise by the end of the project the following trained staff:

   1. two Executive Officers (Fish Farming Extension Officers),
   2. four Fish Farming Field Coordinators, and

   3. twenty Fish Farming Extension Workers.

2. By the end of the project, about 2 000 renovated ponds (about 80 ha) will be producing 168 t of fresh fish per year. This production will represent an improvement of more than 120 t/yr or a 300% increase, compared to the actual production.

3. It is expected that in addition to the renovated ponds about 1 000 new ponds (about 40 ha) will be established, particularly for community groups such as schools and churches. These ponds will produce another 80% t of fresh fish a year.

4. The fresh fish annual supply of the two provinces will be boosted up by about 200 t. Apart from the evident nutritional benefits which will be derived from this fish supply in inland rural areas where no other fish is available, an additional cash income (at least Ksh.1–2 million/year) will be procured to small-scale farmers. Renovated ponds will bring various benefits to at least 30 000 rural people and these benefits will continue to occur regularly after the project's life.

5. The involvement in fish farming development of young rural children will create a sound basis for the future expansion of fish farming. It might also contribute to the stabilization of the rural population.

H. Work Plan

A detailed Work Plan for the implementation of the project will be prepared by the Team Leader of the project, in consultation with the national and international staff. The agreed Work Plan will be attached to the Project Document as Annex I and will be considered as part of that document.

I. Preparation of the framework for effective participation of national and international staff in the project

The activities necessary to produce the indicated outputs and achieve the project's immediate objectives will be carried out jointly by the national and international staff assigned to it. The respective roles of the national and international staff will be determined by their leaders in mutual discussion and agreement, at the beginning of the project, and set out in the framework for effective participation of national and international staff in the project. The framework, which will be attached to the Project Document as an Annex, will be reviewed from time to time. The respective roles of the national and international staff shall be in accordance with the established concept and specific purposes of technical cooperation.

J. Development support communication

Not applicable.

K. Institutional framework

The … (to be defined by the Government of Kenya) will be the Government implementing agency of the project. Project headquarters and administrative offices will be located in Kisumu.

The Government implementing agency will establish adequate liaison and coordination with the Ministry of Regional Planning, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Cooperative Development. The project will also keep close contacts with other UNDP/FAO projects involved in development activities in the Lake Basin.

A close collaboration will be maintained with the Fish Farming Development Centre to be established near Kisumu by the Department of Fisheries with World Bank assistance. In the field, a close collaboration will also be developed with members of other assistance agencies such as U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers.

L. Provision for Government follow-up

The Government will develop and implement a policy of improving fish farming based on the findings and recommendations of the project. Consideration will also be given to establishing the institutional framework necessary for the successful implementation of this policy.

M. Future UNDP assistance

It is foreseen that at the end of this project, there will be the need for future UNDP assistance to implement the Phase III of the pond rehabilitation programme to take place in the cooler Lake Basin areas (in collaboration with the Fish Farming Development Centre) and in the remaining areas of the Lake Basin. The Extension Service will have to be expanded, more personnel being trained in practical fish farming and being outposted in key locations.

N. Prior obligations and prerequisites

The project offices, auxiliary and counterpart staff, as well as the U.N. Volunteers housing facilities at the corresponding duty stations will be made available by the Government at the beginning of the project or at the scheduled arrival of personnel to project sites. All counterpart staff will be chosen in agreement between the Government and the Team Leader.

PART III - SCHEDULE OF MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REPORTS

A. Tripartite monitoring review and technical reviews

The project will be subject to periodic reviews in accordance with the policy and procedures established by UNDP for monitoring project and programme implementation.

B. Evaluation

The project will be subject to evaluation in accordance with the policies and procedures established for this purpose by UNDP. The organization, terms of reference and timing of the evaluation will be decided by consultation between the Government, UNDP and FAO.

It is projected that an evaluation of the project will be made in mid-1985, on the basis of which future assistance plans will be prepared.

C. Progress and terminal reports

The Team Leader will submit half yearly progress reports as established by UNDP regulations.

It is envisaged that he will also submit a draft terminal/interim report to FAO by July 1986 and that a final version of this report will be submitted to the Government by March 1987.

PART IV - BUDGET COVERING UNDP CONTRIBUTION, IN U.S. DOLLARS

PART V - BUDGET COVERING GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION IN KIND