The study on improving livelihoods through exporting artisanally processed fish was proposed by FAO within the framework of the Cooperative Research Programme on Fish Technology in Africa coordinated by FAO’s Fish Utilization and Marketing Service (FIIU). This service and the Fisheries Department Group (RAFI) of the FAO Regional Office for Africa commissioned Dr Yvette Diei-Ouadi, Fish Technology and Quality Assurance Consultant at that time, to collect relevant data to appraise the performance and the impediments to the expansion of export-oriented traditionally processed fish production. The study covered operation units in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana producing for export to "ethnic" markets. This study is reported in Part 1 of this report while Part 2 relates to the investigation along the Volta Lake, the primary production system of raw material in Ghana.
The objectives of the study were to:
The mission was conducted in June 2002 in city-based export premises and in December 2002 in the freshwater fish processing sub-sector. The draft report was submitted on 30 March 2003. The report was subsequently edited and printed by FAO.
