Inclusion of fish within commodities covered by the One Stop Border Post at Busia to facilitate cross-border fish-trade between Kenya and Uganda
Published on: April 29, 2020, Submitted by Cristiano Rossignoli on: April 22, 2020, Reporting year: 2019
Sustainable Development Goals Contribution
FISH research promoted intra-regional fish trade by supporting inclusion of fish within the commodities that can be traded through the One Stop Border Post at Busia, Uganda.
Dried fish displayed at the Fish Inspection
In the effort to promote intra-regional fish trade, FISH research has supported the inclusion of fish within the commodities that can be traded through the One Stop Border Post at Busia, Uganda. This measure facilitates cross-border fish-trade between Kenya and Uganda, encouraging legally recognised trade of safe fish, thereby increasing market access opportunities for fish traders. In the effort to promote intra-regional fish trade, FISH research has supported the inclusion of fish within the commodities that can be traded through the One Stop Border Post at Busia, Uganda. This measure facilitates cross-border fish-trade between Kenya and Uganda, encouraging legally recognised trade of safe fish, thereby increasing market access opportunities for fish traders. Despite the success of this piloting promoted by a Worldfish bilateral project funded by the EU, and by further investments provided by WorldBank, there is not yet a clear plan for scaling and replication of this approach.
Disaggregates for Sphere of Influence
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1.2.2 - Reduce Market Barriers
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C.1.1 - Increased capacity of beneficiaries to adopt research outputs
Specific Disaggregates for this Policy Indicator
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Policy/Investment Type: Legal Instrument
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Whose policy is fixed? Public Sector
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Stage of Maturity: Level 1 - Research taken up by next user (decision maker or intermediary)
Acknowledgement
This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) led by WorldFish. The program is supported by contributors to the CGIAR Trust Fund. Funding support for this work was provided by the the European Commission in the framework of the Fish Trade Project – a partnership among WorldFish, AU-IBAR and NEPAD Agency.
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