The government of Finland has granted 1.76 million euro for FAO fishery programme in Kyrgyzstan. This aid will provide new support for fisheries and aquaculture management in the country during the period 2009-2012. The main purpose of this project is to raise the capacity of the fisheries sector to generate food, employment and income for the rural population in an environmentally sustainable manner.
This project is said will introduce management improvements to aquaculture and capture fisheries and support modern fish processing and marketing in Kyrgyzstan. MAong different activities this project also include increasing fisheries and aquaculture research, strengthening the management capacity of Kyrgyzstan’ Department of Fisheries, establishing a national Capture Fisheries Management plan, constructing new fish processing facilities and improving the marketing of fish products.
It is no doubt that good aquaculture promotion and inland fisheries development would reduce poverty, improve livelihoods and diversify rural employment for both men and women. This new project is said to allow five candidates from Kyrgyzstan to acquire master’s degree training in Finland, where they will learn how to run an efficient Fisheries Department and acquire expertise in the development of private fish processing and marketing enterprises based on cultured trout and natural lake catches.
