Projet PESA

In Burkina Faso, the fisheries sector (fisheries and aquaculture) is currently characterized by a production estimated at 30,000 tonnes against 125,000 tonnes of imports, indicating a significant deficit between supply and national demand for fishery products, moreover in growth. The national consumption of these products is estimated at 7kg/ha/year on average in 2019; it was 3.5 kg/ha/year in 2010, but it hides disparities, the most remarkable of which is that between urban populations that are large consumers of fish products and rural populations that have much less access to them. It is in view of its results, which testify to the dynamism and profitability of the sector, that the Fish Farming for Employment and Food Security (PESA) project was designed.
Funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands through its embassy in Burkina Faso and implemented by the NGO ICCO COOPERATION, this project (PESA) runs over a period of six (6) years (2020-2026) and primarily covers 4 regions of LIPTAKO GOURMA in a situation of insecurity: the North, the Center North, the East and the Sahel. The project aims to facilitate the creation of 3,000 fish farming businesses for at least 5,000 direct jobs.
Designed and developed on the basis of the experiences and achievements of the Jege ni Jaba, P-GLR and EJOM projects carried out by ICCO in Mali, the PESA project aims to promote the development of the fish farming value chain, with a focus not only on fish safety food but also on the employment and entrepreneurship of young people and women in Burkina Faso. Indeed, the potential of the fish farming sector to play a catalytic role in a context where young people are currently facing problems of economic and social inclusion is well established.