COTE D'IVOIRE - Competitive Aquaculture and Sustainable Fisheries Value Chains Development Project (ProDeCAP)

Fish products are the main source of animal protein for Ivorians, with an average consumption of around 21kg per capita per year in 2021. The fishing and aquaculture sector accounts for almost 100,000 direct jobs and 750,000 indirect jobs. However, despite growing production, national capacities are still insufficient to meet domestic demand, resulting in substantial imports of fish products (around 80% of requirements). Indeed, the development of the fisheries resources sector is hampered by a number of challenges, foremost among which are the degradation of ecosystem health exacerbated by the impact of climate change, high levels of post-harvest losses, difficulties of market access, and the still embryonic development of aquaculture and the fishing value chain. To overcome these obstacles, the Ivorian government, through the Ministry of Animal and Fisheries Resources (MIRAH), has defined new political and strategic orientations embodied by the National Policy for the Development of Livestock, Fisheries and Aquaculture in Côte d'Ivoire (PONADEPA 2022-2026), which aims, among other things, to remove the sector's major constraints with a view to achieving a coverage rate of around 70% of the population's consumption needs by 2025. The project contributes to climate finance, with 11 million USD of the total approved amount dedicated to mitigation.