Fish is the only cheapest source of animal proteins free from cholesterol land calcification. Fish protein and other fish products are important ingredients in brain development and provision of important animal proteins. The fish protein is very important in brain cells development and therefore the mantle and brain capacity of children and adults. The poor academic and creativity capacity of the people is closely associated with lack of fresh fish protein in people ‘s diet. The overall objectives of the fish farming project are to conserve the environment in wetland; demonstrate the feasibility of the fish farming. The fish farming project is aimed at improving the nutrition of the local people and the Neighbouring communities by providing cheap source of fish protein by putting to ultimate self-sustain use of the available running water. The goal of the project is to encourage small scale fish farmers with a long-term goal to overcome fresh fish scarcity and overcome poverty. The specific objectives of the project are to establish a fish process plant and outlet market and to provide technical training and support to fish farmers and employment to the people.
Project background
The fish farming project is aimed at improving the nutrition of the local people and the Neighbouring communities by providing cheap source of fish protein by putting to ultimate self-sustain use of the available running water of xxxx.
The project is also aimed at providing income for the group and act as a demonstration Project to encourage more get involved in fish farming.
There is serious scarcity of fresh fish in Eastern region in the district of xxxxxxxx and the Northern region and western Kenya, with an Estimated population of 10 million people.
Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga used to be the major source of fresh fish to the whole country but privatization of the fishery industry, all the fish is packed and exported to oversee developed countries of Europe and America where there is high market for fish. This has resulted in to people resorting to eating leftover fish, skeletal bones. Later on, being mere skeletal bones, there are delivered to the local consumers when they are in a bad condition after staying under refrigerators for a long period of time. They are delivered in open pickups but due to lack of fish they have no alternative other than buy these stinking fish skeletal bones.
The fish protein is very important in brain cells development and therefore the mantle and brain capacity of children and adults. The poor academic and creativity capacity of the people is closely associated with lack of fresh fish protein in people ‘s diet.
We are therefore inviting you and other good well-wishers to participate in this nutrition, fight ignorance, disease and increase productivity.
The total project budget is xxxx. We are requesting you to support this project with ****** Uganda shillings xxxx. The members will support the project with xxxx
We are requesting you to support this budget. The local people and members in addition, will contribute land, part of manual labour and time in planning and management of the project.
Problem Statement
Eastern Uganda used to get its fish supply from Jinja and Iganga from Lake Kyoga. With privatization of the fisheries industry and setting up of the fisheries and the setting up of the fish processing and packing industry in Jinja and Kampala, all the, fish is processed and caned for export. Therefore, there is a serious scarcity of fish supply in the whole of Eastern Uganda. This has resulted in to fish being very expensive and the little that is smuggled through is smoked and of the last grade after the industry has selected their best. To make it worth due to scarcity, the leftover skeletal bones from the factories are bought by trucks and sold to the people.
These are usually sold to the people after two weeks of being in refrigeration. The smell is unbearable but pity the people they need to eat fish so they have to buy.
Fresh fish and fish products are vital resources of non-calcified protein in people‘s diet and is directly linked to the poor and academic performance of children in Eastern Uganda.
This to a great extent also explains the low level of creative thinking and brain power and health problem experienced by the people of this region.
Using river xxxx and xxxx, aquaculture (fish farming ponds) is very feasible.
What is needed is meeting the initial costs of ponds construction, stocking, fencing and other associated costs. Support to such projects will go a long way in solving fresh fish supply scarcity, nutrition, health and development challenges associated with lack of fresh fish and the generated income will spark off other family development projects hence increase overall of family income.
Project Description
Each fish pond shall be owned by 8 families who will provide manual labour and protection. After recovering the seed money after every harvest, 50% of the profits will be distributed among the members to generate income for family needs. The remaining 50% of the profit will be used for restocking and meeting part of the administrative costs of the project. The initial investment capital will be recycled for construction of more ponds for other families and meet other community needs in provision of education, medical and community development facilities. This will enable family to 3,000,000 per harvest after 6 months.
Project Justification
- Fish protein and other fish products are important ingredients in brain development and provision of important animal proteins.
- Fish is the only cheapest source of animal proteins free from cholesterol land calcification.
- The scarcity of fish has reached an alarming level, when you visit the fish market, people are just lamenting when the refrigerated skeletal fish bones xxxx are not supplied when they expect it, and how they scramble for it when it arrives is a testimony enough of the need and demand for fish.
Vision
- xxxx is for every family to have adequate means of livelihood and every individual to experience joy with a productive life
Mission
- XXXX is to promote growth to maturity in the health, emotional, economic, educational aspect of the communities such that the poor are equipped with life sustaining skills for self-reliance.
Goal
- To encourage small scale fish farmers with a long-term goal to overcome fresh fish scarcity and overcome poverty in Eastern Uganda.
Project Objectives
The overall objectives are to conserve the environment in Xxxxx /Xxxxx wetland; demonstrate the feasibility of the fish farming.
The specific objectives are
- Construct the six seed ponds along river xxxx.
- Construct 130 fish ponds in ten years’ time along river xxxx and xxxx.
- To supply tons of fish every month to the people of Eastern Uganda.
- TO ST UP a fish breeding center in Eastern Uganda
- To provide technical training and support to fish farmers in Eastern Uganda
- To establish a fish process plant and outlet market for Eastern Uganda.
- To provide employment to the people of Eastern Uganda.
- To increase income and standard of living in the area.
Activities
- Writing and submission of proposal.
- Mobilization and sensitization of members.
- Selection of management committees.
- Construction of ponds.
- Fertilization of fish ponds.
- Acquisition and stocking of ponds with fish fries.
- Fish farming implementation, feeding, security, day, today management and supervision.
- Maintenance of fish ponds.
- Fish harvest, processing and marketing.
- Pond cleaning and restocking.
Budget Explanatory Note
- Ponds size
- Each production pond will have a surface of 1250m2 and will require a total area of 7500m2 for construction.
- Water supply (cost in sub sec4):
- Will be from a natural permanent stream of river xxxx and xxxx.The water will need obstruction, treatment, filtering, sedimentation and collection in reserves before being channelled to the ponds through pipes. The water in the ponds will need protection against flooding to prevent the fish from being swept away. The miscellaneous costs will help to cater for constructional costs which may be quoted lesser than that are suggested in the budget due to unpredictable fuel.
- Good in fish production ponds (sub sec5 and 7)
- Agricultural lime: in preparation for stocking each pond will need 50kg/month of agriculture for two consecutive months. The ponds shall be left for 7 days after the initial treatment with lime.
- NPK fertilizer application: Each pond will need 40kg of NPK fertilizer for two consecutive months. The NPK fertilizer is to accelerate growth and development of algae, phytoplankton and zooplankton, which will be used as a natural food for the fish in the ponds. The ponds shall be left for 7days after application of NPK fertilizers before stocking with advance fingerlings fish seeds. Seven days are enough to enable the development of plenty of natural fish food which will make the pond water appear green or blue.
- Stocking (sub sec): Nile tilapia cut fish advanced seeds will be stocked.
- Harvesting schedule: Formed fish is harvested so long as it has required average market weight. The acceptable market size of Nile tilapia is from 0.3kg and above. These weights are expected with a period of 6-8 months with good management practices. After this period, about 70% of Nile tilapia and 80% of African cut fish can be removed from each pond for sale .After harvesting, the ponds are drained before restocking takes place.
Project Feasibility and Benefits
The Economic feasibility of the project will be as follow:
- Total investment in this report is ****** Uganda Shillings.
- Income from fish initial stock ****** fries per pond
- Nile Tilapia initial stock ****** fries per pond
- African cat fish reproduction rate=******
- Therefore the initial stock would reproduce an average50%of the ****** fries.
- At the end of farming cycle, there would be ****** African cat fish per pond
- At the end of the harvest period of 6 to 8 months each cat fish fry is expected to mature to ******
- Therefore ****** fires will be expected to produce ******Kg/pond
- Nile Tilapia reproduction rate =60-80%.
- Therefore the initial stock would reproduce an average ****** fries.
- At the end of farming cycle there would be ****** Nile Tilapia fries.
- At the end of the harvesting period of 6 to 8 months each Nile Tilapia is expected to mature to 0.3Kg.
- Therefore the 9,356 Nile Tilapia fries will produce ****** Kg per pond
- Therefore total output will be ****** Kg per pond
- 1Kg of fresh fish cost an average of 5,000 Uganda shillings.
- Therefore 4,792Kg will generate an income of ****** equating to ****** Uganda Shillings per Pond in 6 to 8 months.
- Therefore the fish ponds will generate ****** Uganda Shillings.
- The rate of returns on investment will be=Total income/total investment*100=****** Net economic profit on investment
=****** Uganda Shillings.
The physical and social benefit of the project will be:
- Improved health of the communities.
- Provision of fish protein will enhance brain development in children and improve brain power in adults.
- Increase creativity and innovativeness among the local people.
- Provision of fresh fish protecting people from eating fish skeletal bones.
- Provision of employment to the local people.
- The project after seed money from partners will become self-sustaining and generated income will be used as seed funds to help individual farmer members to start their own fish pond to increase availability of fresh fish in the region.
- Socially the project will benefit the youth by providing employment to both trained and untrained.
- The community will generate money from the sale of fish which will enable every family to keep at least two Friesian cow for production of milk. This will enable parents send their children to school. The families will also be able to meet medical costs.
Project Indicators
- Increased involvement of families in fish farming.
- Increased demand and supply of fish.
- Increased mortality and mobility of children.
- Improved standard of living and health in families.
- Improved school performance standard among the people.
Project Management
The project will be managed by the project coordinator who will work hand in hand with the project committee comprising of members from xxxx Group, member from the district fisheries technical support office, the local and community leadership and a member from the donor organization who will ensure timely quickly project implementation and accountability.
The implementing committee will comprise of the project co-coordinator and the project committee who will hire and supervise the contractors hired to construct the fish ponds and the overall stocking and management of the project.
The project coordinator is the accounting officer who will keep all record of transaction, with evidence of genuine receipts, bank statement of all the transaction, will submit progressive and completion report with full accountability to Board of Directors, Donors and District Authorities.
The group member and other identified beneficiaries will provide land manual labour and other locally available resources to the project.
The district and national fisheries and Environment office will provide the needed technical support and supervision during the implementation stage.
The monitoring and evaluation will be carried out by the project committee coordinator, supervisor and overseer who will be answerable to the board of directors, donor. This will be done through periodic meetings.
Technical Capacity
The project will hire the services of the following technical support staff on contract basis. Human Resource Supervisor, project Engineer, project Accountability, Legal Advisor, veterinary or fisheries officer, Extension field officer and lower level support staffs.
Environmental Impact
Fish farming in pond is environmentally friendly and will not have great environmental impact on the ecosystem in the swamp.
The water will circulate freely from river xxxx and back after used in ponds.
Plants and flowers will be planted on the pond pavements to regulate the aeration in the ponds.
There will not be any by-product wasted. The by-products will be recycled into poultry and liquid products will be used as fertilizers.
Conclusion and Appeal
People need fresh fish protein to retain their fish health and productive. Fish farming is very viable and economically, socially, physically and biologically feasible with great benefit to the community. We appreciate the fact that this is a big project with big initial capital; we are requesting you to support it to cater for communities around the region as well. We therefore invite you to be part of this great vision targeting at improving the nutrition and health of the people.
