National The Policy The Policy is weak Proposed Livestock promotes in promoting trade interventions include Policy protection of facilitating making policy (2006) water catchments infrastructure and provisions for areas and services especially improving rural and supports in rural areas urban infrastructure construction and caused by poor and trade-related maintenance of feeder roads, capacities for water sources for limited livestock improved livestock livestock and the haulage and market access as well role of the holding facilities as developing livestock sector as well as livestock and livestock in national food underdeveloped products and related and nutrition market chain for commodity value security. livestock and chains livestock products. National The policy Insufficient Expand the network of Fisheries recognizes the programmes to fisheries products by Sector Policy potential of the address issues of investing in and Strategy fisheries sector declining and infrastructure to Statement including fish endangered aquatic support deep sea farming in species. fishing for local contribution to Lack of proper investors. the food supply legal frameworks Improving fishing and high quality to combat illegal, techniques for protein and unregulated and artisanal fishers to nutrients; and the unreported fishing. reduce post harvest potential for losses. employment Strengthening creation regulatory frameworks in the fisheries sector. The Policy Inadequate Developing integrated The National recognizes the integration of water resources Irrigation potential of water resources management systems Policy irrigation to management for agricultural (2010) promote systems and production.
National Livestock Policy (2006) The Policy promotes protection of water catchments areas and supports construction and maintenance of water sources for livestock and the role of the livestock sector in national food and nutrition security. The Policy is weak in promoting trade facilitating infrastructure and services especially in rural areas caused by poor feeder roads, limited livestock haulage and holding facilities as well as underdeveloped market chain for livestock and livestock products. Proposed interventions include making policy provisions for improving rural and urban infrastructure and trade-related capacities for improved livestock market access as well as developing livestock and livestock products and related commodity value chains National Fisheries Sector Policy and Strategy Statement The policy recognizes the potential of the fisheries sector including fish farming in contribution to the food supply and high quality protein and nutrients; and the potential for employment creation Insufficient programmes to address issues of declining and endangered aquatic species. Lack of proper legal frameworks to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. Expand the network of fisheries products by investing in infrastructure to support deep sea fishing for local investors. Improving fishing techniques for artisanal fishers to reduce post harvest losses. Strengthening regulatory frameworks in the fisheries sector. The National Irrigation Policy (2010) The Policy recognizes the potential of irrigation to promote Inadequate integration of water resources management systems and Developing integrated water resources management systems for agricultural production.
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