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Fourth Fisheries Development Project

The project supported activities to improve the living standards and incomes of poor people in 11 fishing villages on the coast from Mukalla to Sayhut. Activities included:

  • strengthening community facilities and infrastructure
  • providing fish processing equipment such as fishing vessels and gear
  • supporting a marine sciences and resources research centre
  • supporting the National Corporation for Fish Marketing
  • strengthening fisheries’ cooperatives
  • assisting women in undertaking activities to generate income

 

Source: IFAD


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Contact information

Omar Zafar
Country programme manager
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
Rome, Italy
Work: +39 0654592348
Fax: +39 0654593348
o.zafar@ifad.org

Facts and figures

Total cost: US$39.8 million
Approved IFAD loan: US$6.5 million
Duration: 1992 - 1999
Directly benefiting: 3,500 households
Cofinancing:

  • European Union (US$16.3 million)
  • World Bank: IDA (US$13.1 million)
Status: Closed