Project Name: INLAND LAKES INTERGRATED DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT PROJECT (PAIGELAC)

Partners: African Development Bank,
The Government Of Rwanda and the Beneficiaries

Funded By: African Development Bank


Budget: UA 16.80 Million ( UA 13.76 Million as Loan, UA 1.00 Million
as Grant and UA 2.04 Million from the Government and Beneficiaries

Timeline: 2006 - 31st Dec 2012

Objective: The sector goal is to contribute to the strengthening of the
food security while the specific objective is to improve the incomes of
actors in the fishery sub sector in a sustainable manner

Coverage: All the 30 Districts


Main activities:

    Capacity building activities to fishers especially in lakes management and sensitising them on sustainable fishing methods,
    Watershed protection activities around 17 inland lakes
    Assisting fish farmers in the rehabilitation and creation of fish ponds
    Rehabilitation of Kigembe fish farm into a modern fish hatchery
    Construction of landing sites in order to reduce post harvest losses and improve fish commercialisation
    Carrying out lakes restocking with Tilapia niloticus
    Purchasing Tilapia niloticus brood stocks to supply to the farmers for the 1st stocking phase
    Assisting fish farmers to get the 1st cycle feeds and supplying them with 8 units of small fish feed making machines.
    Training and organising study tours to fishers and fish farmers in order to acquire more knowledge and skills on commercial fish farming

Achievements / key facts / key figures:

- 15 inland lakes with a total surface area of 15,380 ha have been restocked with 381,113 of Tilapia  niloticus fingerlings.
- 498, 4956 of radical and progressive terraces respectively and 1,624 ha .of forest cover have been      established on the watershed of the 17 inland lakes
- 65 Cooperatives have been trained to sustainably manage the lakes ecosystem
- 25 engine boats were purchased to support lakes surveillance in order to reduce malpractices in fishing including poachers and use of illegal gears
- We have assisted 247 cooperatives to rehabilitate 180 ha of fish ponds and stocked them with Tilapia Niloticus fingerlings
In order to promote fish commercialisation and reduction of post harvest losses ;

- 27 landing sites, 2 regional fishery products promotion centres and one Urban fishery promotion centre in the Kigali Economic Zone have been constructed.
- Assisted farmers in the establishment of 400 cages for Tilapia intensive farming on lakes Bulera, Ruhondo and Muhazi
- Rehabilitation of Kigembe into a modern fish hatchery with a capacity of producing atleast 10 million fingerlings per year.
- Assist farmers in the acquisition of 8 sets of small fish feed making machines

Contact details:

Dr. Wilson RUTAGANIRA
Project Coordinator,
email paigelac@yahoo.fr / wilsonruta@yahoo.co.uk 
Tel  +250788306364

Mr Jean Claude NDORIMANA
Head Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Department,
email  ndoli404@yahoo.fr 
Tel +250788455119

Mr. Pierre Claver KAYITARE
Monitoring and Evaluation officer ;
email kayitarepc@yahoo.fr
Tel +250788407059