East African seaweed farming at a crossroads; Identification of future sustainable paths for increased production and poverty reduction in rural

Objectif officiel

East African seaweed farming is at a crossroads. It has showed an immense potential to provide alternative livelihood and reduce poverty, especially among women. Yet, for endorsing its expected expansion, further development is needed to ensure sustainable farming practices, increase production and mitigated environmental impact. The aim of the proposed project is to increase farming outcome by replacing the present ecologically unsustain use of non-indigenous Asian strains of the economically important Eucheuma and Kappaphycus, with vigorous native ones. By mapping wild seaweed populations, their performance and adaptive capacity to climate change, strains suitable for commercial cultivation will be identified and tested. Further will the potential need for management practices and rehabilitation of denuded seaweed beds for maintained ecosystem diversity and function be investigated. The project will also promote local capacity for farming development and the scientific collaboration between Sweden and East Africa. Both molecular and more traditional techniques will be used. AFLP, a well-established DNA-fingerprinting method, will identify individual strains and reveal their population structure. Ecophysiological studies under controlled and in situ conditions will tell the strains? commercial quality and stress tolerance. The results will improve the sustainability of seaweed farming and thereby secure its ability for providing continuous poverty reduction in East Africa.

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Calendrier

Début déclaré

1er janvier 2015

Clôture

31 décembre 2017

Durée prévue

36 mois

Financement

Budget déclaré dans la devise du bailleur, sans conversion.

Place de l’énergie

100 % du projet relève des secteurs de l’énergie, selon la ventilation déclarée par le bailleur. L’énergie en est l’objet principal.

• Recherche dans le domaine de l’énergie 100 %

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