regulatory reforms. It will, therefore, strengthen public institutions to fulfil their mandates
for services and public investments.
63.
The NAIP also creates appropriate coordination mechanisms within the public sector and
between the public and private sectors, including farmers and NSAs. While private
investments are critical to the success of the NAIP, they are very difficult to plan and
budget over a five-year period in a volatile and diverse sector such as agriculture, and any
such attempts would be highly speculative. Hence, private investments are only included
in the NAIP budget and results framework to the extent in which they co-finance public
investments and service provision under the plan, except for a few cases where clear
private sector investment commitments do exist.
64.
The NAIP ensures that sectoral growth is inclusive, environmentally sustainable and
climate smart. This requires close coordination across related policy areas, such as social
protection, gender, youth, environment, climate change, nutrition and health in order to
maximise synergies. The NAIP will therefore, support well-coordinated investments at
the boundaries between agriculture and other sectors, where this is necessary to achieve
its objectives.
National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy 2016
65.
The main objective of this Policy is to sustainably increase fisheries and aquaculture
productivity for accessible nutritious food and increased contribution to economic
growth. The specific objectives of the Policy within a five-year term (2016-2021) are as
follows:
To increase annual fish production from capture fisheries from 90,000 tonnes to
110,000 tonnes;
To increase small and large scale aquaculture production from 3,600 tonnes to
10,000 tonnes;
To strengthen participatory fisheries management regimes;
To reduce fish post-harvest losses from 40 to 20 per cent;
To increase annual fish exports from 500 tonnes to 3,000 tonnes;
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