Lake Victoria fish deaths spur innovation in fishing value chain

With the recent wave of sudden fish deaths reported in Lake Victoria, stakeholders are pushing for innovation in the fishing value chain. For years, fish bones, scales, and skin have been treated as useless waste, creating environmental hazards while denying fishing communities extra income. But in Kisumu, a 73-year-old grandmother is rewriting that narrative, transforming waste into ornaments, while researchers explore more possibilities for value addition