Here is the draft report of an fisheries and livelihoods workshop in Vietnam which aimed to identify ways of improving the design, assessment and developmental impact of research on the poor and to offer practical guidance to participants in improving quality and delivery at project and programme level. ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/y5707e/y5707e00.pdf

I have reviewed studies of livelihoods in African Inland Fisheries recently, and I know of no study on fishing and livelihoods along the Limpopo. In fact there have been very few studies of livelihoods along major rivers in Africa. Unless it is in a very obscure and unpublished place, then its likely that no such study has taken place.

1. There is (or was) an intergovernmental Limpopo River Permanent Technical Committee: concerned with the Limpopo River and includes Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.

2. There is a US-Mozambique joint project that should have started last year, and features studies of livelihoods in the Limpopo basin. Further details available on http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/news/esreport99/global.htm

3. IDRC (Canada) appear to have an on-going programme on the Limpopo:
Limpopo River Basin Resource Management:Project Identification Mission
The Limpopo Basin of Southern Africa is an important resource shared by Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa and Mozambique. Basin-wide water management is an issue for the countries involved, and disputes between countries over land either exist or are looming. The concept of "peace parks" has been developed to try to address these conflicts and work toward shared management regimes. River corridor development initiatives are being set up. Little is known, however, about the behaviour of the river system in response to human land use activities in its catchment area. This grant will allow ZERO, the Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, to visit a range of institutions (government, non-governmental, research, etc.) in the countries that are part of the Limpopo basin (Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe). By visiting the institutions they will canvass the views of the various stakeholders on research needs and priorities relating to micro and macro water and land management issues, and a report on their findings. The report will form the basis for discussion at a subsequent regional project definition workshop.