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Improving the livelihoods and wellbeing of women fish retailers: Success stories from the STREAMS project in Egypt
This booklet presents stories of women fish retailers in the governorates of Kafr El-Sheikh (Lower Egypt) and Fayoum (Upper Egypt). The livelihoods of these women retailers were supported by several market interventions implemented under the Sustainable ...
Type: Publication
Aquaculture's unrealised potential: an ASARECA funded partnership learning programme for the fisheries sector
The potential of aquaculture to reduce poverty and hunger has been recognised in Africa. However, growth in the sector has been limited up-to-now, providing less than 2% of total fish production. In Eastern and Central Africa, the slow growth has been ...
Type: Publication
Baseline survey final report: Aquaculture for income and nutrition project
The World Fish Center, in collaboration with the GOB and USAID, has been implementing the FtF Aquaculture Project since October 2011 with a view to meet the government and FtF goals to sustainably reduce poverty and hunger. The project is funded by the ...
Type: Publication
Can aquaculture benefit the extreme poor? A case study of landless and socially marginalized Adivasi (ethnic) communities in Bangladesh
The Adivasi Fisheries Project, aimed at diversifying livelihood options for resource-poor Adivasi (ethnic) communities in the North and Northwest of Bangladesh, was implemented during 2007–9. Aquaculture and related technologies were introduced to a total ...
Type: Publication
Does size matter? Reassessing the relationship between aquaculture and poverty in Bangladesh
Aquaculture has long been promoted by development institutions in Bangladesh on the understanding that it can alleviate poverty. Most of this attention has focused on forms of the activity commonly referred to as ‘small-scale’. This article draws on ...
Type: Publication
An Ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) in Misamis Occidental, Philippines
WorldFish, with funding support from the European Commission (EC), is undertaking a project with sites in Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Tanzania. Titled Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) in Small-scale Tropical Marine ...
Type: Publication
The 'Fish Trader+' model: reducing female traders' vulnerability to HIV
Analysis from research and practice in Africa shows that fishing communities are hardly reached by HIV-related services, education, and business services, partly because of the efforts and costs involved and a lack of good practice in reaching out to ...
Type: Publication
Informal fish retailing in rural Egypt: Opportunities to enhance income and work conditions for women and men
Poor rural consumers benefit from Egypt’s aquaculture sector through access to small and medium-sized farmed tilapia sold by informal fish retailers, many of whom are women. In fact, informal fish retail is the main, if not only, segment of the farmed ...
Type: Publication
Is Aquaculture pro-poor? Empirical evidence of impacts on fish consumption in Bangladesh
Aquaculture is widely held to contribute to poverty reduction and food security in the Global South, but robust evidence is limited. Using nationally representative data from Bangladesh, this study analyses changes in fish consumption from 2000 to 2010. ...
Type: Publication
Hidden harvest: The global contribution of capture fisheries
The important contribution of fi sheries to human well-being is frequently underestimated. This report highlights that contribution. The report focuses on small-scale fi sheries and developing countries because the livelihoods of 90 percent of the 120 ...
Type: Publication
