Browsing WorldFish Community by Author "Béné, C."
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A viability analysis for a bio-economic model
(2001)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper presents a simple dynamic model dealing with the management of a marine renewable resource. But instead of studying the ecological and economic interactions in terms of equilibrium or optimal control, we pay ... -
Analysis of power in fisheries co-management: experiences from Malawi
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleIn this article we analyze co-management arrangements in Malawi through the lenses of the concept of power. We focus the analysis at the local level where most of the more important actors operate. These include the fishing ... -
Are fishers poor or vulnerable? Assessing economic vulnerability in small-scale fishing communities
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleAn index of economic vulnerability is developed and used with a more conventional measure of income poverty to explore vulnerability and chronic poverty in isolated rural communities. The method is applied to data from ... -
Contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to food security and poverty reduction: Assessing the current evidence
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper evaluates the existing evidence of how and to what extent capture fisheries and aquaculture contribute to food security and poverty reduction. In doing so the authors evaluate the quality and scientific rigor ... -
Contribution values of biodiversity to ecosystem performances: a viability perspective
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper deals with the contribution value of biodiversity to ecosystem performances under a viability approach. Two contrasted cases are considered. First, a no-exploitation situation where the ecosystem performances ... -
Design and implementation of fishery modules in integrated household surveys in developing countries
(2012)Type: ReportFish and other aquatic animals contribute to the food security of citizens of developing countries, both as a source of income and as a component of healthy diets, yet fishing is not currently captured in most integrated ... -
Diagnosis and management of small-scale fisheries in developing countries
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleSmall-scale fisheries (SSF) make important but undervalued contributions to the economies of some of the world’s poorest countries. They also provide much of the animal protein needed by societies in which food security ... -
Diagnostic study of the Volta Basin fisheries: Part 1 overview of the fisheries resources
(2007)Type: ReportThe Basin Focal Project for the Volta (BFP-Volta) is a research project funded by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF). Its aim is to provide an in-depth analysis of the basin through three main thematic issues: ... -
Diagnostic study of the Volta Basin fisheries: Part 2 Livelihoods and poverty analysis, current trends and projections
(2007)Type: ReportThe Basin Focal Project for the Volta (BFP-Volta) is a research project funded by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF). Its aim is to provide an in-depth analysis of issues related to water in the Volta Basin ... -
Ecoviability for ecosystem-based fisheries management
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleReconciling food security, economic development and biodiversity conservation is a key challenge, especially in the face of the demographic transition characterizing many countries in the world. Fisheries and marine ... -
Engaging local communities in aquatic resources research and activities: a technical manual
(2009)Type: ManualThis document is part of a series of 5 technical manuals produced by the Challenge Program Project CP34 “Improved fisheries productivity and management in tropical reservoirs”. The objective of this technical manual is to ... -
Fish and food security in Africa
(2005)Type: BriefToday, in sub-Saharan Africa, one out of every two people (49%) lives on less than $1 –a day (World Bank 2004a). While in other regions chronic hunger is receding, in sub-Saharan Africa malnutrition is still rising in both ... -
Fish as the "bank in the water" - evidence from chronic-poor communities in Congo
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleSmall-scale fisheries in developing countries are often perceived as being a low-productivity and backward informal sector. As a result they are rarely considered in poverty reduction programmes and rural development ... -
Fisheries and the millennium development goals : solutions for Africa
(2005)Type: BriefAfrica, and in particular sub-Saharan Africa, stands out as facing tremendous difficulties in achieving even modest progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Today, over 46% of Africans live in absolute ... -
Food security and poverty alleviation through improved valuation and governance of river fisheries in Africa
(2009)Type: ReportThe project aims to sustain and improve the livelihoods of the rural poor who depend on fisheries for their employment, income and food security along the rivers of the Lake Chad and Zambezi basins. Its purpose is to ... -
Food security versus environment conservation: A case study of Solomon Islands' small-scale fisheries
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleThe sustainable management of small-scale fisheries in coral reef ecosystems constitutes a difficult objective not least because these fisheries usually face several worsening pressures, including demographic growth and ... -
From participation to governance : a critical review of the concepts of governance, co-management and participation, and their implementation in small-scale inland fisheries in developing countries
(2006)Type: Working PaperThis report reviews the role, nature and mechanisms of governance in inland fisheries. We do so by reviewing first the wider issues of governance, participation and co-management in natural resource management, and then ... -
Global change in African fish trade: engine of development or threat to local food security?
(2008)Type: Working PaperToday fish is the most traded food commodity in the World. This situation is not without generating potential issues. On the one hand, fish trade is said to support economic growth processes in developing countries by ... -
Governance and decentralization reforms in small-scale fisheries: an African perspective
(2009)Type: Book ChapterRelying on a framework that highlights different dimensions of ‘decentralization’, this paper reviews fisheries co-management programmes as they have been implemented over the last 20 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows ... -
Inland capture fisheries
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThe reported annual yield from inland capture fisheries in 2008 was over 10 million tonnes, although real catches are probably considerably higher than this. Inland fisheries are extremely complex, and in many cases poorly ...
