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Commercialisation of the sweetpotato value chain: Impacts on women producers in Mozambique
Type: Journal Article
Traditionally, sweetpotato is a woman's crop grown primarily for food in Mozambique. With the introduction of Vitamin A rich varieties, efforts were made to commercialize the crop. This study assessed the effects of this ...
The status of women’s empowerment in the aquaculture sector in Kenya
Type: Journal Article
Purpose
Women’s empowerment remains a key development challenge in Kenya. The purpose of this study is to attempt to understand the status of women’s empowerment and the key contributors to their disempowerment in Kenya’s ...
Standardizing Pen Culture of Small Indigenous Fish Labeo bata in the Tropical Floodplain Wetland of the North Eastern Region, India: A Step towards Sustainable Fisheries Management
Type: Journal Article
Lebeo bata fry were reared in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pens at different stocking densities to determine growth, survival, feed utilization efficiency and economics in Borkona beel, Barpeta, Assam. Pens (500 m2 ...
Tilapia aquaculture, emerging diseases, and the roles of the skin microbiomes in health and disease
Type: Journal Article
Aquaculture is playing an increasingly important role in global food security, especially for low-income and food-deficit countries. The majority of aquaculture production occurs in freshwater earthen ponds and tilapia has ...
Diversification strategies have a stabilizing effect for income and food availability during livelihood shocks: Evidence from small-scale aquaculture-agriculture systems in Myanmar during the COVID-19 pandemic
Type: Journal Article
CONTEXT: Diversification is an important strategy used by millions of small-scale food producers globally to improve yields, farm profitability, and food security. Diversification can also enable small-scale producers to ...