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A review of inclusive business models and their application in aquaculture development
Type: Journal Article
For aquaculture to continue along its current growth trajectory and contribute towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, value chains must become more inclusive. Smallholders and other local value chain actors ...
Comparison of Asian aquaculture products by use of statistically supported life cycle assessment
Type: Journal Article
In this article, the authors investigated aquaculture production of Asian tiger shrimp, whiteleg shrimp, giant river prawn, tilapia, and pangasius catfish in Bangladesh, China, Thailand, and Vietnam by using life cycle ...
Gender inequalities in access to and benefits derived from the natural fishery in the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia, Southern Africa
Type: Journal Article
People living in and around the Barotse Floodplain are some of the poorest in Zambia due to many factors restricting their abilities to engage in activities to secure food and income. Women, and in particular resident ...
How to enhance the sustainability and inclusiveness of smallholder aquaculture production systems in Zambia?
Type: Journal Article
Fish is a key source of income, food, and nutrition in Zambia, although unlike in the past, capture fisheries no longer meet the national demand for fish. Supply shortfalls created an opportunity to develop the aquaculture ...
Loss and waste in fish value chains: A review of the evidence from low and middle-income countries
Type: Journal Article
This paper reviews the literature assessing fish waste and loss in low- and middle-income countries. We find significant variation in estimates of loss in different parts of the value chain, due in part to the diversity ...
Gender and aquaculture value chains: A review of key issues and implications for research
Type: Journal Article
Although aquaculture is the fastest growing food producing sector in the world and generates significant employment opportunities at multiple scales, men and women are not necessarily able to participate in aquaculture ...
What shapes food value chains? Lessons from aquaculture in Asia
Type: Journal Article
In this article, the authors explain what shapes food value chains through the analysis of selected aquaculture industries in four key Asian producing countries. Worldwide production of aquatic resources has grown rapidly ...
Gender integration in livestock and fisheries value chains: emerging good practices from analysis to action
Type: Journal Article
It is widely recognized that women are significant actors in crop-livestock, pastoralist and fish systems. However, too little is known about agricultural development projects which deliberately work towards Gender in ...
Seafood in Food Security: A Call for Bridging the Terrestrial-Aquatic Divide
Type: Journal Article
The contribution of seafood to global food security is being increasingly highlighted in policy. However, the extent to which such claims are supported in the current food security literature is unclear. This review assesses ...
Global food supply: Certify sustainable aquaculture?
Type: Journal Article
Aquaculture, the farming of aquatic organisms, provides close to 50% of the world's supply of seafood, with a value of U.S. $125 billion. It makes up 13% of the world's animal-source protein (excluding eggs and dairy) and ...