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Fisheries and poverty reduction
Type: Report
The purpose of this review is to review historic and contemporary research into fisher poverty. Our review commences by acknowledging the paucity of studies on the levels of (income) poverty within the sector and highlights ...
Methodology for economic valuation of food security and vulnerability to poverty for inland fisheries in Africa
Type: Other
Fish play an increasingly important role in national and local economies of many developing countries. Africa’s rivers, wetlands and lakes are especially important for poor rural households for whom they provide employment ...
Investing in Africa: the WorldFish Center's African strategy in summary
Type: Journal Article
Across much of Africa, freshwater and coastal fisheries provide an important source of food and livelihood for many millions of people. In addition, the aquaculture potential of the continent has only recently begun to be ...
Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Henan Province, China
Type: Working Paper
This monograph is the case study for China, with a particular focus on Henan Province, the project location. Written in three parts, it first describes the historical background, production levels and trends, economic and ...
Community-based aquaculture in India- strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Type: Journal Article
Community-based aquaculture founded on the principles of common interest groups working together regardless of sex and age has been an effective tool for implementing scientific aquaculture programs in India. Water bodies ...
Marine fisheries along the southwest coast of India
Type: Book Chapter
Marine fisheries production in India has increased from 0.5 million t in 1950 to 2.47 million t in 1997. The gross value of fisheries landings in India was US$2.37 billion in 1997. The contribution of fisheries to the Gross ...
Assessment, management and future directions for coastal fisheries in Asian countries
Type: Conference Proceedings
In Asia, the fisheries sector is important in terms of food security, livelihoods and foreign exchange earnings. However, as in many parts of the world, there are signs that capture fisheries are fully exploited or overfished. ...
African aquaculture: realizing the potential
Type: Journal Article
Despite 40 years of research and development, and hundreds of millions of dollars spent, aquaculture is struggling to realize its high biophysical potential in Africa. Hampered by ineffective institutional arrangements and ...
Food security and poverty alleviation through improved valuation and governance of river fisheries in Africa
Type: Report
The 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 ...
Planning the use of fish for food security in the Pacific
Type: Brief
Fish is a mainstay of food security for Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs). Diversifying the supply of fish will make rural households in the Pacific more resilient to natural disasters, social and political ...