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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 ...
Informal fish retailing in rural Egypt: Opportunities to enhance income and work conditions for women and men
Type: Report
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 ...
Climate change, gender and aquatic food systems: call for action to address gender and social inequalities matters in the nexus
Type: Brief
The uneven distribution of the adverse impacts of climate change on aquatic food systems is not only being felt between countries, but also within them. Particularly hard-hit are people who already experience intersecting ...
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 ...
Women's Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Index (WEFI): Guidance Notes (Video)
Type: Video
This video provides a good overview of the Women's Empowerment in Fisheries and Aquaculture Index (WEFI) methodology and tools to use to carry out the research. WEFI measures the empowerment, agency and inclusion of women ...
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 ...
Gender integration and intersectionality in food systems research for development: A guidance note
Type: Manual
This Guidance Note highlights key points for gender integration in the research for development (R4D) project cycle. It uses an intersectional lens to recognize how aspects of social identity such as age or life stage, ...
Climate change, gender and aquatic food systems: call for action to address gender and social inequalities matters in the nexus
Type: Presentation
The uneven distribution of the adverse impacts of climate change on aquatic food systems is not only being felt between countries, but also within them. Particularly hard-hit are people who already experience intersecting ...
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 ...