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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 ...
Report of the first policy advisory group meeting of the regional programme "Fisheries and HIV/AIDS: Investing in sustaining solution"
Type: Report
The WorldFish Center and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are currently implementing a Regional Programme entitled Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa: Investing in Sustainable Solutions, to strengthen the ...
The role of gender in economic activities with special reference to women's participation and empowerment in rural Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Bangladesh is known as a predominantly male-dominated society with traditional and religious beliefs that restrict women’s mobility and participation in economic and social activities. This article is based on national ...
Managing fisheries conflicts through communication planning: experience from inland fisheries of Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Increasing population, ineffective management, competition among fishing gears over access to resources and proliferation of destructive practices are imposing severe stress on the inland water bodies of Bangladesh. These ...
Food security, nutrition and HIV/AIDS in African fisheries: emerging evidence and research directions: a literature review
Type: Report
The WorldFish Center and FAO are implementing a regional programme entitled "Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa; investing in sustainable solutions", funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) ...
Review of social science literature on risk and vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in fishing communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Type: Report
The WorldFish Center and FAO are implementing a regional programme entitled "Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa; investing in sustainable solutions", funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) ...
The sustainable livelihoods approach to the development of freshwater prawn marketing systems in Southwest Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
A conceptual framework, drawn from an approach to poverty reduction known as the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), is applied to understanding the role of freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) marketing systems ...
A place at the table? (Commentary)
Type: Book Chapter
International organizations are calling for fisheries to be included in a new global deal on climate change. A consortium of 16 organizations including the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture ...
Adaptive co-management for social-ecological complexity
Type: Journal Article
Building trust through collaboration, institutional development, and social learning enhances efforts to foster ecosystem management and resolve multi-scale society–environment dilemmas. One emerging approach aimed at ...
Approaches and frameworks for management and research in small-scale fisheries in the developing world
Type: Working Paper
Commonly adopted approaches to managing small-scale fisheries (SSFs) in developing countries do not ensure sustainability. Progress is impeded by a gap between innovative SSF research and slower-moving SSF management. The ...