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Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable communities: Results from a quasi-experimental impact evaluation in coastal Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
At present, no clear consensus exists on how to assess resilience interventions in the field. In this paper we propose to measure the impact of the ECOFISH project, the objective of which was to strengthen the resilience ...
Beyond social-ecological traps: fostering transformations towards sustainability
Type: Journal Article
This Special Feature is motivated by the rigorous, and growing, theoretical and empirical body of literature on social- ecological traps. Building on the foundational literature, which describes the context in many of the ...
Combined innovations in public policy, the private sector and culture can drive sustainability transitions in food systems
Type: Journal Article
Global food system analyses call for an urgent transition to sustainable human diets but how this might be achieved within the current global food regime is poorly explored. Here we examine the factors that have fostered ...
The future of fish in Africa: employment and investment opportunities
Type: Journal Article
One of the most pressing challenges facing food systems in Africa is ensuring availability of a healthy and sustainable diet to 2.4 billion people by 2050. The continent has struggled with development challenges, particularly ...
Recognize fish as food in policy discourse and development funding
Type: Journal Article
The international development community is off-track from meeting targets for alleviating global malnutrition. Meanwhile, there is growing consensus across scientific disciplines that fish plays a crucial role in food and ...
Blind spots in visions of a ‘‘blue economy’’ could undermine the ocean’s contribution to eliminating hunger and malnutrition
Type: Journal Article
Increasing the production of food from the ocean is seen as a pathway toward more sustainable and healthier human diets. Yet this potential is being overshadowed by competing uses of ocean resources in an acceler- ating ...
Livelihood vulnerabilities among women in small-scale fisheries in Ghana
Type: Journal Article
Women play essential role in the fisheries sector of Ghana, particularly their involvement in post-harvest activities. However, several factors make them vulnerable to livelihood insecurity. This paper investigates the ...
Inland fisheries critical for the diet quality of young children in sub-Saharan Africa
Type: Journal Article
Animal-source foods (ASF), such as fish, provide a critical source of nutrients for dietary quality and optimal growth of children. In sub-Saharan Africa, children often consume monotonous cereal-based diets, a key determinate ...
Gender equality is diluted in commitments made to small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Gender equality is a mainstream principle of good environmental governance and sustainable development. Progress toward gender equality in the fisheries sector is critical for effective and equitable development outcomes ...
Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post-COVID-19. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
Type: Journal Article
Calls for global action on environmental issues have been popular since the 1970s and public interest in them has been raised by rallying people to the notion that we all share one world. One need look no further than the ...