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CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH)
(2017)Type: OtherFISH is a collaborative global partnership to sustainably improve the productivity of aquaculture and fisheries and enhance the contribution of fish to global development goals. The CGIAR Research Program on Fish (FISH) ... -
Too big to ignore: Gender and climate change adaptation in the Lake Chilwa Basin
(2018)Type: Book ChapterVarious studies have illustrated how gender differences could affect ecosystembased adaptation based on gender-based preferences and perceptions, social and economic roles and institutional arrangements. However, these ... -
Improving the livelihoods and wellbeing of women fish retailers: Success stories from the STREAMS project in Egypt
(2018)Type: BrochureThis booklet presents stories of women fish retailers in the governorates of Kafr El-Sheikh (Lower Egypt) and Fayoum (Upper Egypt). The livelihoods of these women retailers were supported by several market interventions ... -
Conserving womangroves: Assessing the impacts of improved cooking stoves on resource management in Langalanga Lagoon, Solomon Islands
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleFirewood harvesting is a major threat to mangrove ecosystems in Solomon Islands. Improved cooking stoves could reduce firewood use and thereby ease pressure on mangroves. We conducted a field-based experiment in Langalanga ... -
Lagoon livelihoods: gender and shell money in Langalanga, Solomon Islands
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleGender shapes livelihoods through access to resources and the distribution of benefits from economic activities. To work effectively with local people, resource management and community development initiatives should ... -
Gender and marine protected areas: a case study of Danajon Bank, Philippines
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleIn this paper, we examine the role of gender in community-based management of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Central Philippines. MPAs are a common conservation and fisheries management tool in this area, but the ... -
Gendered ownership of aquaculture resources: Insights from two villages in Bangladesh
(2018)Type: BriefOwnership rights are crucial for increasing women’s decision-making power and empowerment outcomes, which in turn will impact household efficiency in agricultural productivity. In Bangladesh, however, there remains a large ... -
Postharvest fish losses and unequal gender relations: drivers of the social-ecological trap in the Barotse Floodplain fishery, Zambia
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThe Barotse Floodplain fishery is an important source of livelihood for economically poor women and men in western Zambia. Current efforts by the Department of Fisheries and the traditional authority to manage the fishery ... -
Gender norms and agricultural innovation: Insights from six villages in Bangladesh
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThe ability of development interventions to catalyse and support innovation for—and by— women and men is undermined by lack of specific understanding about how gender norms interact with gender relations and what this means ... -
Gender differences in willingness to pay for capital-intensive agricultural technologies: the case of fish solar tent dryers in Malawi
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleIn this paper, we analyse Lake Malawi fish processors’ Willingness to pay (WTP) and identify the gender disparities that are associated with the WTP for a common good, i.e. investing in a group owned fish solar tent dryer ... -
Gender-inclusive facilitation for community-based marine resource management. An addendum to “Community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands: A facilitators guide” and other guides for CBRM
(2019)Type: BriefPeople who rely on a natural resource should be central to decisions about how that resource is used and managed. This principle is at the core of community-based resource management (CBRM) and other forms of collaborative ... -
WorldFish in India
(2019)Type: PosterIndia is a scaling country for WorldFish and the CGIAR Research Program on FISH. This growing program assists the government and private sector to scale various fisheries and aquaculture technologies in India. -
Implications of agricultural innovation on gender norms: gender approaches in aquatic agriculture in Bangladesh
(2019)Type: Book ChapterStudies have shown that gender norms and gender relations restrict the innovation capacity of women in aquatic agricultural systems. This article explores the converse question: in what ways do and can aquatic agricultural ... -
‘Good science’: Using sex-disaggregated data in small-scale fisheries research and policy
(2019)Type: BlogGlobally, relatively few data are available about women’s role in small-scale fisheries, despite their active participation as fishers, processors, traders and marketers. This calls for greater efforts by researchers, ... -
Gender-inclusive facilitation for community-based marine resource management. An addendum to ‘Community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands: A facilitators guide’ and other guides for community-based resource management
(2019)Type: Working PaperBoth women and men should be included in community-based marine resource management. To create an inclusive management process it is necessary to use deliberate and thoughtful and reflexive strategies that do not rely on ... -
Productivity and the promise of integrated rice-fish systems: How gender will shape success or failure in an era of rural transformation in Myanmar
(2019)Type: PosterOn the heels of its historic political-economic opening in 2015, agricultural production in Myanmar is on the brink of substantive transformation. Poverty in Myanmar’s rural areas is substantially higher than urban areas: ... -
Gender norms and relations: implications for agency in coastal livelihoods
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleImproving livelihoods and livelihood opportunities is a popular thrust of development investments. Gender and other forms of social differentiation influence individual agency to access, participate in, and benefit from ... -
The cool women of Malaita
(2019)Type: BlogDuring 2016 livelihood ideas were diagnosed for feasibility using a livelihood assessment guide to identify potential problems with the idea. Since 2017, the women in West Are’are Rokotanikeni Women’s Association in Solomon ... -
Ingredients for success
(2019)Type: BlogThe women’s group in Beacou has developed two products: cooked and preserved sardines in glass jars, and a fish-and-prawn powder”. Products are being sold at five outlets in the capital Dili. Some of these lessons from the ... -
Resources for women's agency, household food security, and women's dietary diversity in urban Bangladesh
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleIn Bangladesh, up to 45% of the population was living in urban areas as of 2010, and the estimated prevalence of urban poverty was approximately 20%. Yet, very little is known about the food security and diets of the urban ...
