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Role and Place of Women in Fisheries Value Chain: Case of Dagaa Fishery in the Lake Victoria
The video explores the role and place of women along fisheries value chain: The significance and values their involvement in fisheries brings to the communities and fisheries development. Why are they involved in fisheries? how are they organized for space in decision-making and policy processes? The focus of this study...
2017 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Event
19th Organic World Congress
An Organic World Through an Organic India / 9 - 11 November 2017, New Delhi, India
Every three years, the organic sector comes together at the Organic World Congress (OWC), the world’s largest and most significant organic gathering, to discuss and deliberate issues of the day. The OWC is an unique opportunity to share experiences, innovations and knowledge about organics and also take part in the...
2017 - IFOAM Organics International
Journal
Samudra Report No. 76, May 2017
Comment: Small in Scale, Large in Scope, Japan - Coastal Communities: A Tsunami is Coming by Xavier Basurto et al., Chile – SSF: Chilled Out by Juan Carlos Cárdenas and Patricio Igor Melillanca, Analysis SIDs: Not One Fit by Masanori Kobayashi, Obituary - Christian Brun: Articulate, Wise, Patient by Michel...
2017 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Newsletter
Yemaya Newsletter No.54, May 2017
From the Editor, Analysis 1 - SDG 5: Gender equal fisheries by Meryl J Williams, Milestones - The Entebbe Declaration by Venugopalan N, Profile - An independent life! For Metty, a fisherwoman from Kerala, India, fishing has been a mainstay for over four decades by Nikita Gopal, Analysis 2 -...
2017 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Report
Regional Review on Status and Trends in Aquaculture Development in sub-Saharan Africa – 2015
The present regional review and synthesis for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) provides an overview of major issues and trends in the aquaculture sector between 2004 and 2014 with emphasis on outstanding issues over the last five years. The regional review reflects development in 41countries in SSA for which production was reported...
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Technical paper
Social and economic performance of tilapia farming in Africa
World tilapia aquaculture production grew 12 percent annually, from less than a half million tonnes in the early 1990s to over 5 million tonnes in the mid-2010s. Africa accounted for 20 percent of the growth. Yet most of the contribution came from Egypt, whereas in the mid-2010s countries in sub-Saharan...
Egypt - Ghana - Kenya - Nigeria - Uganda
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Video
Joyce – A Kenyan Fish Farming Entrepreneur
This video tells the story of Joyce, an inspiring and entrepreneurial Kenyan fish farmer who has overcome many challenges to develop a thriving Tilapia and Catfish farming business. FAO and the ASTF fund are supporting aquaculture programs in Kenya with the aim to increase local fish production to fulfil local...
Kenya
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
Our Islands, Our Oceans - Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde - an island chain off the west coast of Africa, characterized by captivating coastlines, stunning beaches and peaceful seaside villages.It is home to over 500-thousand people. Many, like Aguinaldo Dias, rely on fisheries for their employment and livelihoods.As well as being a major source of employment, fishing is...
Cabo Verde
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article
Concerns rise over electric pulse fishing
A meeting in Nieuwpoort, Belgium on September 1st, organized by Belgian inshore fisherman Jan De Jonghe and attended by a variety of commercial fishermen from the UK, Belgium and Holland as well as staff from the Low Impact Fishers of Europe Platform [LIFE] and researchers from the Marine Institute, highlighted the...
Belgium - Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Journal article
A Tsunami is Coming!
Local fi shers played an important role in keeping rural coastal economies alive after the worst tsunami in Japan’s history
The Oshika peninsula is located within the Miyagi prefecture, one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, and has an extension of about 20 km of coastline, comprised of small bays dominated by rocky or sandy bottom environments. Rivers flow to the ocean from forests with an elevation of up to...
Japan
2017 - the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers Trust
Video
Indonesia Rice-Fish Farming
Indonezian Small Farmer, start Rice- Fish Farming
Indonesia
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
Tutorial 1 - How to influence the EU decision-making process
Discover how to influence the decision-making process and how the Low Impact Fishers of Europe can help you reach your goals!
European Union
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Video
Tutorial 2 - The Common Fisheries Policy
Discover the set of rules established to manage European fisheries and how LIFE can make your voice heard!
European Union
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Video
Tutorial 3 - The Advisory Councils
The place to be to provide a real and concrete input to european and national policies, with the support of LIFE!
European Union
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Video
Tutorial 4 - How to access funding for your ideas
Funding opportunities, EMFF, CLLD: transform your ideas into projets, LIFE will support you throughout the whole process!
European Union
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Policy brief/paper
A Glimmer of Hope for Baltic Cod, overshadowed by discards and food scarcity in the East
Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2018: LIFE views
As every year, the prospects for LIFE’s members, and the fate of the resources they depend on, hang on the discussions, negotiations, and decisions on setting catch levels and accompanying measures for Baltic fisheries in 2018. Our position, based on numerous discussions with our Members, is outlined below, a position...
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Video
Tutorial 5 - Social Media Marketing
Adding value to your business at the press of a button with the help of LIFE!
European Union
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Journal article
Brazil: fIsherwomen, a backbreaking struggle
The abject working conditions of the shellfish fisherwomen on the Paraná coast of Brazil call for a revaluation of their work to guarantee them rights and benefits
Brazil
2017
Article
Landing Obligation: lessons from the Baltic Sea
Certain regulatory changes went in a different direction. The first of EU discard plans, applicable for the Baltic Sea and adopted in late 2014, temporarily decreased the minimum conservation reference size (MCRS) for cod from 38 to 35 cm until the end of 2017. One of the reasons cited by...
European Union
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Journal article
Films: Life afloat
At the 2017 Pêcheurs du Monde film festival several prizes were awarded to various films from around the world. Among them was one titled Floating Life, by the Indian director Haobam Paban Kumar, which won the Chandrika Sharma Award, instituted in honour of Chandrika Sharma, Executive Secretary of the International...
2017
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