In Greek waters, the diversification of small-scale fishery in terms of spatio-temporal operations,  types of fishing gear, target species, and market pathways (Tzanatos et al. 2005) hinders various difficulties in monitoring the small-scale fisheries of an area. In an effort to reduce this uncertainty, Tzanatos et al. (2006) categorized Greek...

This work is the result of a collaborative effort and fieldwork in Upper Egypt, with the goal of highlighting the challenges faced by communities and livelihoods that are often overlooked in mainstream development projects. This field study draws attention to the context and challenges that are unique to fishers and...

Today at the Food and Agriculture Organization Headquarters in Rome, countries endorsed a set of wide-reaching guidelines that will boost the already vital role of small-scale fishers in contributing to global food security, nutrition and poverty eradication. Small-scale fisheries account for more than 90 percent of the world’s capture fishers...

The Gwadar-Lasbela Livelihoods Support Project will cover the two coastal districts of Gwadar and Lasbela in the province of Balochistan, where over 60 per cent of the population live in poverty. The project will primarily target poor rural households in 382 villages in Gwadar and Lasbela, including small-scale landowners or landless...

For seaweed farmer Hassan Heremba Basri teaching his children everything he knows about farming will ensure their successful future.

This document recalls the consultative processes that informed the preparation of the draft Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) by the FAO Secretariat. Referring to the Chairperson’s report, it recounts the progress of the two sessions of the...

The FAO/UNEP joint programme is catalysing partnerships among United Nations agencies, other international agencies, governments, industry and civil society whose activities, together, can promote the necessary transition to sustainability. An Agri-food Task Force (ATF) on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) has been established, comprised of representatives of Member States, United...

Fisheries play an important part in the economic and social life of people in Burundi. One third of the animal protein consumption in the country stems from fisheries, and the sector employs over 100,000 people. Yet, about 10 to 15% of the harvest is lost in the process. Fish drying,...

The overarching goal of the Guidelines is to enhance the contribution of small-scale fisheries to food security and nutrition and to support the progressive realization of the right to food. Promoting a human rights-based approach, they aim to achieve poverty eradication, equitable development and sustainable resource utilization. The Guidelines seek to achieve this...

FAO project to introduce simple raised drying racks improves livelihoods and nutrition for communities along the shores of Lake Tanganyika and beyond

Malgré leur importante contribution à l’éradication de la pauvreté, à la sécurité alimentaire, les pêcheurs et autres travailleurs de la pêche artisanale continuent à être marginalisés à divers niveaux. C’est dans ce contexte que le Comité des pêches (COFI) de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) a...

Given the importance of the sustainable use of biodiversity for food and agriculture, and the critical role of biodiversity and ecosystems in sustainable intensification of agricultural production, this publication addresses these issues, and by doing so also contributes to furthering the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Programme of...

Fish farming is a strategic activity for both the economy and food security of the Tocantins state. Nowadays, there are about eighty small fish farmers in the region of Divinópolis in Tocantins state. The technological level of fish farmers is low and it was found that only 30% of farmers...

据生物学家估计，当前物种每年消失的速度比历史上高出 1000 倍。语言学家预测，到21 世纪末期，世界上50—90%的语言将会消失。 基于这些研究结果，最近发表的一篇文章指出：生物多样性丧失和语言 灭绝有着很强的相关性。这些研究结果使我们震惊，若我们的自然和文 化以很快的速度被破坏，那么世界将向何处去？ 因此，让我们携手与破坏生物多样性的力量作斗争，保护好现有种 类繁多的动植物种类，让所有人都享受生物多样性带来的颜色、味道、 纹理和食物的营养价值。从中美洲“米奇”飓风之后，大家观察到：树 木大、作物品种多的农场受到的损失最小。对于不可预测的气候，生物 多样性提供了保障，其作用远远优于所谓的高产转基因种子。所以，让 我们珍惜小规模家庭农业、捕鱼业和畜牧业在维护全球生物多样性中的 作用。小规模农户拥有宝贵的传统知识，为人类的发展做出了巨大的贡 献。遗憾的是，由于他们对全球经济的影响小，所以得不到社会的重 视。 生物多样性与小规模农业的功能联系紧密，生物多样性与农户的知 识、 语言和文化密不可分。如果小规模农业不再作为一种生计方式，我 们的食品体系、全世界的生物多样性、语言和文化都将面临着严重的威 胁。只有扭转生物多样性急剧下降的趋势，生物多样性才能得到保留， 小规模家庭农业才能得到发展！

Fishers, like farmers, are not just men. Millions of women around the world work, paid or unpaid, in the fisheries sector. Although women are mainly involved in the tasks that come before and after the fish are hauled out of the water, they may also be there for the catch...

A seminar regarding Innovations and Opportunities in Small-Scale Fisheries

FAO has a long history of cooperation with Vanuatu, a Pacific Island Country which joined the Organization in 1983 and, as of 2014, hosts a country office. Over the past three decades, FAO cooperation with Vanuatu has focused on agricultural data collection, strengthening capacities for local food production, developing market...

Así como los pequeños agricultores de los Andes supieron conservar y mejorar la quinua durante miles de años, los agricultores familiares alrededor del mundo han transmitido de generación en generación conocimientos y habilidades, preservando y mejorando muchas de las prácticas y tecnologías que pueden apoyar la sostenibilidad agrícola. Por eso...

Raised wire-mesh racks, covered with small, silver lake fish drying in the sun, stretch across the Burundi shore of Lake Tanganyika near the small fishing village of Mvugo. While simple in design, these drying racks have made an enormous contribution both to local nutrition and the local economy. Before the...

The product of a two-year collaborative effort among Khon Kaen University, Thailand, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other partners, this publication sheds light on the need to promote underutilized and indigenous food sources for overcoming malnutrition and hunger in the Asia-Pacific region. I sincerely hope...