©FAO/A Menezes. Editorial use only. Photo credit must be given. Sea cucumbers, a high-value product, offer livelihood generating opportunities for farmer cooperatives in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The Holothuria scabra species of sea cucumbers may not be pretty, but they are lucrative. Depending on quality, this grey filter feeder currently earns farmers up to USD 100 per kilogram once dried. For more on how sea cucumbers are boosting the bioeconomy in Zanzibar, see: www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1247576/

2019

A Menezes

Aquaculture, Echinoderms, Seacucumber, Women`s empowerment

Zanzibar

Africa

Tanzania