Group 4 is a group is a students currently attending the University of Guyana involved in a term project with its hope to improve Food Security with their aims and ideas. We therefore base our contribution to the following area of discussion;
Implementing the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries
Small-scale fisheries play a vital role in economies as a very important contributor to the alleviation of poverty and in the continuous increasing of food security. Recent data from the FAO has shown that small-scale fisheries contribute to approximately 54 percent of global marine and inland fishing to the developing countries. Small-scale fishermen not only provide themselves with a meal and income but they also provide these to the local market and others leading to a significant increase to nutritious food.
Because small-scale fisheries are so important for every country, implementing voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries is a great way in helping countries as well as accomplishing the MDGs for those countries. As such, this post aims to make contribution towards the ‘partnering for implementation’ aspect of the FAO article.
For this program to be successful, all should be involved in the partnership for the implementation of the SSF guidelines. To be more specific however, the main actors of this program would involve the government, NGOs, international agencies and the fishing communities. In addition, to be able to include the ‘voices of the marginalized’, it would be best to produce information and data (results) about this program through viable sources such as the newspaper, the internet via a web page and/or through the television.
Furthermore, there should be a team in charge of this program. Each person will be entitled their own responsibility. For example, a different individual will be in charge of the local level, another at the national level, and so on for the regional and global level, etc. Of course frequent communication will be a major necessity. Assuming that the budget is available, if this is done, then the partnership will be effective and efficient.
Dear Colleagues,
Group 4 is a group is a students currently attending the University of Guyana involved in a term project with its hope to improve Food Security with their aims and ideas. We therefore base our contribution to the following area of discussion;
Implementing the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries
Small-scale fisheries play a vital role in economies as a very important contributor to the alleviation of poverty and in the continuous increasing of food security. Recent data from the FAO has shown that small-scale fisheries contribute to approximately 54 percent of global marine and inland fishing to the developing countries. Small-scale fishermen not only provide themselves with a meal and income but they also provide these to the local market and others leading to a significant increase to nutritious food.
Because small-scale fisheries are so important for every country, implementing voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries is a great way in helping countries as well as accomplishing the MDGs for those countries. As such, this post aims to make contribution towards the ‘partnering for implementation’ aspect of the FAO article.
For this program to be successful, all should be involved in the partnership for the implementation of the SSF guidelines. To be more specific however, the main actors of this program would involve the government, NGOs, international agencies and the fishing communities. In addition, to be able to include the ‘voices of the marginalized’, it would be best to produce information and data (results) about this program through viable sources such as the newspaper, the internet via a web page and/or through the television.
Furthermore, there should be a team in charge of this program. Each person will be entitled their own responsibility. For example, a different individual will be in charge of the local level, another at the national level, and so on for the regional and global level, etc. Of course frequent communication will be a major necessity. Assuming that the budget is available, if this is done, then the partnership will be effective and efficient.