Sustainable Fish Value Chains for Small Island Developing States (SVC4SIDS)
The Sustainable Fish Value Chain for Small Island Developing States (SVC4SIDS) focuses on improving market opportunities for high-value species in SIDS.
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SVC4SIDS
30 August 2023
Spiny lobster (Panulirus pencillatus and P. versicolor) thrives abundantly off the Line Islands of Kiribati. This delicacy supplies the domestic hospitality industry and nurtures export channels, playing a key role in the country’s economy. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic has had [...more]
SVC4SIDS
30 August 2023
“By 2033, Kiribati will contribute to supporting KV20 through the establishment of a competitive and reliable domestic tuna value chain with diversified products as a stepping-stone to international markets, acknowledging potential changes in the tuna resource due to climate change”. [...more]
SVC4SIDS
09 June 2023
Subsequent to the national "Sustainable Fish Value Chains for Small Island Developing States" (SVC4SIDS) project inception in December 2022, public and private sector actors from Santiago, São Vicente and São Nicolau islands convened on 9 June in Mindelo, in a [...more]
SVC4SIDS
08 June 2023
With the countdown to the launch of the 10-year strategy plan for enhancing black mackerel and tuna value chains in Cabo Verde, the Value Chain Task Force gathered for its regular assessment meeting. The Task Force consists of the Direção [...more]
SVC4SIDS
24 May 2023
The factsheets provide a comprehensive overview of the small tuna fisheries and the black mackerel in Cabo Verde, elucidating the initiatives undertaken by the FAO project, "Sustainable Fish Value Chains for Small Island Developing States (SVC4SIDS)."
The project endeavors to boost [...more]
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SVC4SIDS
23 May 2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development of the Republic of Kiribati, will hold an inception and upgrading strategy workshop on 4-5 July in Tarawa. Although the [...more]
SVC4SIDS
10 May 2023
Mindelo, Cabo Verde, 9 June 2023
After the official launch of the “Sustainable Fish Value Chains for Small Island Developing States (SVC4SIDS)” in Cabo Verde in December 2022, the “Tuna and mackerel scad upgrading strategy launch event” is the culmination of [...more]
SVC4SIDS
27 January 2023
The SVC4SIDS inception workshop held in Mindelo, Cabo Verde, on 6 and 7 December 2022, marked the official start of the project activities in the country. The SVC4SIDS project aims at improving opportunities for the black mackerel and tuna fisheries [...more]
SVC4SIDS
30 November 2022
6-7 December 2022Mindelo, Cabo Verde
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of the Sea of the Republic of Cabo Verde, will hold an inception workshop at which the project marks its official [...more]
SVC4SIDS
16 November 2022
The SVC4SIDS is a global project implemented by FAO with funding from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea. In Cabo Verde, the SVC4SIDS project is working to enhance the effectiveness of the tuna and black [...more]
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SVC4SIDS
Sub-Regional Coordinator at the FAO Caribbean Office, Dr. Renata Clarke and Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, signed the agreement for the new Sustainable Fish Value Chains for Small Island Developing States project
2020
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SVC4SIDS
Aimed at policy-makers, project designers and field practitioners, this publication provides the conceptual foundation for a new set of FAO handbooks on sustainable food value chain development. It defines the concept of a sustainable food value chain, presents a development paradigm that [...more]
2014
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