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
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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