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.
News
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]
SVC4SIDS
06 October 2022
With an approximate 16.1%1 of the world’s total exclusive economic zone (EEZ) surrounding them (averaging 28 times1 the country’s land mass), Small island developing states (SIDS) face several challenges. And although SIDS are the most reliant on ocean economy sectors, [...more]
SVC4SIDS
27 September 2022
The Sustainable Fish Value Chains for Small Island Developing States (SVC4SIDS) project conducted an assessment mission in Cabo Verde from 28 June to 8 July 2022. The team was comprised of technical FAO staff and consultants as well as representatives [...more]
Resources
SVC4SIDS
The brochure illustrates the KOFAP programme and provides an overview of the projects hosted under its umbrella.
2022
Publications
SVC4SIDS
The ocean surrounding Kiribati is a precious source for the population livelihoods: it provides employment, source of income and healthy food. Kiribati has one of the highest per capita consumption of fish in the world with around 77 kg/capita. In [...more]
2022
Publications
SVC4SIDS
Fisheries is of vital importance in achieving food security and nutrition, and the sector plays a major role in national SIDS economies. the SVC4SIDS Project focuses on the value chains associated with high-value species to enable SIDS micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to strengthen their markets access while contributing to sustainable [...more]
2021
Multimedia
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
Multimedia
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
Publications