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Category: Sustainable Food Systems
Year of Publication: 2021
Sustaining and improving the contribution small-scale fisheries make to healthy and sustainable food systems in Malawi
In Malawi, small-scale inland fisheries1 are the main source of fish and other aquatic foods. They contribute more than 90% of national fish supplies, provide nutrition for over 11.9 million people and employment for over 200,000 women and men (Figure 1)
Year of Publication: 2022
Proximity to small-scale inland and coastal fisheries is associated with improved income and food security
Poverty and food insecurity persist in sub-Saharan Africa. We conducted a secondary analysis of nationally representative data from three sub-Saharan Africa countries (Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda) to investigate how both proximity to and engagement with small-scale fisheries are associated with household poverty and food insecurity.
Category: Fish Health
Year of Publication: 2022
The African Great Lakes Regional Food System The contribution of fisheries and the case of small pelagic fishes
Africa’s Great Lakes Region comprises wetlands, rivers and lakes that account for approximately 25% of the earth’s unfrozen freshwater surface area, with catchments spanning more than 850,000 km2 (Cowx et al. 2019).
Category: Fish Health
Year of Publication: 2014
Technical Report of a Workshop on Trade and improved livelihoods in aquatic production in Africa (TILAPIA)
A workshop on ‘Trade and improved livelihoods in aquatic production in Africa’ was organised by African Union- Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) with the overall aim of building capacity on fish health and aquatic biosecurity to sustain and develop aquaculture and fisheries in Africa
Year of Publication: 2014
Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa
The fishery sector of most States that are members of the African Union (Member States) consists of capture fisheries and aquaculture. The sector generates a variety of benefits, including nutrition and food security, livelihoods, employment, exports and foreign currency and conservation
Category: Fish Health
Year of Publication: 2018
FRAMEWORK FOR FISH DISEASE CONTROL IN AFRICA AQUATIC FISH PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Africa is enriched with a diverse aquatic animal resource that contributes significantly to economies of the continent. However, this resource is threatened by the existence of infectious pathogens that potentially deter development of fisheries and aquaculture sector.