Gender Analysis of Aquaculture Value Chain in Northeast Vietnam and Nigeria

Veliu, Atdhe; Gessese, Nebiyeluel; Ragasa, Catherine; Okali, C.

doi:10.1596/28276

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“…In Nigeria, a cultural bias against women interacting with male extension agents limits women's access to skill development services (Veliu et al . ).…”

Section: Dynamics Mediating Productivitymentioning

confidence: 97%

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Socio‐cultural dynamics shaping the potential of aquaculture to deliver development outcomes

Morgan

Terry

Rajaratnam

et al. 2016

Reviews in Aquaculture

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There is growing appreciation of the role of aquaculture in diversifying livelihoods of the poor. However, prevailing cultural norms and values, and social relations often influence its development outcomes, which we explore in this study. Socio-cultural dynamics affect the capacity of resource-poor and marginalized groups for the adoption and retention of aquaculture technologies. Gender norms and gender division of labour in a given community not only influence whether men or women participate in aquaculture but also shape their differential access to resources and position in decision-making, with knock-on effect for aquaculture productivity. Ethnic and cultural norms of collectivism, particularly in traditional fishing communities, support aquaculture efforts, but these are often overlooked by many development endeavours. Improved productivity does not necessarily translate into enhanced income, food and nutrition security. In many areas, benefits for women are lower despite their more active participation in aquaculture operations, post-harvest processing and marketing compared to men. Local power relations may limit access to land and water resources as well as inputs and services by the poor, restricting more equitable distribution of income from aquaculture. Nutritional outcome from aquaculture largely depends on preferences and acceptability of fish as a food and local customs regarding its preparation, preservation, cooking and distribution. Aquaculture interventions that take resource base and socio-cultural contexts into account are crucial for realizing increased income, food and nutrition benefits sustainably.

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“…In Nigeria, a cultural bias against women interacting with male extension agents limits women's access to skill development services (Veliu et al . ).…”

Section: Dynamics Mediating Productivitymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Meanwhile in Nigeria, Veliu et al . () found that women's domestic responsibilities meant few could operate time‐consuming fish hatcheries and so had to rely on poor quality commercially obtained fry for their ponds.…”

Section: Dynamics Mediating Productivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio‐cultural dynamics shaping the potential of aquaculture to deliver development outcomes

Morgan

Terry

Rajaratnam

et al. 2016

Reviews in Aquaculture

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“…Furthermore, gender issues, like the opportunities for increased women participation and responsibility in the labor market through aquaculture development may gain more prominence. However, this seems to primarily have been an issue for developing countries (Veliu et al 2009;Ndanga et al 2013).…”

Section: Effects On Cultural Fabric and Other Social Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Socio-economic Dimensions of Offshore Aquaculture in a Multi-use Setting

Krause¹,

Mikkelsen

2017

Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites in the Open Ocean

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Decision-making within the marine realm is a complex process, which endorses ecological, societal and economic needs and they must therefore be managed jointly. Much of the formerly "free oceans" is nowadays subject to intensive uses, thus making the need to optimise the management of the resources within a multifunctional and multi-use(r) context apparent. The high competition for functions and uses of inshore and nearshore waters has given strong incentives to investigate the opportunities of moving industrial activities offshore. The current raise of offshore aquaculture is one prominent example of this. However, our understanding of the social dimensions and effects of offshore aquaculture is yet incomplete. We need to consider also how different multi-use settings for offshore aquaculture affect the socio-economic outcomes on various levels. During the development of offshore aquaculture, this multifunctional perspective has emerged especially for the combination with offshore wind farms. This synergy of two different stakeholders, the so-called multifunctional utilisation of marine areas, can be viewed as a new concept by the implementation of integrated, consensus-based resource planning conditions. We suggest a typology of social dimensions of marine aquaculture, based on the literature of "traditional" nearshore aquaculture. Based on this typology we discuss the current level of knowledge on the socio-economic dimensions of multi-use offshore aquaculture and point to further research needs.

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“…C'est le cas au Nigéria, 20% et 40% respectivement dans les Etats de Kaduna et de Lagos. Au Srilanka et au Bangaldesh, les femmes représentent respectivement 30% et 60% des pisciculteurs (FAO, 2012 ;Veliu et al, 2009). Ces données suggèrent que dans certaines régions de la Côte d'Ivoire comme dans certains pays, les contraintes liées aux barrières sociétales, aux moeurs et aux coutumes ont pu être atténuées.…”

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Contribution Des Femmes A La Production Piscicole En Côte D’Ivoire

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Koumi

Atse

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Women play a major role in the accession to food security because of their significant contribution to agriculture. However, very few data exists on women's contribution to the Cote d'Ivoire fish production. The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of fish farms owned by women to contribute to the fish production in Cote d'Ivoire. A survey has been conducted on women fish farms characteristics and their production capacity. Only 5.98% of 301 farms belonged to women with a contribution to the total production of 2.89%. They are mostly farmers (44.44%) aged 30 to 60 years (88.89%), native of the regions (66.67%) where they had their farms. Tilapia and catfish are the main species produced with a semi-intensive (83.33%) farming system in pond. The area of production is less than 1 hectare (77.78%). Commercial or farms-made feeds are preferably used as fish feeds. Women-owned farms production is characterized by the tilapia commercial weigh over 300 g (66.67%) and a yield of 1000 kg/ha/year (77.78%). By their choice of production system, feeds and their production capacity, women can contribute to set up a sustainable production environment of farm fish in Cote d'Ivoire.

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Gender Analysis of Aquaculture Value Chain in Northeast Vietnam and Nigeria

Cited by 34 publications

References 10 publications

Socio‐cultural dynamics shaping the potential of aquaculture to deliver development outcomes

Socio‐cultural dynamics shaping the potential of aquaculture to deliver development outcomes

The Socio-economic Dimensions of Offshore Aquaculture in a Multi-use Setting

Contribution Des Femmes A La Production Piscicole En Côte D’Ivoire

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