Fish for the People Vol.16 No.2http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/13742024-03-28T12:13:38Z2024-03-28T12:13:38ZFish for the People Vol. 16 No. 2http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/13812020-06-15T07:40:41Z2018-01-01T00:00:00ZFish for the People Vol. 16 No. 2
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZMapping gendered spaces for sandfish resource management in Guimaras, PhilippinesSuyo, Jee Grace B.Altamirano, Jon P.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/13802021-11-28T03:05:37Z2018-01-01T00:00:00ZMapping gendered spaces for sandfish resource management in Guimaras, Philippines
Suyo, Jee Grace B.; Altamirano, Jon P.
Women and men utilize spaces differently and have differential access to resources because of norms and values attached to certain places. In fisheries, the contributions of women are either overlooked or considered less valuable compared to those of men. Women often assume more traditional and supporting roles and attach lesser economic values to their activities. These gender dimensions were analyzed as part of the project on the sea ranching of sandfish (Holothuria scabra) in the Province of Guimaras, Philippines. The project was initiated by the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD) and supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in 2015-2017 with a two-fold aim of enhancing the population of H. scabra stocks while providing a supplemental livelihood to the coastal communities reliant on fishery resources. The study highlighted the importance of analyzing the roles of women and men in the fisheries sector for the management of sandfish and other fishery resources in the intertidal zone.
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZAiming for improved gender equity in Cambodian aquacultureLeakhena, ChinViseth, HavSomony, ThayDa, ChinSamnang, PelBunly, Chhorhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/13792021-11-28T03:05:37Z2018-01-01T00:00:00ZAiming for improved gender equity in Cambodian aquaculture
Leakhena, Chin; Viseth, Hav; Somony, Thay; Da, Chin; Samnang, Pel; Bunly, Chhor
The population of Cambodia in 2018 is about 16 million with an estimated growth rate of 1.63% per annum and gender ratio of 0.96 male/female (24:25 male:female ratio). As a result of the country’s civil war in the mid 1970s, about 50% of its population is under 25 years old. The country’s population growth, coupled with the need to improve food and nutrition security for the people and to continue to support economic development, implies that the demand for fishery products will also continue to grow. Thus, the fisheries sector is making utmost effort to supply the increasing demand for food fish, and ensuring that the supply will be continuously available for future generations. In the National Socioeconomic Development Plan (NSDP) 2014-2018 and the Agricultural Strategic Development Plan of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Cambodia, the importance of fisheries is recognized considering that it continues to occupy a crucial position in terms of providing nutrition and income to millions of Cambodians. Specifically, the country’s Strategic Planning Framework for Fisheries (SPF) 2015-2025 has identified aquaculture as one of the four pillars of development for achieving food security, poverty
alleviation, and economic growth, the other three being capture fisheries (inland and marine), trade, and export. In order to attain this goal, the SPF sets a production target of 250,000 MT from aquaculture in 2018, while the National Strategic Plan for Aquaculture Development (NSPAD) of Cambodia for 2016-2030 had designed and set out a clear vision and strategy for the sustainable development of aquaculture to ensure its enhanced contribution to economic growth, food security, and poverty alleviation. The NSPAD also specifies the need to strengthen the roles and functions of women and youth as the main stakeholders of the country’s aquaculture sub-sector, not only in the fish production aspect but also
in sustaining the stable supply of seeds for aquaculture, processing, and marketing, for their contribution to the country’s socio-economic development.
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZRecognizing gender roles in the fisheries value chain: Local fishing communities of Thailand in focusSornkliang, JariyaTiaye, RattanaYenpoeng, ThanaKaewtankam, VaruntornPholcharoen, Jasminehttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/13782021-11-28T03:05:36Z2018-01-01T00:00:00ZRecognizing gender roles in the fisheries value chain: Local fishing communities of Thailand in focus
Sornkliang, Jariya; Tiaye, Rattana; Yenpoeng, Thana; Kaewtankam, Varuntorn; Pholcharoen, Jasmine
Recently, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) through its Training Department (TD) has been advocating gender equality in its programs and activities by making sure that the knowledge gaps and opportunities for women and the youth could be identified as well as their capacity needs in order to attain gender equity in fisheries in the future. In the
Resolution on the Future of SEAFDEC: Vision, Mission and Strategies Towards 2030, which was adopted by the SEAFDEC Council of Directors during its Special Council Meeting in November 2017, the Strategies which would be used by SEAFDEC as basis for the development of its programs and activities in the future, included a provision viz: to recognize the importance of small-scale fisheries in the Southeast Asian region, SEAFDEC should promote gender equality in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector. Such promulgation had therefore facilitated the adoption by the SEAFDEC Council of Directors during the Fiftieth Meeting of the SEAFDEC Council in March 2018, of the SEAFDEC Strategy “Support for the Integration of Gender Perspectives in Fisheries within SEAFDEC and its Member Countries,” which was developed through the SEAFDEC-Sweden Project “Fisheries and Habitat Management, Climate Change and Social Well-being in Southeast Asia.” Under such initiative, the SEAFDEC Gender Working Team (GWT) was established comprising technical staff from TD. The activities of the SEAFDEC
GWT started with the two-year (2017-2018) regional field study on gender in fisheries in collaboration with partners, which aims to explore the gender patterns in coastal and marine resources management in the Southeast Asian region. Initially implemented in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand, the study intends to collect field data to be used in analyzing the gender issues as well as the structural causes of gender inequities and inequalities in the fisheries sector of Southeast Asia.
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