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| Randrianasoavina, F.. |
| Traditional fisheries in Madagascar provide the main source of livelihood for over 100,000 fishermen from 1250 communities along 5,000 kms of coast. The fishery provides 50% of the Malagasy fish catch and supplies 70% of the fish locally consumed. Despite this, the sector is not recognised officially, and is marginalised from mainstream national economic development. Since 1995 a group of Malagasy NGOs, supported by European NGOs, have been drawing public attention – both locally and internationally – to this situation. Over the last 6 years they have carried out a number of programmes both locally and internationally. These have involved studying and documenting the traditional sector, organising formal meetings between representatives from traditional... |
| Tipo: Conference Material |
Palavras-chave: Fishermen; Communities; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_50182. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/864 |
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| Wétohossou, C.Z.; Satia, B.P.. |
| Being involved in artisanal fisheries activities, women have become unavoidable actors in the socio-economic development of West African countries. And yet, despite this key role, the importance of their contribution is often not well known. Thus, in 1995, IDAF Programme set up a Working Group on women's key role and issues related to gender in fishing communities. This group, composed of eleven women, all distinguished scientists and rural development experts in the sub-region, undertook ten case studies in fourteen (14) regions in eight countries. It also organized two meetings for an in-depth thought about women's effective involvement in fishing communities. |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Role of women; Communities; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15513; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_50182. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/399 |
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