Aquaculture can balance sustainability and growth
Aquaculture, the fastest-growing food production technology, faces scrutiny over its environmental impact and social consequences. As the oceans' condition worsens and more species become endangered…
Environmental, economic, and social sustainability in aquaculture: the aquaculture performance indicators
Insights from Green Growth Workshop in Vietnam advance sustainable development
What price has the environment paid for the economic growth of Vietnam? And what is the road forward? Those were issues discussed in the Green Growth Workshop in Ho Chi Minh City, co-hosted by EfD…
Fisheries management for food security and poverty eradication
Fisheries Management for Food Security and Poverty Eradication: The case of small-scale fisheries in Vietnam
EfD Authors:
Research questions:
What is the contribution of small-scale fisheries in Vietnam in promoting food security and alleviating poverty among fishing households?
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What potential do fisheries management measures have to reduce poverty and improve food security?
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Two EfD centers collaborate on a fisheries management plan for Nigeria
EfD Ghana and EfD Nigeria collaborate in a joint project that transfers knowledge and best practices from Ghana to Nigeria, leading to the development and implementation of Nigeria’s first fisheries
The Green Growth Workshop in Vietnam
Jointly organized by the World Bank, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City and EfD Vietnam
Social-ecological vulnerability to environmental extremes and adaptation pathways in small-scale fisheries of the southern California Current
EfD Authors:
Coastal ecosystems and human communities are threatened worldwide by climate change, and shocks from social, market and political change. There is an urgent global need to promote resilient food production and livelihoods in the face of these shocks. Small-scale fisheries (SSF) in rural settings can be particularly vulnerable as they frequently lack the resources, rights and infrastructure to respond to shocks originating outside the focal systems.