Gender Analysis of Aquaculture Value Chain in Northeast Vietnam and Nigeria
The report is an initiative of the Agriculture and Rural Development Department (ARD) of the World Bank. Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food sector in the world and is expected to contribute more than 50 percent of total fish consumption by 202...
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Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/954161468155727109/Gender-analysis-of-aquaculture-value-chain-in-Northeast-Vietnam-and-Nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28276 |
Summary: | The report is an initiative of the
Agriculture and Rural Development Department (ARD) of the
World Bank. Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food sector
in the world and is expected to contribute more than 50
percent of total fish consumption by 2020. Just over 90
percent of aquaculture production originates in Asia, and
nearly 70 percent in China alone. Efforts to expand
aquaculture production to meet the ever increasing worldwide
demand for seafood continue. Although the boom in
international demand for shrimp has drawn attention to this
sector, the development potential of aquaculture stems
partly from the variety of products, production systems, and
scales of production it covers. In comparison with the
dominance of large-scale coastal aquaculture systems in
Latin America, North America, and Europe, the vast majority
of aquaculture production in Asia is carried out in rural
areas, is integrated into existing farming systems, takes
places on a small scale, depends on the cooperation of
family members, and involves large numbers of the rural
population. Aquaculture is a promising business venture in
many contexts, and the private sector drives and plays a
major role in this. The aim of this study is to guide two
potential World Bank operations in Vietnam and Nigeria with
the aquaculture value chain as their focus. This paper
describes the specific contexts of Vietnam and Nigeria and
recommends concrete project entry points and actions for
gender integration, applying the lessons learned from past experiences. |
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