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Commentary/Small fry are beautiful: rethinking development in small-scale fisheries

Development investments often deliver “white elephants” – poorly integrated infrastructure that is left unused. Listening to the ideas of the people who fish, process, and trade fish provides a strong foundation for an alternative model of enhancing fish-based livelihoods.

WRITTEN BY Hampus Eriksson, Steven Cole & Jan van der Ploeg
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Commentary/Freezing fish in rural Solomon Islands

Experiments with solar-powered freezers could lead to future gains for fishers and poor communities. Women’s groups lead the way.

WRITTEN BY Hampus Eriksson, Steven Cole & Jan van der Ploeg
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Commentary/Preserved sardines in Timor-Leste

Local initiatives need local champions. Supporting Beacou’s women’s group is enhancing their fish-based livelihoods, “sardina azeita botir”.

WRITTEN BY Hampus Eriksson, Jan van der Ploeg & Steven Cole
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Commentary/White elephants in small-scale fisheries

An inappropriate blueprint can fail to deliver services, even if a development intervention seems to build on what people are already doing. Fisheries centres in Timor-Leste and Solomon Islands have shown how "blueprint" solutions don’t always work in practice.

WRITTEN BY Hampus Eriksson, Steven Cole & Jan van der Ploeg
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Commentary/Salting tilapia in Zambia

Where women and men both process the local fish catch, gender perceptions can skew their success. Communities working with WorldFish found better ways for all, with some added benefits for women.