fishers

07 FEB 2019 11 MIN READ 10 PEOPLE LIKED THIS

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.

07 FEB 2019 3 MIN READ

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

07 FEB 2019 3 MIN READ

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.

07 FEB 2019 3 MIN READ

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

07 FEB 2019 3 MIN READ

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.

06 SEP 2018 10 MIN READ

Rehabilitating degraded lands, restoring fisheries, or reducing greenhouse gas emissions all demand changes by actors at multiple scales; and power, profit, and livelihoods are at stake. Blake Ratner of Collaborating for Resilience recounts his experiences of pursuing big, systemic change when people don’t agree what the problem is, or how to solve it.