This course taught through Wageningen University will boost participants' skills in building resilient fisheries communities. Learning about the SSF Guidelines will be part of the course. Participants can apply for a scolarship to attend the course. Apply for the scolarship by 29 June (deadline has been extended). It will also be...

What are Small Island Developing States? The world’s Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a distinct group of 57 countries divided into three key regions: the Caribbean, the Pacific and what are collectively referred to as the African, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and South China Sea (AIMS) SIDS (UN-OHRLLS, 2015). The United...

FAO-led Initiatives The Global Action Programme on Food Security and Nutrition in Small Island Developing States aims to accelerate action on food security and nutrition to support the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It is intended as a concrete, tangible contribution to the integrated implementation of the 2030...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Tanzania has taken measures to curtail the spread of the virus throughout the country. Moreover, the country acknowledges that fishing communities are amongst the more vulnerable to face the challenges brought on by the virus, often lacking hygiene and sanitation...

Like with many areas around the world, the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Malawi has been hugely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through a loss of business following the closure and operational scale down of most channels through which small-scale fishers on Lake Malawi relied on for the marketing of...