The Development Law Service (LEGN) and the Equitable Livelihoods team (NFIFL) of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division jointly launched SSF-LEX at the 4th World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress - African region. SSF-LEX is the new policy and legal database entirely dedicated to small-scale fisheries. In his opening remarks, the Chief, LEGN underscored the usefulness of SSF-LEX...

  In your opinion, what are the main human rights issues facing small-scale fishers and fish farmers, fish workers, and their communities? Globally small-scale fishers, fish farmers, fish workers and their communities are experiencing increasing pressures, with many of them finding themselves at the nexus of intersecting socio-economic and environmental crises. In...

  The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) have a chapter dedicated to information, research, and communication, that provides guidance on how to address these themes for the small-scale fisheries sector. Can you mention how we can effectively make...

CAFI SSF Webinar Talk Series was organized on 11 November 2022. The webinar topic for discussion was Access to finance for empowering women in small-scale fisheries value chain. It was organized in association with African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA), Asia and Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA),...

Aquatic foods - animals, plants and algae harvested from freshwater and marine environments - contribute substantially to food systems globally. These foods supply protein to over 3.2 billion people, are a key source of nutrients in many coastal, rural and indigenous communities, and support the livelihoods of over 800 million...