Access to financial services for coastal and inland small-scale fisheries communities is a major challenge for small scale fisheries development. Therefore, FAO has taken an initiative to establish the Global Network for capacity building to increase access of small-scale fisheries to financial services, also called CAFI-SSF Network, during the Expert Workshop on “Guidelines for Micro-finance, Credit, and Insurance for Small-Scale Fisheries in Asia ” (Bangkok, Thailand, May 2019),organized by FAO and the Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA).

*This article was first published by the INFOFISH International,Issue 5/2022 (September/October)  

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