Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries
in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication

Resources

2021
Featured in this Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) profile series is Kristie Alleyne, a contributing author to the IHH Barbados case study. Full text
2021
This World Economic Forum article, cross-posted on The Conversation US and written by Xavier Basurto and John Virdin, outlines how the Illuminating Hidden Harvests initiative will provide policymakers with the best data possible about small-scale fisheries and their diverse contributions [...]
2021
The adoption of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (Right to Food Guidelines) by in 2004 and the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in [...]
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2021
In this recorded oral presentation, Kendra Byrd, a WorldFish nutrition scientist, highlights the contribution of inland fisheries to the diet and growth of children in sub-Saharan Africa as part of Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy Week 2020.
2021
This flyer provides an introduction to the Advisory Group, which is a part of the of the Global Strategic Framework in support of the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the context of food security [...]
2021
Sarah Harper and Danika Kleiber, who lead the Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) gender team, share how the IHH approach reflects the embedded and crosscutting nature of gender and small-scale fisheries in the 30th SPC Women in Fisheries Bulletin. Download PDF
2021
An overview of the Illuminating Hidden Harvests research approach and preliminary results were presented during a webinar as part of the Virtual Dialogues on the Path to the 34th Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (15–17 July 2020) Full text [...]
2021
Gender experts from across the globe have sought out scarce sets of sex-disaggregated data for the Illuminating Hidden Harvests initiative, ensuring that both women’s and men’s contributions to small-scale fisheries are seen. Full text
2021
Small-scale fisheries (SSF) play an important role in food security and poverty reduction. However, this role is not always recognized and many SSF communities remain marginalized, both with regard to resource management and from a broader social and economic perspective. [...]
2021
Featured in this Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) profile series is Dr. Kafayat Adetoun Fakoya, the gender advisor and contributing author for the IHH Nigeria case study.  Full text