Small-scale fisheries (SSF) make an important contribution to nutrition, food security, sustainable livelihoods, and poverty alleviation in the Philippines. The Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) with support from the Asia and Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) and FAO implemented a project [...]

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 [...]

This guide provides practical and simple guidance on how to communicate about small-scale fisheries in an inclusive, responsible and ethical way that respects the 108 million rights holders who depend on small-scale fisheries for food and income. By promoting positive [...]

This learning guide has been designed specifically to give civil society and grassroots organizations a deeper understanding of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) [...]

Ce document présente les principaux résultats du rapport HH2, qui apportent un éclairage nouveau et plus précis à l’appui de la mise en oeuvre des Directives volontaires visant à assurer la durabilité de la pêche artisanale dans le contexte de [...]

A recent FAO review of fisheries and aquaculture insurance found that in Asia the underwriting experiences in both capture fisheries and aquaculture insurance were good over the last decade and seem to have improved in recent years. An estimated 275 [...]

Though China is one of the biggest producers of marine fish in the world, little is known about its small-scale fisheries (SSF) sector, particularly with regard to the impact of urban development initiatives on communities and livelihoods. Using Hainan Province [...]

“One hook, one line, one fish at a time” creates environmental, social and economic benefits which ripple throughout our oceans and the coastal communities connected to them. This article by the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) relates the stories [...]

This photostory book celebrates the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022 (IYAFA 2022) by showing the diversity of the small-scale fisheries and aquaculture sector in Asia, as home to the majority of the world's small-scale fishers, fish farmers, [...]

Humankind is facing a perfect storm of climate change, biodiversity loss, and multiple forms of malnutrition (stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies, and obesity) coexisting in the same country, community, household, and even individual. Challenges from each of these areas are well [...]