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The Economics of Sustainable Fisheries, Aquaculture and Seafood Trade

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 05:39 AM PDT



16th – 20th July 2012. Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. IIFET Conference.16th meeting of International Institute of Fisheries Economic and Trade.

The general theme of the conference was revealing the hidden possibilities of fisheries in all areas of the world, with particular emphasis on Africa and developing regions.

Participants were encouraged to reflect on the goods and services fisheries and aquaculture provide to human society and on the objective that fishery management and aquaculture development should provide contributions to human wellbeing – whether through macro-economic growth (resource rents, trade revenues), small-business profits, wage labor, or nutritious food. These "goods" needed to be weighed against the costs inherent in utilizing fish resources. Participants were also encouraged to examine – and suggest solutions for resolving – those aspects of fisheries management and aquaculture development that can hamper our ability to fulfill this objective, helping to avoid worsening poverty traps, ecosystem damage, and inequities amongst fishery and aquaculture stakeholders.

Winner of ASAKUA/SARNISSA Travel Award to IIFET Conference
Abudala Napuru Fish Farm Manager SON Fish Farm nr Jinja Uganda.
SPECIAL SESSIONS:
  • Socio-economic assessment of Management Measures of the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) ? Challenges and Methodological Background
  • An International Instrument on securing sustainable Small-scale Fisheries: Implementation strategies
  • Markets and Value Chains for Small Aquaculture Enterprises (in Fisheries, Aquaculture and Food Security)
  • Decision Support Models for Aquaculture Development: Lessons from Sea Lice Research in Norway
  • A Fisheries Management Synthesis: A Facilitated Discussion to Identify the Attributes of Successful Fisheries Management
  • Coupled Economic-Ecological Models for Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management: Exploration of Tradeoffs Between Model Complexity and Management Needs
  • Fisheries Games and Experiments: Applications for Education, Outreach and Science
  • Too Big to Ignore: Enhancing Visibility and Possibilities in Small-Scale Fisheries
  • Potential for Marine Aquaculture in the Western Indian Ocean
  • Well-Being and Fishery Governance
  • The economics of genetic development in aquaculture
  • Climate change impacts on the economics of world fisheries

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Workshops on linking farmers to markets

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 06:54 AM PDT



Accra workshop participants
9 July 2012. Johannesburg. 11 July 2012 Nairobi. 13 July 2012, Accra. A4I, ODI and FANRPAN hosted three regional African workshops as part of their 'Leaping and Learning: Taking Agricultural Successes to Scale' project.

In partnership with the Food Agriculture Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network [FANRPAN], the one-day workshops compared experiences of linking farmers to markets. Provisional results of a comparative analysis of cases of linking small farmers to markets were presented, drawing on the wealth of practical experience seen in the field.
Nairobi workshop participants

The aim was to compare these to the insights of participants, most of whom worked actively in the region on linking small farmers to markets.

How best can small-scale family farms in Africa be linked to markets, get access to inputs, finance and know-how to stimulate agricultural growth and reduce poverty? How can this be done both effectively and equitably? How can successes be scaled up and replicated?
Johannesburg workshop participants


form the focus of 'Leaping and Learning: Strategies for Taking Agricultural Successes to Scale' being carried out by the Agriculture for Impact team based at Imperial College London working together with the Overseas Development Institute. 


Check out the blog at www.ag4impact.wordpress.com/ for further details on all three workshops.
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