Are provisioning ecosystem services from rural aquaculture contributing to reduce hunger in Africa?

Sebastian Villasante, Susana Rivero Rodríguez, Yolanda Molares, Mercedes Martínez, Javier Remiro, Cristina García-Díez, Carmen Lahoz, Isabel Omar, Margarida Bechardas, Panduleni Elago, Mikael Ekandjo, Maiba Saisai and Lionel Awity

Ecosystem Services, 2015, vol. 16, issue C, 365-377

Abstract: Despite the recognised advantages of rural aquaculture, little research has been done to assess its direct and indirect impacts on food security and poverty mitigation, especially in Africa. The aim of this study is to provide a better understanding of the role of fish-farming systems and their scale, market structure and institutional mechanisms in improving rural aquaculture in Mozambique and Namibia and, consequently, livelihoods and human development in rural communities.

Keywords: Rural aquaculture; Provisioning marine ecosystem services; Hunger; Africa; Mozambique; Namibia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.07.003

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