Thumbnail Image

Women in the fisheries sector of Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil

Year of publication 2003

Pages 38

Author Helga Josupeit ;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

Series title FAO Fisheries Circular

Series number 0429-9329 - C992

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This FAO Fisheries Circular summarizes the main findings of the three studies, to make the outcomes of the studies available on a broader basis. In the processing industry studied the number of women exceeds the number of male staff. The number of women increases with the degree of complexity of the processing job. Women are considered by plant owners as more capable of carrying out more precise tasks. It was generally noted that a high share of women’s salary is used for the purchase of food. T herefore the creation of jobs in the processing industry will improve food security in the local countries. In response to the recommendation of the first focal point meeting of the Latin American Network of Women in Fisheries (LANWF), FAO commissioned three studies on the role of women in the fisheries in the southeastern part of the American continent, in Argentina (Patagonia and Mar del Plata), Uruguay and Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul). This work resulted in three major studies available in Sp anish only on the webpage of INFOPESCA www.infopesca.org.

Cite this content as:

Josupeit, H.Women in the fisheries sector of Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil.FAO Fisheries Circular. No. 992. Rome, FAO. 2004. 38p.

Language English

Also available in:
No results found.

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (stand-alone)
    Soybean prices, economic growth and poverty in Argentina and Brazil 2017
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    This paper analyzes the relationship between international soybean prices and economic growth; and poverty in Argentina and Brazil, with an emphasis on the period after 2003. It analyzes the beginning of soybean activity in both countries, showing the importance of international prices and macroeconomic policies in the evolution of the two industries, as well as the prominence of soy as an export commodity during the 1990s. It highlights the importance of soybeans and presented the structure of the soybean value chain in both countries. We then move to analyze soybean prices and their relation to growth, including how changes in international soybean prices were transmitted to producer prices, and the relationship between prices and poverty reduction both in Argentina and Brazil. Policy implications are then analized as a conclusion of the paper.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (series)
    WECAFC - National reports presented and stock assessment reports prepared at the CFRAMP/ FAO/DANIDA Stock Assessment Workshop on the Shrimp and Groundfish Fisheries on the Guiana-Brazil Shelf. Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 7-18 April 1997. 1999
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    This document assembles the national reports on the shrimp and groundfish fisheries of northern Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and eastern Venezuela presented and the stock assessment papers on selected shrimp and groundfish resources produced at the CFRAMP/FAO/DANIDA Stock Assessment Workshop on the Shrimp and Groundfish Fisheries on the Guiana-Brazil Shelf, held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 8 to 17 April 1997.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (stand-alone)
    Women’s empowerment in aquaculture
    Two case studies from Indonesia
    2017
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    While women play a significant role in aquaculture production in Indonesia, their contributions remain under-reported. In parallel, there is a dearth of information regarding women’s empowerment in relation to aquaculture, and associated enabling and constraining factors. This study addresses this fundamental gap by exploring women’s empowerment in aquaculture in Indonesia, including positive outcomes and limitations.
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.