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Report on the Training and Sensitization Workshop for Women in Post-Harvest Artisanal Fisheries, Limbe, 18-23 August 1997

Year of publication 1997

Pages 24

Author Ngo Som J.;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

Series number No.111

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Development strategy during the 1960 and 1970s was based on the philosophy that developing countries lacked improved technology and capital for speeding up their development. Industrialization was promoted in order to capitalize on the abundant fish resources. However, the anticipated expansion of the economy did not happen and the development approach shifted towards an integrated rural strategy where emphasis is put on the community as a whole to upgrade incomes and the quality of life throug h technical assistance and the active participation of fisherfolk and the community.

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Ngo Som J, Report on the Training and Sensitization Workshop for Women in Post-Harvest 1997 Artisanal Fisheries, Limbe 18-23 August 1997. Programme for the Inte2rated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa (IDAF), Cotonou, Benin, 24p, IDAF/WP/I 11

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