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Piloting Sustainable Fish Value Chains with Extended Shelf-Life Products - TCP/MIC/3604

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Real GDP for Micronesia (Federated States of) in 2015 was just under USD 240 million, of which 12 percent was contributed by the fisheries sector More than an important contributor to national economic activity, this sector is the main source of income for 70 percent of households dependent on small scale fisheries With 40 percent of the population living below the national poverty line, the need for innovative, profitable and sustainable market based solutions around local fisheries proved urgent, especially when 84 percent of agricultural households are subsistence workers In addition, food and nutrition insecurity trends were alarming, with the country’s population ranking as one of the most obese worldwide, and thus, living with non communicable diseases and micronutrient deficiencies A rising dependency on imported, processed foods contributed to these public health concerns

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