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Strengthening Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods through Small-Scale Fisheries - GCP/GLO/645/NOR

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Where poverty exists in small scale fishing communities, it is multidimensional in nature. As well as dwindling fishery resources and low incomes, it is also the result of factors that impede the full enjoyment of human rights political, economic and social, among others. Despite this, small scale fisheries tend to be inadequately addressed, both in terms of resource management and from a broader social and economic development perspective. The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines), endorsed by the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) in 2014, were developed to address this situation. This instrument needs continuous implementation if it is to achieve its intended impact of enhancing the contribution of small scale fisheries to food security and sustainable livelihoods. The aim of the project was to enhance the contribution of small scale fisheries to food security and sustainable livelihoods through better policies, strategies and initiatives, by promoting the application of the principles of the SSF Guidelines.

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